« Outraged, the official pointed to their deity and scolded them, "The city god is supposed to serve the city. If it is too ignorant to cast its magic, or if it's just some disgusting ghost, then it doesn't deserve to be worshipped; even if it's a useful spirit, it should make economical use of resources and manpower—isn't it counter-productive to spend money on it, raised from collecting the residents' possessions?" When he'd finished speaking, he set the effigy on the ground and gave it twenty lashes. »
i don't read leftist essays these days mostly because i don't want to hear or know about people who think having a twitter account and being good at writing are all it takes to entitle one to an opinion
the people who make video games know what gamers want but the message hasn't quite reached the people who sell them
« Obviously, Li was guided towards the sacrifice of his entire family, but he was still happy to listen to the advice. Hence he can't blame anyone else for his family being destroyed, can he? A man listens to insane comments and initially is angered by them, but if he becomes intrigued, he'll continue to give credence to those suspicions until his life and reputation are both destroyed, and then he realizes that his own faults have led to the disaster; this is the general rule of this kind of thing. »
being able to use computers to produce legible images is indeed a potentially profound development in our toolset for artistry but it is not in itself a form of communication
we would laugh at the idea that random computer output is communicating something just because someone put it in a legible font
but that's all AI-generated artwork is: a (procedurally-generated, somewhat) legible font for visual concepts
the entire novelty of it is simply that it produces an image that you can read
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