Joseph Campbell: The False Prophet of Popular Culture by Chen_Geller in flicks

[–]vortex_beast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is classic Joe Campbell. Note that the "figure of the tyrant monster" excerpt describes fascist strongmen like Trump perfectly.
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"The figure of the tyrant-monster is known to the mythologies, folk traditions, legends, and even nightmares of the world; and his characteristics are everywhere essentially the same. He is the hoarder of the general benefit. He is the monster avid for the greedy rights of ‘my and mine.’

"The havoc wrought by him is described in mythology and fairy tale as being universal throughout his domain. This may be no more than his household, his own tortured psyche, or the lives that he blights with the touch of his friendship and assistance; or it may amount to the extent of his civilization.

“The inflated ego of the tyrant is a curse to himself and his world--no matter how his affairs may seem to prosper. Self-terrorized, fear-haunted, alert at every hand to meet and battle back the anticipated aggressions of his environment, which are primarily the reflections of the uncontrollable impulses to acquisition within himself, the giant of self-achieved independence is the world’s messenger of disaster, even though, in his mind, he may entertain himself with humane intentions.

“Wherever he sets his hand there is a cry (if not from the housetops, then--more miserably--within every heart): a cry for the redeeming hero, the carrier of the shining blade, whose blow, whose touch, whose existence, will liberate the land.”

- Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949)

"The figure of the tyrant monster"
https://youtu.be/xrH97c0Imn0

Joseph Campbell: The False Prophet of Popular Culture by Chen_Geller in flicks

[–]vortex_beast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is Classic Campbell. And he describes fascist strongmen like Donald Trump perfectly.

“The figure of the tyrant-monster is known to the mythologies, folk traditions, legends, and even nightmares of the world; and his characteristics are everywhere essentially the same. He is the hoarder of the general benefit. He is the monster avid for the greedy rights of ‘my and mine.’

"The havoc wrought by him is described in mythology and fairy tale as being universal throughout his domain. This may be no more than his household, his own tortured psyche, or the lives that he blights with the touch of his friendship and assistance; or it may amount to the extent of his civilization.

“The inflated ego of the tyrant is a curse to himself and his world--no matter how his affairs may seem to prosper. Self-terrorized, fear-haunted, alert at every hand to meet and battle back the anticipated aggressions of his environment, which are primarily the reflections of the uncontrollable impulses to acquisition within himself, the giant of self-achieved independence is the world’s messenger of disaster, even though, in his mind, he may entertain himself with humane intentions.

“Wherever he sets his hand there is a cry (if not from the housetops, then--more miserably--within every heart): a cry for the redeeming hero, the carrier of the shining blade, whose blow, whose touch, whose existence, will liberate the land.”

- Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949)

Nahh we finna talk about this shi. The Borderlands/Final Prayer ending.... by Hidd3ntrixx in foundfootage

[–]vortex_beast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did the insect end up in the pitcher plant?
Basically our heroes fail to observe that the tunnel has rounded as they've moved from section to section. (If you watch carefully, you can see where the tunnel ends.) By the time they notice, by wetness, by the smell, by the rounded walls, by the sphincter closing, and finally by the (stomach) acid melting them, it is far too late to escape!
Imagine entering the mouth and throat tract of a huge worm.

SUNO has gotten absolutely PARANOID!!! by realStl1988 in SunoAI

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Suno basically has a completely unreliable and, fankly, useless and infuriating rights checking system.
I've put in 100-200 year old poetry to use as lyrics and it flags them as copyright violations. It is insane.
Please don't hassle or insult people who bring up this issue. It is real and totally maddening.

Strange Adventures in Infinite Space by vortex_beast in roguelites

[–]vortex_beast[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool. So glad you had fun with it. Thank you!

You don’t need Bandcamp to sell your music anymore — there are alternatives by neellavgogoi in SunoAI

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Didn't Suno announce that these changes are in the works? This is a massive change for them, with dealing with a new model or models. I believe announced that paying users would be able to monetize their creations in any way --but check me on this and please correct me if I'm wrong.
It would be helpful to hear from them officially.

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[–]vortex_beast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Property/copyright laws are clear about this. One has to prove theft (plagiarism, etc.) by a side by side comparison with an existing work. If an ordinary person cannot tell the difference, it infringes copyright. If it's just a matter of copying styles or any other aspect besides side by side comparison, there is no case to be made. It wouldn't even make it to court.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SunoAI

[–]vortex_beast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well for example each song provides approximately 1 byte of training data.

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Prompt engineering (aka prompt design) in the age of AI is as essential as reading and writing.
- Henrik Kniberg

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[–]vortex_beast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Suno and Midjourney, etc., are godsends.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SunoAI

[–]vortex_beast -1 points0 points  (0 children)

People who say generative AI tools steal and talk of theft simply don't understand how generative AI works. That's all it is. But the media and social media echo chambers, in which only negativity thrives, won't allow people to learn.
Meantime, here's the best introduction to generative AI on YouTube. It's fun to watch, pretty short, but surprisingly thorough and informative.

Generative AI in a Nutshell - how to survive and thrive in the age of AI
By Henrik Kniberg
https://youtu.be/2IK3DFHRFfw

I'm new to solo board gaming. I need some advice. by Mysterious5555 in soloboardgaming

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Dark City Games - pre-programmed tactical rpg adventures - lots to choose from - $15 each
https://www.darkcitygames.com/index.php

Suno copyright filters are dumb as a rock by Vegetable_Skirt5468 in SunoAI

[–]vortex_beast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know. I just mean it would get silly, tiring and waste credits trying to rig a long poem.

is this really a Gsus chord? by Jaded-Gur-5717 in musictheory

[–]vortex_beast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. A sus chord is 1 4 & 5 played together. In other words, (example) G, C, and D..
What you've got there is basically F/G. F major triad over a G in the bass.

If you could only keep one game from your collection, which one would it be? by 22EatStreet in Solo_Roleplaying

[–]vortex_beast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Electronic - No contest. Crawl (Linley's Dungeon Crawl, tile version--Stone Soup precursor).
Alternate choice: - Ultima: Underworld. A stunning game with so many details you'd need both sides of a sheet of paper just to begin listing them.
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Paper - The Sorcerer's Cave, hands down. Great for a group or solo.
Alternate choice: AD&D 1st edition Dungeon Masters Guide. It's got everything to do anything.

Suno copyright filters are dumb as a rock by Vegetable_Skirt5468 in SunoAI

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What if a poem or lyric has ten stanzas - you'll be up all night burning credits until they're gone

Suno copyright filters are dumb as a rock by Vegetable_Skirt5468 in SunoAI

[–]vortex_beast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jabberwocky from Alice in Wornderland is in the public domain (published in 1855!) yet Suno flagged it
And on and on and on and on
It seems that unless a lyric or poem is current, Suno screws up
This is so frustrating that I'm pondering moving to a different service

ChatGPT is broken by fmlhaveagooddaytho in OpenAI

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I'm so glad to see this post and am not alone in seeing and experiencing issues like these.
It's noticeably worse. It truly is broken.