IWakeUpStrange

aka elise | Pop culture fixations & existential dread | Mostly #StarTrek, #Supernatural, British actors, GenX alt pop, dad jokes | She/Her/Captain

[IWakeUpStrange @IWakeUpStrange]

@SD_Comic_Con It seems like the background isn’t downloading on all devices. It’s fine on my laptop but not on my phone or tablet

Because it’s a dark background, they’ve made the page text white so it’s invisible without the background

Hope this won’t also impact accessibility devices 😬

[IWakeUpStrange @IWakeUpStrange]

@Stands T-shirts and tanks are always fun, but I’d love to occasionally see some styles I could wear to the office. Nothing fancy, but something like button-downs in fandom prints?

Also hoping we may get charm versions of the character coins!

[Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani @AdrienneMahsa]

Always always working reading Kaveh Akbar
https://t.co/k8m388EzAY

[Yesterday's Print @yesterdaysprint]

The Atlanta Constitution, Georgia, April 26, 1932

[Amanda Wong @amandawtwong]

She looks like she plans to kidnap Geordi La Forge en route to Risa and manchurian candidate him into killing the Klingon governor

[Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @LuizaJarovsky]

🚨 Most people haven't realized that the Ghibli Effect is not only an AI copyright controversy but also OpenAI's PR trick to get access to thousands of new personal images; here's how:

To get their own Ghibli (or Sesame Street) version, thousands of people are now voluntarily uploading their faces and personal photos to ChatGPT. As a result, OpenAI is gaining free and easy access to many thousands of new faces to train its AI models.

Some people will argue that this is irrelevant because OpenAI could simply scrape the same images from the internet and use them to train its AI models. This is not true, for two reasons:

1. Privacy “Bypass”

In places like the EU, when OpenAI scrapes personal images from the internet, it relies on legitimate interest as a lawful ground to process personal data (Article 6.1.f of the GDPR).

As such, it cannot harm people or go against their interests, and therefore, it must take additional protective measures, including potentially refraining from training its models with these images (see my previous articles on the topic, including on Opinion 28/2024). Other data protection laws specify additional protections in the case of scraped images, including for images of minors.

However, when people voluntarily upload these images, they give their consent to OpenAI to process them (Article 6.1.a of the GDPR). This is a different legal ground that gives more freedom to OpenAI, and the legitimate interest balancing test no longer applies.

Moreover, OpenAI's privacy policy explicitly states that the company collects personal data input by users to train its AI models when users haven't opted out (*link to opt out below - check out my newsletter article).

2. Fresh New Images

My second argument for why this was a clever privacy trick is that people are uploading new images, including family photos, intimate pictures, and images that likely weren't on social media before, just to feel part of the viral trend.

OpenAI is gaining free and easy access to these images, and only they will have the originals. Social media platforms and other AI companies will only see the “Ghiblified” version.

Moreover, the trend is ongoing, and people are learning that when they want a fun avatar of themselves, they can simply upload their pictures to ChatGPT. They no longer need third-party providers for that.

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OpenAI obtained these new images voluntarily using a simple PR trick. What trick?

👉 Continue reading my article using the link below (and join 56,800+ subscribers who never miss my analyses).

[IWakeUpStrange @IWakeUpStrange]

@HarebrainedInc @PlanetComicon That’s the operators of “Not Topic.” I used to shop with them but stopped when I found out how much they were ripping off artists. They do a lot of conventions, particularly on the @CreationEnt circuit

Your design is on their website as well

https://t.co/vLsla8a14B

[IWakeUpStrange @IWakeUpStrange]

@dropout Just a loop of Brennan’s various empassioned MSN/GC monologues set to techno beats

The emotional opposite of the Lofi girl channels

[IWakeUpStrange @IWakeUpStrange]

Figuring this one out despite speaking 0 French is probably my proudest accomplishment in recent memory, in case you’re wondering how things are going here

[The Horne Section @hornesection]

Donnerstag is back! Finally! Can you guess the song today?

[IWakeUpStrange @IWakeUpStrange]

My favorite @dimension20show NPC

[Serious trans vibes Comics @AssignedMale]

No amount of executive orders can make us cease to exist.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

surprised how many people don't know how to build a wardrobe off ebay:

— identify holes in your wardrobe
— plan to shop slowly, but intently
— search for "portable electric saw" on ebay
— bid
— use the saw to steal catalytic converters
— sell the converters and buy nice clothes

[IWakeUpStrange @IWakeUpStrange]

Favourite movie of 1950s/60s/70s/80s

[Kate Gabrielle @kategabrielle]

Favorite film of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s 💕

[IWakeUpStrange @IWakeUpStrange]

NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS

(of finding a ticket to @Taskmaster NYC for under $1000)

[IWakeUpStrange @IWakeUpStrange]

They all just heard about MuppetVision

[IWakeUpStrange @IWakeUpStrange]

@CharCubed

[IWakeUpStrange @IWakeUpStrange]

Nemesis is Star Trek’s 2nd most camp film (after STV, obviously) and I mean that in the best way

RIP Bill Theiss, you would have loved Tom Hardy’s tiny waist and giant shiny shoulders

[The Spaceshipper 🚀 @TheSpaceshipper]

Star Trek Nemesis was released 22 years ago today.

This film is generally reviled when I post about it. Please say one thing you like about this film.

[IWakeUpStrange @IWakeUpStrange]

Them: “Why tf was ‘Supernatural’ on TV for 15 years”

Me: “The hassle is the enjoyment”

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

it's crazy that when you get into a hobby you eventually discover some level where things are objectively more of a hassle for very little benefit and when you ask ppl in that community what's the point, they say "the hassle is the enjoyment"

[IWakeUpStrange @IWakeUpStrange]

@FYeahGoodOmens I thought maybe one is meant to represent TV Omens and the other Book Omens?