@gwern Interesting. Jack Dorsey proposed a similar paradigm with the same language (“guardian” as opposed to “assistant”) some time back albeit with less specificity
AI image models are trained on existing images, but they’re not cutting out pieces of those images and mushing them together.
Diffusion models generate from noise, guided by patterns learned during training.
There are ethical and copyright debates to be had, but “it copy-pastes images together” is just not how it works.
Explainer here: https://t.co/iMJ8MBPbuK
It’s possible to remix real-life content to create something fantastical yet realistic.
You yourself are incapable of imagining anything truly novel that isn’t grounded in representations of reality you’ve learned.
Any description of a thing is necessarily referential; otherwise you wouldn’t be able to describe it.
The funny thing is, if you were a working in a proper academic system, you would get this kind of pushback through peer review. Since you are not part of that system and seem to actively celebrate not being part of it, your feedback loop is going to be annoying reply guys and gals.
@elonmusk So much of SpaceX sticking to its mission and succeeding seems tied to Elon himself. Why do none of his companies seem to have viable succession plans? These are all such long-horizon targets.
@_Maxamillon_@FightWithMemes I’m just going to be a contrarian for a second to point out that women in the workforce doubles the labor supply which could potentially be a factor in driving down wages.
@Noahpinion These meetups and callouts are all a bit of fun, but are a net negative because they leans into multiculturalism and granular divisions over a unified integrated identity.
Multiculturalism is the antithesis of social cohesion. I say this as the father of a “chindian”.