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I'm not sure I agree but I'm happy to discuss! :)
Why are you calling my statement "selective memory" (am I intentionally excluding something?), and what do you mean by "way worse"? Do you consider unskilled art as not art at all (i.e. "so-called")?
What I was trying to say, is that on social media, skilled artists formerly dominated attention (likes, upvotes) because viewers wanted well-constructed, pleasing-to-the-eye artwork. I wasn't trying to say that they were the only art posters (sorry for my wording!). Continuing, now that AI is in the arena, "technically-decent" art is no longer the lower bound for pleasurable-to-see -- now, viewers are more partial to knowing that a human was vulnerable when they expressed themselves with art.
It's an intensification of internet-ugly aesthetic, which Douglas (2014) called "an imposition of messy humanity upon an online world of smooth gradients, blemish correcting Photoshop, and AutoCorrect” (p. 314). Now, online, handmaking art at all is a declaration of humanity, because you could corporately fake something full-colored and intricate, but arguably soulless, with lower effort.
Of course, I'll try to take it from your perspective. I've seen really bad human art (I like art!), and I've seen less-artifacted AI art (have you ever seen Even_Adder's generations on lemmy.dbzer0? they don't have the overshading issue at all). Of course, some may disagree that the latter is art (is art only human expression?), but supposing I do consider the latter art, my point still stands -- viewers are more on the lookout for genuineness now.
Happy to see what you think!
References
- Douglas, N. (2014). It’s supposed to look like shit: The internet ugly aesthetic. Journal of Visual Culture, 13(3), 314–339. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470412914544516
Disclosure: I've done very little UI/UX.
Google's Material Design (wikipedia) is much more widely-adopted across OSes/Flutter/the web (see how many websites have that dropshadow topbar and ≡?); Microsoft's Fluent (wikipedia) is Windows-first, but is usable anywhere.
Both are based on responding to user actions. Fluent uses lightup acrylic (translucent) canvases (e.g. hover? border glowy.)
while Google's Material uses paper-esque whitespace, navbars, dropshadows, and round corners. (e.g. scrolling? dropshadow appears on nav)
Think Microsoft Teams vs. Google Drive.
They're both full-fledged but Material You is way more common judging by places such as the F-Droid ecosystem on Android. As for which is "better", Material You supposedly has better colorscheme flexibility since it 'wants' to adapt to e.g. user wallpapers. But other than that it's really just preference (or whether relevant tooling exists :P). I know some devs use Material You for a predictable, unified look across Android apps, while others bend them to their will to reduce animations or whatnot.
If you're designing something, make sure you keep your own self in the mix too. Breezy Weather uses Material Design, but it's more customized to have a unique feel than, say, TrackerControl (which also uses Material).
They
turned the Galactic Script code into English code, probably via OCR and a "approximate this into English" prompt. Not sure if it's exactly the same tho (what 'main function call' was in the image?)Edit: It's only a facsimile, see Hoimo's reply
edit: Please be nice to each other! :(
Lots of downvotes in this reply chain. Not to be a "I don't wanna be either side" kinda guy but AI isn't all bad and isn't all good either. (Greys!)
Merry Christmasing should be a genuine hug. Even if this was made by a homegrown open-weight open-dataset inference model, it's nearly 100% low-effort generated -- holidays need the human aspect, no? Covering yourself up too much in AI takes away from the humanness with corporate diction, and people need evidence of risktaking genuineness nowadays.
On the other hand, AI is definitely useful... but elsewhere. It's not strictly anti-human even if conglomerates are using it that way, which I think you agree on. Wading through HOA using local NLP setups is human. Looking through a Mandarin thread when typical translation sucks, is human.
But there are domains for its use and there is ethical stuff to work on. This post just doesn't fit the domain too well, as others agree...
Is that 7/8 time? (12) (3) (12) (12). Stallman's taking his own path even when compiling a song
Merry chrisatms
I love all the pleasantly deep answers in this thread.
For my input: I'm everything I ever was, all at once.
You know how lenses refract over each other at the optometrist? Or how colors combine when you stack transparent cups in the washer? That's me. I have parts from everyone I ever met, and parts from everyone I ever was. There's no mask, even if I focus on one part of the mosaic in a meeting vs. another when I nerd out w/ a buddy -- it's all equally me.
I'm not Shrek though. Onions have layers, but I'm prismatic glass, chips and dips and all.
I disagree with this sentiment; I'm inclined to believe that AI has actually lowered the bar for meaning.
Before AI, typically only skilled artists drew pictures for the web. But now that AI is making art that's less meaningful than crayon pictures, there's the growing sentiment of
I'd rather see a crayon picture than AI slop.
which could actually mean more people have the ability to go on and artify.
Of course this is anecdotal; it's the reason I started drawing again :)
Only if there's too many is it a worry. I use it now and then bc I LOVE things in threes (I'm not Ben Affleck I swear), but...
in the above, the tricolon bonanza is insane -- how can you fit that many in such a short text?
You probably don't need to cut down :)
Sorry for the wall of text again c:
AI text as a whole is usually structured, neutral-positive to positive shallowness. It's called slop because it's easy to make a lot of substanceless, nutrientless goo. One common structure is
Introduction
Since the dawn of time, ethics has been important.
AI Structure: Hidden Secrets Revealed
- Being considerate: Being considerate can help relationships.
- This structure: is untrustworthy. Be suspicious when you see it.
- Lots of broad statements: that don't say anything—often with em-dashes.
Conclusion
In conclusion, while ethics can be hard, it is important to follow your organizations guidelines. Remember, ethics isn't just about safety, but about the human spirit.
What do we spot? Sets of three, largely perfect/riskless formal grammar (grammar perfection is not inhuman -- but a human might, say, take the informal risk of using lotsa parentheses (me...)), uncreative colon titles, SEO-style intros and conclusions, an odd corporate-style ethics hangup, em-dashes (the long —), and some of the stuff in that reddit link I mentioned are often giveaways.
Here's some examples in the wild:
- Playing Dumb: How Arthur Schopenhauer Explains the Benefits of Feigned Ignorance. PeopleAndMedia. has useless headings and the colon structure I mentioned. There's also phrases like "Let's delve" and "unexpected advantage" -- ChatGPT likes pretending to be unconventional and has specific diction tics like "Here's to a bright future!" One interesting thing is that the article uses some block quotes and links -- this is rare for AI.
- Why is PHP Used. robots.net. This is from a "slop site", one that is being overrun by AI articles. Don't read the whole thing, it's too long. Skim first. See how many paragraphs start with words like "additionally", "moreover", "furthermore", like a grade school English lit student? Furthermore (lol), look at the reasonings used:
The size of the PHP developer community is a testament to the language’s popularity and longevity.
ChatGPT-esque vocabulary is used (this is something you unfortunately get a feel for), and the reasoning isn't very committal. Instead of evaluating some specific event deeper, the article just lists technologies and says stuff like "PHP has comprehensive and well-maintained documentation, providing in-depth explanations, examples, and guides." So what if there's docs? Everyone has documentation. Name something PHP docs do better or worse. Look at this paragraph (SKIM IT, don't read deeply):PHP boasts a large and vibrant developer community that plays a pivotal role in its continued success and widespread adoption.
It doesn't actually SAY ANYTHING despite its length. The paragraph can be compressed to: "CodeIgniter has a light footprint". It doesn't even say whether we're talking about comparative speed, memory usage, or startup time. It's like they paid someone (openAI) to pad word count on the ensmallening I mentioned.CodeIgniter is known for its simplicity and speed. It is a lightweight framework that prioritizes performance and efficiency. CodeIgniter’s small footprint makes it suitable for small to medium-sized projects where speed is crucial. It provides essential features and a straightforward structure that allows developers to build applications quickly and efficiently.
Before reading something, check the date. If it's after 2020, skims to be too long and not very deep, and has too many GPT tics (tricolons, vocab like "tapestry/delve", the SEO shit structure), then it's AI slop. Some readers actively avoid post-2020 articles but I can't relate.
edit: clarified that perfect grammar is humanly doable, but GPT-style riskless formal grammar is still distinct from grammatical human text
Made with no blood, no sweat, and no tears in fucking GNU's Not Unix Image Manipulation Program.
AI structure can be pretty obvious if you know which English weapons it loves to spam. Let's walk it through (sorry for the wall of text lmfao):
I skip the image because the chimney mistake and overdone shading is obvious
- Corporate style.
- "In these unpredictable and often challenging times" -- This is very corporate. How many messages have you seen like this during the pandemic? Buuut just because it's soulless doesn't mean it's AI, but I wouldn't expect it from a community of this archetype. (ai suspicion +1)
- Tricolons, especially ascending. (source)
- This is something ChatGPT loves. Essentially, there are three "things" in a sentence, sometimes clauses. Sometimes each one is larger than the last (ascending), e.g. "I honed my skills in research, collaboration, and problem-solving." And it appears a lot even in this short snippet
- "...you can step back, breathe, and find some calm amidst the chaos". The third element is longer. Ascension spotted. (ai suspicion +2)
- "May your days be filled with joy, your systems stay secure, and your kernels remain stable." Elements are successively syllabically longer. Ascension spotted. (ai suspicion +2)
- "Take the opportunity to reconnect, reflect, and perhaps even find inspiration for the year ahead." Third element is longer. Ascension spotted. How funny -- three tricolons! Three three three three (ai suspicion +2)
- Obsession with superficial positivity.
- ChatGPT, even when making stories about evil, is very partial to love, friendship, joy, making up, peace, tranquility, (pseudo) "unconventional" friendship. Excessive meaningless positivity is an archetype too, though ChatGPT's factgivings are usually neutral-positive.
- "more important than ever to pause and share heartfelt wishes" Share wishes. Would a human on c/linux say something like that without elaborating further about wishing for something, perhaps death to Windows users? (ai suspicion +1)
- "moment of peace" "find some calm" "positivity" "open-source spirit" but they never talk deeper, again. (ai suspicion +1)
So yeah this is at least 90% OpenAI. Too fuckin' bad.
Bad linked article. Judging by the amount of sets of three bullets
- in: forms
- like: these,
along with the "in conclusion" prepositions and not-very-useful-but-broad headings, it was written by AI. :(
Most online sources about this Schopenhauer suggestion seem to be either AI-generated, mildly superficial (i.e. basically only talks about Schopenhauer's mom calling him an annoying intellectual type), or MBA-manipulator-esque (e.g. Get Rich! 48 Laws of Power! Buy Today!)...
which is a bummer since scaling humility up and down can be a really useful instrument to get things done. Just be agreeably approachable, but be careful if you outshine others, especially if ego gets in the way. Idk, i wish there was a more compelling source for this
CRYPT-- oh, you mean how the nice tutorial peeps have affected us.
Vimjoyer has increased the adoption rate for flakes on NixOS. And also NixOS use in general.
Mental Outlaw has probably contributed to new Gentoo users, quoth the meme, but Gentoo is still a dying breed compared to its heyday in the early naughts.
Fireship has made people -- particularly CS students I believe -- more comfortable with trying out new programming languages. (The "I'll check out the Fireship video first" approach. But then again, ChatGPT has arguably had the same effect across undergraduates... that's a digression)
Asahi Lina's longform Rust dev work, while less of a network effect, has had its own substantial effects within the Asahi Linux "Linux on the M-series" sphere. I believe she also helped port a kind of anime mocap engine onto Linux, which could over the longterm boost the anime-nerd Linux-nerd center Venn diagram. But that's speculation.
edit:
In a broader perspective, with the combination of SteamOS and large YouTubers trying out Linux, Linux desktop adoption will probably increase more than it has now. I doubt it will pass 10% though with Linux's reputation (tech nerds, compile all day, games don't run, command line -- even though these are improving, it's hard to kick)
- Linus Tech Tips - "Linux HATES Me - Daily Driver Challenge Pt.1"
- SomeOrdinaryGamers - "I Installed The Hardest System Known To Man..."
- not gonna lie I ignored this clickbait but he has "gamers" in his name so he's probably a gamer
Soooooooo! How'd the exam go?
just use
-flol.less $(which zcat)shows us agzipwrapper. So we look throughgzipoptions and see:-f --forceForce compression or decompression. If the input data is not in a format recognized by gzip, and if the option --stdout is also given, copy the input data without change to the standard output: let zcat behave as cat.+1 for Inter. Kind of reminds me of San Francisco :)
Linux @lemmy.ml How do I add autocompletion for my
stfucommand?
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