My guitar instructor first voted for Obama and then for trump. I think it came down to guns, increasing cost of living and generally just growing to hate democrats? He doesn’t hate me (knows I’m pretty liberal, but also I’ll bitch about democrats in a heartbeat). Spoke with his wife (much more level headed) and it seems… A tone of defeat? Cost of living is high, hard to raise a family on a set income, and for them Trump represented someone who would change things instead of the usual status quo represented by the democrats and the usual GOP. I think it is that, guns, and he is not really wanted by either party so they like him. He’s not a politician.

Temp responsiveness is just immediate. Don’t have to wait for the coils to heat up/cool down, kind of makes cooking more fun :)

I’ve heard a lot of perspectives ranging from it’s evil, to it’s great to kind of… Concerned silence?

I’m honestly surprised how fast it came to the point that ai can generate some pretty good art on its own? I feel it kind of lowers the point of entry to simply obtaining art but also I’m left puzzled on whether it negatively impacts some artists? I can appreciate some artists having concerns someone would just go to an ai of some type and get a picture there of their fursona instead of commissioning an artist but I wonder if that would ever realistically happen considering the detail needed for some sonas. However with the various tools available… I do think this is a legitimate valid concern.

I’m on more patreons than I should be, and some are honestly worried what it will do to their ability to earn an income. I’d say there are other factors at play in general (basic cost, quality, communication, competition, etc.) But in the end an ai becomes another player/factor in the challenges that some artists face. Enter the idea of ais trained off specific artists to the point where you can get 85% similar style to that artist… For some people why wouldn’t you just use the ai? It would be faster, cheaper, and if something is wrong you can just have it try again.

Also considering some artists just use mainly templates for what they do (telegram stickers mainly) I figure that might be an area where an ai would shine.

I’d say for me in the end it depends on which perspective you’re going to and how long if a gaze do you want to take. For an artist, I would be terrified. Ai can kind of hold your feet to the fire constantly to churn out great product but also potentially serve as just data for an ai to learn off of. For a consumer I would be somewhat excited. Ai can provide a cheap source for art that would otherwise cost 100s and take weeks :/

That’s my take on it XD

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Honestly… That does seem like a legit fair amount of time to prepare for a trial. And in some weird way frees up his time for when he said he would be super busy so… Eh?

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Started my first run of hitting the pool before work… … I think I passed out during lunch break and I am borderline praying for the power to go out so I can go home early. Fuck I am tired… But I swam though! Goggles work great too!