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I've been posting a lot about AI, lately. Here's my perspective ...

I use AI every day. I have several of my own personal agents that do work on a variety of systems. My "day job" deals with AI in enterprise systems. I have been building workflows with machine learning for 8+ years. I am an expert in "applied AI," by which I mean using various algorithms/models/et al to do actual work. Not theoretical stuff, but things that companies are actually willing to pay for and that work reliably day-after-day.

"But you post anti-AI stuff all the time." YES! Because AI is good at some things and terrible at others. Because certain AI models were made with stolen (and I do mean stolen, as in "trained with copyrighted material that was neither purchased nor duplicated as 'fair use' consideration"). There are copyrighted books in the major AI models, today. There is copyrighted art in image generation models. I want the creators of those things to be compensated for the reproduction of their work. Anyone else would get sued, lose the lawsuit terribly in court, and have to pay. That AI companies are skating by on this issue is completely ridiculous.

We need new regulations for the age of AI. In the 1990's, we came up with rules for "sampling music" and using it in a new song. If it is greater than 3 seconds, you have to pay the royalties. The music industry has dealt with parody, reproducing fragments, and rampant piracy not that long ago (although I'm probably double the average X user's age). It seems to me we should be able to set up rules for the use of copyrighted works in AI that look similar in appropriate ways. It's not exactly the same problem, but if we want to value intellectual effort in our society, then we should value intellectual property.

If you don't value that, then maybe the algorithms are already doing most of your thinking for you.

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@CapRedNahu @SuperCreekFreak Perfect

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@AnimeFanBoy11 @BROWNDUST2_EN @BROWNDUST2_EN - Same problem ... and I have tossed in a little money. Was really looking forward to this patch, tonight!!!

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@Velvet_Nymph @BROWNDUST2_EN @BROWNDUST2_KR @BROWNDUST2_JP @OpenNSFWSP The animation is excellent, but Violet isn't quite right ...

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@TheK78071738 @Kami9871 I think they are trying to see how far they can push the censorship Karens, first. Just the LOADING SCREEN after the patch is insane.

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@ReidVontae @HimeHinghoi respect

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@Harold_Purson Requirements for a good partner are simple.

Finding someone to meet those requirements can be surprisingly frustrating.

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@iKaito_1 PoV: The driver's seat?

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@chisato_madison I find that difficult to believe, but I'll take your word for it. Do you want to outlaw all abortion? Or simply reduce it to it's natural minimum by supporting pregnant women with a safety net?

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@Borghestbot After they step away, she will be unsupported ...

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@Nyraneee She's the absolute best.

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We live with mass-produced, plastic, cheap toys. You can give a lot of them to your kids, but ... that doll grandma made by hand? They will carry that around long after the plastic is in a landfill.

We may use AI generated "things" all the time in the near future, but that won't make them special. I do believe we will come to value the things made by humans (1) out of love, or (2) by master artisans in ways that AI will never match.

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Devil's advocate, but ... I can see this person having a valid point-of-view. I don't SHARE it, but it did make me think of why some people reach this conclusion.

Again, my basic contention is the CITY is the main character of NTE. Some quests are good, some are terrible. Some mini-games are good, some are terrible. Some characters are good, some are terrible.

I think they wanted the setting, first. Not a narrative: That was added later. The way you get to the "main storyline" is that you have a PLACE. You just need 4 "samples" of things to do in that PLACE. Hence, there's no narrative arc, no "through line" of the main quests. They just picked a few they thought were good/cute/representative and made those the 4 main quests.

They had a place, and they wanted stuff to do in that place. Own property. Hang out with friends. Play games. Karaoke? (Would have been infinitely better than that rhythm game - oof.) Some of the things feel "rushed," or incomplete. Some got extra polish in beta (racing), some didn't.

I would say the goal was to create a PLACE that people like to spend time. It is less about the gacha. It is less about any one mini-game. It is less about the story. But ... the bad aspects of those things break the immersion that makes me want to spend more time in that place. Mahjongg is okay - but could be better. However, I like the "cozy" vibe - it fits the premise. Tetrominos ... doesn't. It's awful. It makes me want to play actual Tetris or other Tetris-battlers that don't suck and it takes me out of the "cozy vibe" that I like in NTE.

So, that's my take: I don't agree, but I also don't think we should discard honest criticism as invalid. If we address some of what this person says, the game WILL BE better for it. And unlike most Hoyoshills, it does appear he actually played the game.

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@matudayazo2 Amazing ...

(At least Flash's outfit would probably fit Creek! 😅)

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@FireflyErba2299 @Iaklsydney Gonna spend 10m fons getting to that bon, anyway ...

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I have never defined what art is -- only theft. Only violation of copyright. Since you keep bringing up this strawman, I can tell that you don't like being wrong. It's okay. It happens. That's not what theft is about. You can steal things that are art ... and also things that are not. You can be thief in lots of ways.

I don't actually give a shit what you consider "art." It is absolutely irrelevant to whether you are breaking the law with fancy math.

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I suppose the problem is that you don't know how computers or digital technology works at all. See, let's say I use my smart phone and take a picture of a painting or a print that I see somewhere. I've made a digital copy. For the most part, this is not a problem if it is for your personal use. It is unlikely that you will get in trouble for having a picture.

The problem happens at the time of copying: Once I have a digital representation in my phone (a "file," if you will, typically encoded by an "algorithm," which is just a fancy word for "computer math"), I can distribute that image. Now, if that's a copyrighted work of art, and I publish it online, we have laws that allow the artist to request that I remove the image representing their work. This is how copyright law works in the digital space.

You see, AI models are just a different kind of "algorithm." If they see a book, or some images, they store those copyrighted things. That gets into the model. And if you copy the model, well, you are violating copyright law. The artist maintains the "right" to copy and reproduce their work. Upload a AI model to the Internet where everyone can download it is violating those rights because it contains a digital representation of their work.

Did you get it this time? No? Well, all I can ask from here is that you fuck the fuck off, you stupid piece of shit.

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@miroyato @AyakaMods @ProtonDrive @brave Big fan of "Owncloud," Brave, and not using cloud services except to store encrypted archives. I don't even have any "controversial manga" -- it's just not any of their fucking business.

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Am I winning at the #NTE meta? Feels like it ...