Archimedes used to demand just one firm and immovable point in order to shift the entire Earth; so I too can hope for great things if I manage to find just one thing, however slight, that is certain and unshakeable.
2nd Meditation, Rene Descartes.
When we are more sensitive to sex than violence in media we are saying that the creation of life is more taboo than the destruction of it.
It always amazes me how only 26 letters can change a world.
via @extramadness
The tortures of Hell are unbearable for the first few years, but after a while people get used to them and Hell becomes a social club for the damned. You, a common sinner, are socializing with some of history’s greatest blackhearts.
If history repeats itself, then once again we will rise up against this tyranny...
“God” is actually two people: one who is omnipotent but not omniscient, and the other who is omniscient but not omnipotent. They both hate each other.
Live life likes its your last day on Earth.
Live life to ensure it’s not someone else’s last day on Earth.
I’ll start:
I love my body because I can go to sleep and go on these crazy adventures in different realms that can leave me feeling changed when I wake up. Like it’s so cool you can just go into this different reality for free cause are minds are so cool.
So the concept of uncanny valley has always concerned me. We have this innate fear of that which looks human, but isn't. As if we had to evolve this fear to stay safe against some predator that impersonated humanity.
And now we live in an age, where the only way to tell if a photo is actually an AI rendering, is to look for a 6th finger on the hands.
I'm not sure I believe there has been ancient advanced technological societies that have collapsed and been lost to time. But there's something about the idea that AI art will inevitably be used in propaganda, combined with our fear of the uncanny, that makes me wonder if we haven't done this before.
Once the bugs get ironed out, AI Image Generation will forever change propaganda and how easy it is to make and distribute.