Mii @ mii @awful.systems

I wrangle code, play bad music, and write things. You might find some of it

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There seems to be some legitimate research into the effectiveness of anti-aging compounds like retinol, also they’ve come out with some good advice like wearing sunscreen, drinking enough water, and eating balanced diets to promote skin health which reduces the signs of what we usually associate with aging, if you count that.

I am convinced at this point that Sora is an unfinished mess and the only reason they pushed it out the door is because they needed money.

Didn’t Sammy go grifting in the UAE shortly after?

And then two of their developers alluded that it’s unfinished and said it won’t be released anytime soon, just for their CTO to shut them down two days later and saying, No, no, it’s totally coming later this year.

They could’ve made it do something cool and novel, like a cat riding a pink unicorn fighting dragons. Or probably not, because it can’t do that, so instead they made it their selling point how good it can fake reality during an already juicy election season and applauded themselves for it.

I might try and put something together at some point and see if I can make it entertaining.

Dammit, I knew the name sounded familiar.

I tried to find the video but apparently it was deleted, but there's still a thread about it on productivity Reddit and even they seem to think it's a bit much.

That guy (and the whole toxic productivity mindset in general) is a rabbit hole all by itself.

They aren’t EAs? At least one of them literally has a profile on LW, as pointed out in the other thread about this.

But maybe they consider themselves to fall somewhere else in the TESCREAL acronym. There’s six more letters to choose from, after all.

My first mini sneer. Hope it fits the criteria.

I frequent some (very AI-critical) art spaces, and every now and then we get some trolls who act like literal anime villains, complete with evil plans and revenge plots, but unfortunately without cool villain laughs.

I always wonder if those bozos all were stuffed into a trashcan by a gang of delinquent artists in high school, judging from the absolute hate-boner they seem to have.

I've deliberately not been talking about it online to aid in keeping it from their knowledge as long as possible.

Not sure if he knows that not all artists live in caves and make cave paintings. And even those who do probably have a smart phone with them, for better or worse. So I’m afraid his nefarious plan doesn’t quite work out.

I knew it would scare the anti-Al shitless, because it completely bypasses scraping, datasets […].

Shaking in my chair over here, but I still don’t understand how this negates the needs for scraping and datasets. Just because I can attach a reference image to my prompt doesn’t mean the waifu generator can suddenly operate without training data.

I foresee a full-on tantrum when this becomes commonly known.

I mean, it’s not like Midjourney put out a big-ass announcement for that feature or anything. It’s totally a secret that only an elite circle knows about.

Hi, I'm Mii (u/0xMii on Reddit), software dev and hobby artist. I was a lurker on old SneerClub and TechTakes and only recently found out they moved here. Glad to have it back, because with the current AI hype, the TESCREAL clowns creep in everywhere and I'm trying to maintain my sanity.

They almost got me and pulled me into their cult a few years back, but I luckily got out before it was too late.