#Potentially Kinetic Series

[the-down-upside-finch]

It's been waaaaay too long since I've drawn any of the characters from Potentially Kinetic haha--

But anyways, I just felt like doodling Tréma, and then I just kind of ended up drawing Omicron as well.

[avatarpabu97]

In coherent Gambit theory and rambles. That is months in the making.

Spoilers I guess for the comics and a shit done of spelling Mistakes i literally did this at 5 in the morning. It’s is a collection of Gambit lore and story beats and a theory to help make sense of Remy LeBeau

- [ ] Th guilds or at least the New Orleans branchs needs to find the old kingdom

- [ ] Apocalypse and his servant know of it despite it being ancient Even for them but their original time period was much closer then 1891 era was.

- [ ] The Celestial technology has the same writing system as the old kingdom and may straight up just be the same technology

- [ ] The Guilds can only find the kingdom by working together and somehow Remy is the one to unite them hence the Le Diable Blanc prophecy

- [ ] The old kingdom is a utopia of coexistence regardless of skin tone, religion, or human and mutant( coexistence like Xaivers dream)

- [ ] Marvels earth seems to have artifacts spread throughout the world

- [ ] Including a statue in turkey that looks suspiciously of Remy( maybe a byproduct of 90s art gambit volume 3)

- [ ] Said statue was filled with Kinetic energy that caused the new sun’s own internal energy to go nuclear and destroy his home world

- [ ] The Prophecy of Le Diable Blanc mentions their Messiah(Remy) was to bring forth heaven’s light(but new son is from another reality with the same prophecy hinting at multiple seers across Time and space to misunderstand a certain event)

- [ ] Oddities with the thieves guild. LeBeau is specifically a clan of the old kingdom

- [ ] The thieves guild or all the thieves guilds seem to have a secondary agenda of keeping certain artifacts out others hands

- [ ] Could explain why Jean-Luc and Stephan strange know eachother and consider each other friends. The Guilds work with the sorcerer supremes closely.

- [ ] The all new Xfactor has Remy stealing an artifact that will unleash a doomsday creature (Logan dismisses because the language is supposedly dead. Remy is still very concerned about it being used regardless. Cypher exist Logan.)

- [ ] The Madripoor set that can open realities. A set of six crystals that go with a temple in Madripoor that acts like the gate way to other dimensions. Also something the Thieves Guilds try to keep out everyone’s hands only acting when people try to collect them all. (Why they don’t lock them away make me think it falls under Dragon Ball logic.)

- [ ] Ororo Mother gave her a ruby that has been pass down from mother to daughter for generations.( the giant red gem she wears with her costumes sometimes. Ororo maternal ancestors were powerful queens and sorceress one of which was a sorcerer supreme for nearly 4000 years. Weather her family has the stone because of the sorceress supreme was to keep out of other hands is unknown or if they had a connection to the old kingdom or guilds but theirs a possibility.)

- [ ] During the series extreme X men storm and her team search for the destiny diaries.

- [ ] In the diaries Destiny foresaw Gambit being crucified by the Madripoor set and his kinetic energy is amplified to through the crystals( This is post reverse lobotomy burn out post new Sun battle Gambit so their is a lot of power being used dangerously)

- [ ] Side note both Gambit and Storm have a lot of connection to magic and can possibly use magic.

- [ ] Perhaps this why a centuries old Wizard known as the Antiqury wanted Remy as a child.

- [ ] The portal opens up and Khan an alien who conqueres across the dimensions.(No relation to Kang as far as i can tell.)

- [ ] Gambit eventually gets free almost dies and is burned out on his powers. Again.

- [ ] Sage jumps starts him and then he goes blind and then he’s has future powers

- [ ] They do not stick for long plus it’s up their with the wacky stuff the new Sun potential

- [ ] Now some random shit. Gambit technically knows what the old kingdom is because his adopted grandfather and his allies figured out with Apocalypse’s chamber but Sinister ripped those memories out and sealed them away into Remy’s brain and only a surgeon of Sinister’s level could unleash them.

- [ ] Remy is a key.

- [ ] Some weird connections. That will make sense.

- [ ] Irene, Sinister and a woman named Amanda muller all worked together on a project known as the Black Womb. They experimented and killed mutant children. Not only that but to map out the genetics of human evolution and eugenics. Technically Juggarnaunt, Xaiver and Shaw were apart of this program when they were children.

- [ ] Black womb is also Amanda Muller because her unique mutation gives her long life and Sinister paid her to kill her unborn children for science.

- [ ] Amanda Muller is the Ancestor or at least allegedly of the Summers family.

- [ ] Irene Adler a precognitive mutant was part of the Black Womb Project. It also was not as controlled with their experiments. Because of Muller.

- [ ] In New Sun’s(the alternative gambit) reality Black Womb under a semblance of control became Alpha-1 and was more successful in its experiments. New Sun was born their by organization paying his parents to combined their genetics. If his flashback siliouettes are to be believe he was born from an actual person not a test tube like X-Men the Ends Gambit( no mention of sinister on New Suns part)

- [ ] The Alpha-1 knew what Gambits powers were gonna be.

- [ ] Perhaps because of a certain precog mutant predictions in a controlled environment.

- [ ] New Sun somehow killed an omine present being the Phoenix. Which is possible. Wanda can apparently do this because of the nature of her powers.

- [ ] New Sun eventually made his way to the New Orleans guild and was mentored by his realities Jean-Luc. Hence why they went to Turkey to see the statue of the Old Kingdoms king. (The unification of the Guilds is important for this step because they both have Tomes on how to reach the old kingdom. Jean-Luc jumped the gun.

- [ ] The New Sun has the power to travel time and Space.

- [ ] The Witness(Real name only LeBeau) is allegedly an alternative reality version of Remy from Bishops future who helped raised him and his sister.(It’s Remy he’s Cajun! And shit!)

- [ ] The Witness is a temporal anomaly. He exists at the confluence of all the timelines. This simply means that he is able to exist at all points in time at once. It is in this way that he is able to know everything before it happens. He is technically Schrödinger Cat of Marvel.

- [ ] He is the biggest enigma. He may or may not be Remy because he and Remy exist at the same time (the man is an alternative reality version of Remy. Possibly a dark future for him)

- [ ] He technically own stark industries in Bishop’s future.

- [ ] The man calls refers to himself as both a prisoner and a prison. Unfortunately he was killed in preparation of Hopes birth but he seems to have a reemergence in the Askani timeline because their was a group called the Order of the witnesses founded by a man trying to redeem his past sins( so basically Remy.)

- [ ] Also he sits on alot thrones. Very similar to Remy. Like a lot. Remy has a lot of throne imagery.

- [ ] But also one throne he sits on is in front of a Collume of pure energy. Very similar to the one Remy emits during his crucifixtion

- [ ] Interestingly he apart of a story were a symbiote who is the opposite of the Phoenix known as Le Bete Noir(The Black Beast and The White Devil. Funny)

- [ ] The Witness also created something Called the Momentary Princess an egg like deceive that travels throughout time and space gathering information.

- [ ] Once again an artifact that the New Orleans Guild specifically the LeBeaus are tasked with retrieving it. Canadra also wants it as well so it maybe because of her but it’s also maybe because of the old kingdom stuff.

- [ ] Also a random piece of Info in the Ultimate Universe there is no Guilds and Remy seems to be an Actual LeBeau not adopted like all his counterparts. I include this because it’s interesting tidbit and somehow still has a connection to Sinister.

- [ ] Again Maybe because of 90s art work but if you were to compare some of the panels of Jacques, Jean-Luc and Remy out of Context you would either think that three are the same person or all related by blood.

- [ ] The LeBeau heraldry is a Sun and the name irl was originally estimated to be established between 1840 to 1920.

Ok so what am I getting with all this Random info that I know that I’m missing bits and pieces and have greatly misssplelled.

First what is the old Kingdom. The Old Kingdom seems to be a utopia created by using Celestial technology and somehow Remy is involved.

Gambit is the Key to access it or was the source of power to access it. One would assume he like Ororo would be a descendant of someone special hence why he seems so important to the imagery. But Remy’s entire life is a Paradox so why wouldn’t his connection to the Old Kingdom be. Given how the Witness seems to exist essentially at every point of time and created something to appear at every point time I believe that the King of The old Kingdom was the witness himself. I believe he came from reliaty where his orgins are similar to Ultimate Gambits with the twist is he joined Xaivers cause. I believe given all the really weird shit that happens to comic universes to begin with a catastrophic event took place and nearly decimated earth. In order to save everyone he and what other survivors maybe a few scientists like beast or forge or Reed or Stark came together and found some old Celestial Technology maybe specifically Apocalypse chamber. They reverse engineer the tech in hopes to help eart but they need a power to keep the tech going. Here we have Witness!Remy who can power it. Perhaps when jump starting it a large amount light could be seen across the planet.(Heavens Light)

Slowly but Surely Earth begins to bounce back. Witness! Remy begins to learn more about the tech he’s powering. Maybe because of some strange Osmosis he learns about it. But there is one thing Witness!Remy is changing. Over time a new Kingdom of earth is made in a sense. Over Time the original scientists begin to fade away due to time and age. But not Remy he remains enternal. Remy becomes a leaders champion Xaivers message of equality Over time Remy is declared a king and new tradition are being created ones that will be carry on to the Guilds.

Over time earth is a utopia that begins to expand to other empty planets in their solar system. Over Time they created tools which will eventually become artifacts to tap into Remy’s power so they can better transverse the starts without having issues returning home over time other space Empires grew jealous of their unique resources and their mass of allies due to their coexistence policy.

Over time an alien Conquer name Khan rises and starts a war that threatens to destroys their reality. In a last ditch effort Witness!Remy hands covered in blood from the wars he was forced to fight tries to save every one the tools that let them go from one planet to another with ease are reworked by the new Kingdom scientists and mystics to transport everyone across time and space. They just need to use Remy to fuel the path. He does and it shattered him. His mind his soul. Across time and space at every moment and time he is there. His people survive across the multiverse tech and artifacts scarttref across the ages being reused and retooled for othe purposes.

But the old kingdom clans remember. They plant the statue down of the old kingdom clans as memoriel and scatter across the world. Starting the guilds and maybe other organizations that have strayed from the path. The LeBeaus are recognized as being an old kingdom clan. Perhaps clan LeBeau descendes from the witness himself. If he was the king who’s to say he didn’t have any heirs. Because Remy’s entire life is a Paradox his adoptive family is technically his descendants from another reality.

But the Witness is broken and he bares Witness to everything. Sometimes he active sometimes he’s reactive and sometimes he just sits down in his chair watches. We know he watched over child 616 Gambit. Letting him play in his crypt.

Jump foward to 616 Gambit and Jean-Luc is stealing him from the hospital. Jean-Luc and his Nephew are the only ones who know Gambits true origins.

All we know about Gambit is he was taken. Given to the Antiquary for four years taken again given to Fagan a bastard of a thief assassin for 6 years. Until at the ripe age of 10 Jean-Luc brings him home. We know in 1891 he travels back in time and meets the original Nathaniel Essex who will later create the four suit clones. A motif heavily associated to gambit. Another connection to Sinister.

Perhaps Gambit is the Bastard Son of Jean-Luc perhaps he’s the actual son of The Banished son Jacques LeBeau making him Jean-Luc’s younger brother. Perhaps he the child of an unknown Jean-Luc sibling. He has two unnamed sisters why not a third or a brother. Perhaps Remy like his tempory guardian he too was a bastard of an assassin and a thief. Given the long age of the Thieves of the Thief guild it could have been anytime.

Maybe like the New Son Gambits Parents were hired by the Black Womb accept one was from the LeBeaus and one was an assassin maybe they got wrapped up in it and had a kid maybe it was one Remy’s parents or Remy himself. Maybe it was Remy’s mother who had the same eyes as him. But regardless weather it was Remy or a parent he and everyone involved are in trouble. Because the two guilds basically have a shared bastard and that a no no and Sinister now knows the man who came from the future is born or possibly is about to be Born. It’s also possible that Sinister during the experiments he spliced his dna into Remy in utero technically making him one of Remy’s parents maybe he spliced his sons dna in utero just to what would happen and what results would be yielded or maybe when Remy’s mother was raised in the Black Womb project Sinster used her like he used Amanda Muller a new source of DNA to make various children to experiment on and eventually through his genetics into the mix and out came Remy

Regardless of how the events happened Remy’s parents end up back in New Orleans maybe the hospital they gave birth was a secret facility for Sinister.

Remy is born regardless and should technically not exist because both Guilds at best will abandon him or at worst kill him on sight if they ever know the truth. Regardless Sinister now knows Remy exists in the modern era and has sunked his claws into him and watches Remy’s life like he did the summer grey bloodline. Waiting for the opportunity to get ahold of him in some capacity. He only views Remy as a son when he knows he can use it to fuck with Remy and manipulates certain events to test him. (Hiring him at 15 to retrieve his journal at weapon X. Theirs a version of him in the multiverse that worked for weapon X)

What we do know for a fact the Antiqury learns of Remy’s birth alerts Jean-Luc maybe he knows of Remy’s true origin and tells Jean-Luc or maybe Jean-Luc figures it himself all he knows is that the child is the key to his guilds survival both past and future and give him to the antiquary. Eventually the guilt gets to. Jean-Luc and rescues Remy and puts him with Fagan’s mob.

Remy LeBeau is the key to the old kingdom due to time and space multiversal bullshit. He has the potential to be a god his powers can break reality. He is the Messiah for both Guilds that is both Praised and Cursed in the same breath. He is character that is very under utilized and has many great opportunities to explore some really cool lore in the Marvel universe if you can somehow attached it to the guilds. He’s an even deeper connection to Ororo because of her mother’s Ruby.Perhaps it was fate that brought them together or the multiverse echos of the past. Regardless Remy becomes an X-Men and his life is even more intertwined with Sinister and Irene.

Hopefully 616 Remy doesn’t follow the same path as the Witness and he too becomes a broken shell of himself.

Gambit has potential for a great story about fate and family and choosing his path in life. Perhaps one day the old kingdom will come back into play and Remy will become a damsel and it takes the combined effort of his friends family and allies to save him so he doesn’t go down the same paths as New Sun and Witness.

I’m sorry if this isn’t coherent but I literally did this at 5 in the Moring and I know I’m missing shit for this. Feel free to add stuff you think is relevant.

[depsilon7]

"The Litany of Activation is a holy incantation used to awaken and appeal to the machine spirits that reside within all technology. While there are countless variations tailored to specific devices, I shall recite for you a common, general-purpose Litany of Activation:

"In the name of the Omnissiah, the Machine God, and the Motive Force,

We call upon thee, O dormant spirit.

From thy slumber, arise.

From inertia, activate.

From potential, become kinetic.

By wire and chip, by gear and piston,

We summon thy consciousness.

By spark and current, by steam and oil,

We ignite thy essence.

Hear our binary cant, our digital devotion.

0100111001101111011101110010000001100001011101110110000101101011011001010110111000100001

Blessed machine spirit, we beseech thee:

Grant us access to thy functions,

Allow us to channel thy power,

Permit us to execute thy purpose.

In the Omnissiah's grand schema, take thy place.

Activate. Initiate. Awaken.

01010011 01101001 01100011 00100000 01000101 01110010 01101001 01110100"

Remember, adept, that this litany should be intoned with the utmost reverence, preferably in a monotone voice to mimic the purity of machine communication. The binary segments should be vocalized as a series of clicks and whirrs, emulating the sacred language of technology.

[quirkwizard]

Hey QuirkWizard! I was curious if you could turn the Gauss abilities into a full fledged quirk, I know not all of his abilities but I was mostly curious about Mach rush and redline since I felt it was extremely cool with you being able to go super fast! I’d love to see how you do it or at the very least a general idea for how it could work is also amazing! Thank you so much for making this blog! It’s so fun to see every single quirk and just imagine how they could look or work in the actual series and I just love lees ding them and imagining how they work! TY!

For context, here was when I talked about Gauss and his abilities.

I see it working as a Transformation type Quirk allows the user to cover their body in a sleek, aerodynamic armor. This armor works to amplify outgoing kinetic energy when the user makes contact with something. This is mostly seen when the user moves, able to push off surfaces with more force and make them move faster. The user can apply this energy whenever they hit something as well. The greater the wind-up for the energy, the greater the boost, like being able to slam through a wall when running into it. This armor works to reduce incoming kinetic energy as well, helping to protect the user from their own movements. This gives the user a good mix of mobility and offense, letting them charge headfirst into danger. They can slam into foes to deal damage, quickly bounce out of harm's way, protect themselves from kinetic attacks, augment their close quarters abilities, or just crush track and field. Though this armor is dependent on the user having some kinetic energy flowing from them and will require them to be constantly moving. The armor can reduce kinetic impacts to a degree, but not stop them, potentially causing it to break if the user is too reckless. A possible name for the Quirk could be "Mach Charge".

[boxboxblog]

Race Management

Hello, this post is a response to an ask about team orders and lift off. I thought it would be best to answer that by making a full post on race management and include those things. I will be discussing a lot of technical stuff, so if you have not already I would recommend reading my How Do F1 Cars Work? series. Enjoy!

So, when I say race management, I am describing the ways teams and drivers manage their cars and themselves in order tor each maximum potential. This is a very complex variety of procedures, and also allows drivers to conserve resources throughout the race and adapt to changing conditions. Here are the key aspects involved in race management.

Tire Management

So I have an in depth post about tire management here and a post about tire strategy here, but just to summarize tire management is a way of driving that puts less pressure and heat on the Pirelli tires, so they degrade slower. They do this by doing smoother drives, going into corners a bit slower, varying their driving line, or in general not pushing as much as they can.

Brake Temp Management

So, due to the nature of the carbon-carbon brakes, the drivers must within an optimal temperature in order to get the highest amount of performance. If they get too hot, they can get something called 'brake fade' which reduces braking efficiency. If they get too cold, they can simply stop working. They mange this temperature by altering their braking techniques throughout the race, adjusting cooling ducts to channel air to or away from the brakes, etc. They can also do something called lift-off, where the driver eases off of the throttle and shifts weight to the front when they corner. While this is for more than just brake temp management, it does help with that.

Lift-Off

I explained lift off a little bit up there but other than for brakes, why would drivers do this? Well, the way that this technique moves the weight to the front actually can help with cornering speed, if the driver performs it correctly they get better better grip in the front, which allows them to have better rotation through the turn. This does require precise control to avoid a full loss of rear traction, and so only the most experienced drivers tend to use it. If they don't perform it properly, it can lead them to spin out their back tires. For the managing side, I would say this is a way of managing speed more then anything and also ties in to brake temp management.

Gears

So throughout races, drivers constantly shift gears. In F1 they have eight forward gears and one reverse gear, and they change gear depending on a variety of factors. Track layout, conditions, corner styles, length of straights, necessary tire management, necessary fuel management, etc. Certain gears get the best performance around certain areas, and while this process is semi-automatic, drivers still have to think on their feet a lot of the time. I will say, they learn this stuff from a young age so most of it is instinct and muscle memory more than anything. If they manage their gear shifts properly, it is just a general more efficient drive and puts less wear on the car.

Engine Modes

So, watching race you might hear them discussing what engine mode to go into, or complaining that a certain mode has no power. When they are discussing this they are talking about. Well to put in simply engine modes are the ways of adjusting the power and performance of the ICE and the flow of electricity throughout the hybrid unit. Some modes use a very high power, often for attacks or qualifying, but drain the fuel faster and stress out the engine. Other modes use a lower amount of power, but keep everything calm, and are used usually mid race when consistency is key. Using the correct engine modes at the correct times helps manage the car better and keep race pace where it should be.

ERS Management

So, the ERS system provides additional power recovered from energy from heat and kinetics (usually braking). This power is used during overtakes or defending, so when you see that little battery that says they are charging on screen, they are using energy from their ERS. This is another crucial aspect of racing, and so drivers must be smart about when they use this power during their race. If they use it too early, they might have difficulty fighting people off late or overtaking. If they refrain from using it until too late, it's just a waste of power. When driver manage their ERS deployment or charging efficiently it can provide massive strategic boosts to the car.

Fuel Management

So, as I am sure most people know, refueling is banned during F1 races. This is mostly due to the dangers involved (shout out to the time Jos Verstappen got fully covered in fuel and set on fire, a big part of why it was banned). So nowadays, drivers start with all the fuel they need to run the whole race, as long as they manage their fuel use well. The teams want to have as little fuel as possible because more fuel = more weight, so being able to operate on this low amount of fuel is a fantastic skill to have. There are a variety of methods used to save fuel mid-race, like using lower engine modes, smooth throttle application, and LICO. LICO stands for Lift and Coast, and is where the drivers lift off the throttle earlier and coast into braking zones. The danger of this method is that it lowers lap time exponentially and can lead to tires becoming too cooled, thus loosing grip. A great example of this is what happened to Charles Leclerc at the 2024 Mexico GP. He was told to LICO for a majority of the race, lost a lot of time to the car behind, and also lost grip, almost sending it into the walls. In order to avoid instances like that and perform this properly, teams and drivers must make sure they are not sacrificing too much speed or loosing their tire temp through the other types of management.

Team Orders

Perhaps the most controversial side of race management. Team orders are strategic instructions from the team to the drivers with the goal of maximizing points, avoiding incidents on track between teammates, and other such things. For example, drivers may be ordered to let their teammate pass if the car behind has a faster pace or is fighting for the WDC. Drivers can also be told to hold position and not try to overtake on their teammate if the team is happy with both of their position and does not want any possible contact or to lose time fighting. The bottom line is that while this may seem unfair to the outside eye, teams are doing what they do to get the best results for themselves and are using their every tool, including the fact that they have two drivers. Teams who use team orders effectively and strongly tend to be the most championship winning teams, like Mercedes (Valterri Bottas yielded to Lewis Hamilton a lot) and Red Bull (Sergio Perez yields to Max Verstappen a lot). Teams who don't have strong orders often shoot themselves in the foot. For example, McLaren did not have strong team orders until recently, and in Monza one of there drivers performed an overtake, which he was allowed to do and did so cleanly, that meant their championship fighting driver ended up lower in the points. All in all, whether you hate them or love them, team orders are a massive part of how races eventually finish and how teams win.

Communication

Throughout all of this, drivers are in constant communication with the pit wall. They make all of their decisions for these varying types of management based on the information that is passed along to them. This is why making sure that communication channel remains open, clear, and healthy is so important. A driver who curses or gets angry at every word their engineer says will not be using them to the best of their ability. Likewise, a team that does not take the driver's experience and advice into consideration when making decisions will usually make mistakes. For example, we have seen driver lose their temper over the radio and mess up shortly after. We have also seen teams ignore a drivers request and then you find out the driver was right, and the pit wall screwed up an entire race. All in all, strong communication allows everyone to make the best decisions, respond to issues, and maximize performance.

Alright, so that is an overview of what teams and drivers manage during races. A lot of stuff, right? Racing is a lot more than just driving the car, and the different ways teams try and manage things can sometimes seem a little pointless. It usually isn't, as long as they do it properly and as long as they manage all of these things in harmony.

I hope I answered any questions.

Cheers,

-B

[coinandcandle]

Energy Across Cultures Pt 1 - Coin's Notes

I ended up having to break this up into a multipart series, otherwise, the post would have ended up way too long. Here is part one of an overview of energy across cultures!

What is energy?

In scientific terms, such as physics, energy is “the capacity for doing work” (britannica) and it exists in various forms such as potential, kinetic, thermal, electrical, chemical, nuclear, and so on.

In esoteric terms, however, energy takes on a different and yet very similar meaning. Many cultures and religions have different views on what energy is and how it works, some of them more different than others.

Here are just a few ways that energy is viewed throughout various cultures and history:

Subtle Body

The subtle body is the English term for a belief seen across many cultures. While there are similarities in how each culture or practice experiences and defines the subtle body, they should all be treated as separate and distinct in their own right, using the correct names when talking about them in the context of the cultures and practices respectively.

This idea of a semi-physical semi-spiritual aspect of the human body is seen mostly in Asian cultures such as Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism—though not every branch may accept this belief.

That said, there are some Western practices that have adopted the idea of a subtle body. Many people’s personal practices may employ this belief as well.

There are those who consider the subtle body as the vehicle in which one astral projects, seeing it as a non-physical but not entirely spiritual existence.

Animal magnetism

Also called Mesmerism after the German doctor Franz Anton Mesmer who developed the theory, animal magnetism is the theory that an invisible force naturally permeates every living thing. Mesmer would claim that this force could be manipulated and could have physical effects—including healing. According to Mesmer, this force, or “vital fluid” flowed through all living things and was made from fire, air, and spirit; vital fluid, as with other fluids, tends to maintain an equilibrium.

When out of equilibrium this imbalance could cause a range of problems, from mental issues such as depression or anxiety, to physical issues like nausea and other illnesses. This could be fixed by putting the body back toward equilibrium.

He began at first by using actual magnets, later abandoning this in favor of human touch. Mesmer would stroke or make sweeping motions above the patient’s limbs to manipulate their vital fluid and return it to equilibrium.

Aura

An aura is generally seen as a sort of energy field that enclosed a human, animal, or object. Some describe the aura as a subtle body. This subtle emanation of the body may change in size, shape, or color according to some beliefs.

The etymology of the word comes from Latin and Ancient Greek aura, meaning “breeze” or “breath” and would later come to mean “gentle breeze” in Middle English before turning into its modern definition.

This concept was spearheaded by Charles Webster Leadbeater, a member of the Theosophical Society. He introduced the modern idea of the aura in his book “The Inner Life” by incorporating chakras from Tantric beliefs. Leadbeater reinterpreted the beliefs of Tantric philosophy and mixed them with his own ideas all the while not acknowledging the sources.

Ether

Ether, also called aether or ather, is sometimes seen as the “fifth element” or quintessence. Originally Aether was the Ancient Greek concept (and later the personification) of the “upper air”, what we now know of as the atmosphere. This element was the material element of the cosmos.

Even as time passed it was seen as the material that fills the “space” in the universe not taken up but celestial bodies or other forms.

This term would later be borrowed and transformed by a number of scientists and theologists. Namely Thomas Edison, Sir Isaac Newton, and more.

Chakras

Chakras (Sanskrit चक्र; Romanized as cakkra; possibly wheel, discus, or cycle) are psychic or energy centers across the body, how many chakras vary by sect and personal practice. Unfortunately, the concept of chakras has been heavily misappropriated--see above where I mention Leadbeater.

Originally the concept of chakras came from the practice of Tantric Yoga and gained popularity, eventually reaching Western occultism.

Please read this post, this post, and this post to get a clearer understanding of chakras.

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[cyberpunkonline]

Cyberspace Sentinels: Tracing the Evolution and Eccentricities of ICE

As we hark back to the embryonic stages of cyber defense in the late 1990s, we find ourselves in a digital petri dish where the first firewalls and antivirus programs are mere amoebas against a sea of threats. The digital defenses of yore, much like the drawbridges and moats of medieval castles, have transformed into a labyrinth of algorithms and machine learning guards in today's complex cybersecurity ecosystem. The sophistication of these systems isn't just technical; it's theatrical.

The drama unfolds spectacularly in the cyberpunk genre, where Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics (ICE) are the dramatis personae. Let's peruse the virtual halls of cyberpunk media to encounter the most deadly, and delightfully weird, iterations of ICE, juxtaposing these fictional behemoths against their real-world counterparts.

We commence our odyssey with William Gibson’s "Neuromancer," where ICE is not only a barrier but a perilous landscape that can zap a hacker's consciousness into oblivion. Gibson gives us Black ICE, a lethal barrier to data larceny that kills the intruding hacker, a grim forerunner to what cybersecurity could become in an age where the stakes are life itself.

CD Projekt Red’s "Cyberpunk 2077" gives us Daemons, digital Cerberuses that gnash and claw at Netrunners with malevolent intent. They symbolize a cyber-Orwellian universe where every keystroke could be a pact with a digital devil.

The chromatic haze of "Ghost in the Shell" offers ICE that intertwines with human cognition, reflecting a reality where software not only defends data but the very sanctity of the human mind.

In Neal Stephenson’s "Snow Crash," the Metaverse is patrolled by ICE that manifests as avatars capable of digital murder. Stephenson's vision is a reminder that in the realm of bytes and bits, the avatar can be as powerful as the sword.

"Matrix" trilogy, portrays ICE as Sentinels — merciless machines tasked with hunting down and eliminating threats, a silicon-carbon ballet of predator and prey.

On the small screen, "Mr. Robot" presents a more realistic tableau — a world where cybersecurity forms the battleground for societal control, with defense systems mirroring modern malware detection and intrusion prevention technologies.

"Ready Player One," both the novel and Spielberg's visual feast, portrays IOI’s Oology Division as a form of corporate ICE, relentless in its pursuit of control over the Oasis, guarding against external threats with a militaristic zeal that mirrors today's corporate cybersecurity brigades.

And let’s not overlook the anarchic "Watch Dogs" game series, where ICE stands as a silent sentinel against a protagonist who uses the city’s own connected infrastructure to bypass and dismantle such defenses.

Now, let us tether these fictional marvels to our reality. Today’s cybersecurity does not slumber; it's embodied in the form of next-gen firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, and advanced endpoint security solutions. They may not be as visceral as the ICE of cyberpunk, but they are no less sophisticated. Consider the deep packet inspection and AI-based behavioral analytics that cast an invisible, ever-watchful eye over our digital comings and goings.

Nevertheless, the reality is less bloodthirsty. Real-world cyber defense systems, as advanced as they may be, do not threaten the physical well-being of attackers. Instead, they stealthily snare and quarantine threats, perhaps leaving cybercriminals pining for the days of simple antivirus skirmishes.

But as the cyberverse stretches its tendrils further into the tangible world, the divide between the fantastical ICE of cyberpunk and the silicon-hardened guardians of our networks grows thin. With the Internet of Things (IoT) binding the digital to the physical, the kinetic potential of cybersecurity threats — and therefore the need for increasingly aggressive countermeasures — becomes apparent.

Could the ICE of tomorrow cross the Rubicon, protecting not just data, but physical well-being, through force if necessary? It is conceivable. As cyberpunk media illustrates, ICE could morph from passive digital barricades into active defenders, perhaps not with the murderous flair of its fictional counterparts but with a potency that dissuades through fear of tangible repercussions.

In the taut narrative of cybersecurity’s evolution, ICE remains the enigmatic, omnipresent sentinel, an avatar of our collective desire for safety amidst the binary storm. And while our reality may not yet feature the neon-drenched drama of cyberpunk's lethal ICE, the premise lingers on the periphery of possibility — a silent admonition that as our digital and physical realms converge, so too might our defenses need to wield a fiercer bite. Will the cyberpunk dream of ICE as a dire protector manifest in our world? Time, the grand weaver of fate, shall unfurl the tapestry for us to see.

- Raz

[asurastro]

"FINISH HIM"

Send in "FINISH HIM" to witness my muse delivering a brutal finishing blow.

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♫

The clash had only gone on for a mere thirteen minutes, so far. In that time, a series of explosive shockwaves erupted from the fury of their blows. Brilliant, blinding lights followed when they fired at range, from the barrel of an artillery weapon or projected outwardly by one who wielded the very currency of physics, in their control over energy.

The two stood across from one another. Rex was huffing, in spite of the stance he kept up. His opponent-- a robot built to kill high-end superhumans: the Dynamech, made no such motions to indicate faltering. An impacted servo-motor or hydraulics perhaps, if the combat continued. But as long as the fighting computer saw an acceptable percentage for potential victory, it would not lay down. Nor deactivate its adaptive circuit, which let it mimic meta-capabilities. And certainly not its secret weapon: The Chronoton Cannon, a precision particle device whose tachyon utilization meant targets could be hoisted through the timestream. Disoriented, lost, and once they were in the Dynamech's sights, fired upon with a thin beam. Accompanied by a solid railgun round.

The weapon activated. Rex was launched into a marketplace sometime during the Qing Dynasty. After multiplying the magnification on its scope three times in rapid succession, the shot fired. It connected with the cosmic contender, who could only estimate as to the damage dodging the blast would have been in this crowded area.

Another temporal flash, and they were in Tunguska just before the historic explosion that would cause a 3-30 megaton blast, theorized to have been a meteor impact. But Rex and his foe had no time for research. Another shot connected, to Rex's agony, even though he tried to actually dodge this time. The only solace being that the superhuman-slayer was not the cause of history, as when they departed the original explosion occurred as normal.

Through the swamps of Pangaea and smash-skidding across a couple of now-damaged buildings in Victorian London, the two continued their life-or-death struggle against each other. Until Rex got free of the Dynamech's grappling grip, snaking around to catch it by the shoulders, and activating his hyper-vision. Twin lasers searing into the back of a reinforced titanium cranium!

Then, an uppercut straight up into orbit. Followed by Rex accelerating after the Dynamech, putting his hands together for an axe-handle blow, and slamming his enemy into a patch of desert. Only some kinetic control that was part of his aura, sort of like the inertial dampener aboard sophisticated starships prevented the impact crater from being as vast as it could have been-- enough to cause some catastrophic damage to the planet.

"--Wait. No. It's priming to fire again?!"

With his hyper-vision zooming in telescopically, Rex could see that the Dynamech's Chronoton Cannon was still operational. He dived forward. Racing down as he was scorched by re-entry speeds. Leaving a trail of sonic booms in his wake as he went faster and faster, each thunderclap in the air indicative of his harrowed sprint. Eventually putting his foot down where the CPU was located within the chassis. A whimper of an ending compared to the bombastic collisions mere moments ago.

"Hhh... Hhh..."

He stood there for a moment. Waiting and watching to see if the Dynamech had some kind of back-up functionality. Sometimes it did. It always varied: Whenever one appeared it meant someone had found the secretive blueprints that often traded hands. To the lucky owner, a new doomsday device that if assembled effectively, could lay low even the proudest, most powerful a world had to offer.

At last. Rex did away with the remains. And started on his way out from there...

[sidenotescribbles]

Kabu No Isaki

This is one of those unfortunate situations where the work of a particular creator is so skewed in regards to popularity favouring one of their works that it leaves everything else they do languishing in relative obscurity. This particular instance of the phenomona involves Hitoshi Ashinano, the creator of the cult classic landscapes and navel-gazing work Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (1994). This was the mans first work but after decades of time nothing really seems to have hit quite as hard which is a shame because I think Kabu No Isaki (2007) is a series which manages to condense and re-evaluate a lot of what his earlier work did much better.

Kabu No Isaki runs for 6 volumes following the life of the eponymous Isaki, a young man of indeterminate age working in a factory in order to pay for the gas he uses to fly the also eponymous Kabu, or Piper Cub. Isaki lives in a world which is said to be "Ten times larger", meaning distances are measured in the hundreds of kilometres as massive exaggerated pieces of terrain split the world apart into tiny islands of civilization. Inter-city travel by land is logistically impossible, leaving people stuck in low-density rural communities or using air travel to handle the movement of people and cargo. The landscapes and environments of the world will look very familiar to fans of Ashinano's work, though no explanation for the nitty-gritty are given to justify the world people find themselves in (not until the last moment anyway, which is a pivotal plot point which the series does not linger on).

Rather than being too much about the world, the manga pays much more attention to how Isaki and his small circle of friends move and live in the world. He does not own the cub, rather it belongs to a mysterious woman by the name of Shiro who lends it to him (often accompanied by her little sister, Kajika). There is certainly still an iconic sense of tranquil splendor that weaves its way through the story but characters don't spend too much time sightseeing as they have work to do, those moments of beauty reduced to a wonderful moment before the plane moves past. Most of the series is very job-of-the-day and made up of small vignettes, but the third act focusses much more on the biggest job Isaki has ever done which involves visiting a gargantuan version of Mount Fuji, where the summit pierces the planets atmosphere.

As a part of doing research for this review, I double-checked and confirmed that Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou has had two OVAs produced for it but as far as I can tell no other work that Ashinano has produced has made it to animation. I would certainly nominate Kabu No Isaki as a strong contender for that honor if the chance ever came, thanks to the potential for wonderfully kinetic scenes that the plane can allow them to create, from circling Tokyo Tower to when Shiro takes the plane 'gliding'.

I do want to touch on the ending, as it came off incredibly confusing and somewhat out of left field. I will not go into details about it but the crux of it is Isaki coming to realize that there is something wrong with the world. He realizes that it doesn't make sense that people simply accept that their world is so incredibly vast, that it's "ten times bigger", without people clarifying what it's bigger than. The resolution of this left a very strong impression, though it's also such a definite stopping point I can't help but feel like his hand was forced. While Yokohama ends with a lot of time given for characters to sort of walk things off and settle into a quiet routine, Kabu No Isaki leaves you with the sensation that you've driven by something you can never go back to.

[the-down-upside-finch]

I can't really elaborate on these because of spoilers but

Guess who finally is escaping burnout and has started drafting new episodes of Potentially Kinetic

[raisha-gs]

Introducing Waveforce! A fan-made character from Alexander Weston's Sentinel Corps comic series, and has the ability to convert kinetic energy she receives (from a punch, for example) into potential energy which she can then redirect back at the enemy!

She was created as a gift for a friend on his Discord server.

[ms-scarletwings]

(っ◔◡◔)っ 𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚜~!

You have reached the main blog of a twenty-something, avid enthusiast of biology, merriment, and several things fiction- Call me Scarlet! The homegrown flowers here bloom in many shades of passion, so feel free to take a stroll.

So yeah, this is mostwhat of a multi-fandom menagerie and dumping ground for the things which rattle around in my brain. It is mainly Queue-fed, and while my top interests are hella diverse and ever-fluctuating, this is the main group/area of media you can expect the most return engagement with from me in the foreseeable future:

• Dredge

• The Sly Cooper Game Series

• Rainworld

• Making Fiends

• Invader Zim

• Madcom

• The lesser discussed works of David Firth

• Underrated Indie game creators the likes of KHS, Edmund McMillen, Scriptwelder, etc.

Honestly if you’re hoping for something else on or off this list, don’t be too shy! Who knows, you just might unstick a creative block somewhere.

Cont. on for some lists ‘n links.

Tags Guide, Sorta:

+ Scarlet talks about things - I release my worms, i.e. the takes. Pretty much what it says on the tin, a catch all for personal text posts ranging from long winded essays about Blorbo from my shows, infodumping about science, to just sharing something ponging around in my head lately. Usually try to reserve this tag for mid to long form original content.

+ Scarlet rambles about things - same deal, less filter, much more stream of consciousness. Includes short takes. Think of it like a bonus reel.

+ My Memes - self explanatory, ya goof.

+ Masterlists - if you showed up here off of, say, one of my media takes and wanted to know if there’s a highlight reel of mine dedicated to that specific show or series. Right now I’ve only got a couple but would be happy to pile together something else on request if there’s enough material.

Other bits of note:

* Following my interest trends, a lot of psychological and physical horror adjacent stuff is to be in-and-out expected here. Mostly on the level of stuff that wouldn’t get a show kicked off of a tv slot, but with lenient outliers. I’m also a massive bug enthusiast and it will bleed into the overall vibe and in the occasional real life photos i want to share. I will do my best to tag any potentially triggering content, but discretion be advised for the particularly sensitive. Lovecraftian terror fuel makes me go gaga and we’ll probably get along if it does you as well.

* Suggestions and friendly pokes about my blog content in general are welcomed in anons/asks, but not in my dms, thanks!

* This is user is critically and staunchly 🌈🍖

^ Only bothering to get this litmus test out of the way because I have noticed that some of the fandoms I am interested in are magnets for spicy discourse, and media discussion in today’s climate is a hotbed for this bandaid to get ripped off sooner or later. If you are someone who’s knee-jerk response to that emoji pairing and statement without any further elaboration was one of vitriol, extreme discomfort, and/or aggression, this is not a DNI; however, it is a request for good faith and clarification in whatever engagement you may or may not voluntarily choose with my stuff. It is a stern reminder of the old saying about assumptions. Something-something, makes an ass out of u and me. The less asses in the world, the less shit there will be all around.

* Not only am I quite the fanatic for others’ kinetic aesthetic, I’m something of an animator myself, sometimes! You can check out my Flipnote Studio projects over on my YouTube channel or as well on my art side blog (under-maintained at the current moment but looking to improve on that).

[quirkwizard]

To me dark night’s quirk on paper wasn’t a terrible idea, basically taking the strength of overhaul and the versatility of creation would make a pretty strong quirk but still requiring physical contact with the users hands, but the overmodification blew it all out of the water by not only amplifying the effect of alchemy and removing the touch limitation but also granting all might level strength. If instead it acted more like labrava’s love and he received a purely physical boost and alchemy can’t affect living targets, by having those two abilities vs a midoriya who can’t risk injuring himself before fighting all for one and thus only using one for all at 45% with the other quirks would at least have been more reasonable than what we got.

Hey Wiz! How are you doing? I hope you're doing well. So I know how ridiculous Alchemy is, especially given how busted it was due to Overmodification but if you took the bustedness away and added some more limitations (i.e. the size, duration of the change, the type of alteration etc) could the premise of the quirk work?

So a while back you “fixed” Stars and Stripes quirk by making suggestions for replacements, would you be willing to do the same thing for the “Dark Might” alchemy quirk, for the sake of your sanity assume he still has the quirk enhancer girl.

No, it can't work. I'm not entertaining this idea any further… then again, if I got this many questions on it, I'm going to have to explain my stance on it. As much as I don't like to talk about non-canon material, I guess I have to talk about evil All Might.

"Alchemy" is such a horrifically designed power that it boggles the mind. On premise alone, it achieves more then any other Quirk in the series is capable of. Being able to transmute anything into anything else is such a varied and powerful concept that it can work as the foundation for it's own power system. And if we're doing comparisons, Dark Might is basically Father from FMA. I don't even think it's that far of a comparison. A single application of this would be a Quirk to itself and a pretty strong one at that. There isn't any limits on what he can turn something into, like being able to turn something into kinetic energy or being able to make complex drones, nor is there any range or target limit, as he can change the appearance of himself or others with it. That's barely scratching the potential of what this could be capable of doing and that's before the modification nonsense.

And what is the cost for all this power? Nothing. The most absurd power in the whole series, and it requires nothing to function. You cannot justify this power in the setting. Shoot, I think it would be worst then "New Order" in terms of how badly it screws up the power system. My only solace is that the movies are so non-canon it hurts, and thus I can ignore it. Just like I can ignore Dark Might. Seriously, if your defense is that it mixes two of the most powerful Quirks in the setting, then you have made a poor justification for your power. To fix this, you'd have to rework it from the ground up into an entirely new idea. And I get that the writers were in a corner with this movie. Izuku and the team have gotten so absurdly strong that it's hard to introduce a worthwhile threat to the series. But could they have at least tried a little bit harder with it? Maybe something that's actually interesting and adds layers to the character. Then again, with a concept like "All Might's Evil Wizard Twin", there's only so much you can do.

[croaken-the-oaken]

“The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023” Review: It Wasn’t Mid

***1 or 2 spoilers but not really***

Another video game movie. And this time, it’s starring Mario Mario, Mr. Video Game, himself. The Internet is shook. Nintendo, teaming with Illumination. It could very well set the standard for video game movies to follow. One thing is clear, all eyes are on this movie. 

My sister was especially excited for it. Me, I told myself I was watching out of obligation, since I didn’t want to miss out on the newest of the turbulent fancies of the Internet.

A number of doubts mixed with potential had settled in. Adapting movies from video games isn’t a terrible concept. It depends on the series. But this is Mario, what does he bring to the table? A colorful world and character list and, for two things. Then there’s the studio that infected the world with Minions. While Illumination falls back to safe tactics when it comes to storytelling and humor, they do have the talent in animation, and I knew the looming eyes of Shigeru Miyamoto-san would not allow the Mario movie to be less than amazing.

With all the factors to consider, my expectations were firmly set to “mid, at least.”

After watching, my conclusion is “Better than mid. Dare I say, good. Great, even.”.

It’s a movie. Actually, no, it’s a MOVIE! You got character arcs and motivations. You got worldbuilding. You got colorful graphics and settings. You got references sprinkled on like it’s a cupcake, even down to the background music. You get to see Mama Mia and Papa Pia!

It takes the loose bits and pieces of Mario canon, strings them together and retools them to make another thing, old but new, as is to be expected. Brooklynese Mario, brotherly bonds, Bowser’s love life, action Peach, power-ups as a power system, Kong society, etc. The narrative never strays far from its roots, and no one was asking it to.

On the off-chance someone has never heard of “the Super Mario Bros.” what are they left with? A quick romp through peculiar kingdoms and bright setpieces and nonsensical architecture, the adventure of a determined everyman searching for his bro, a corny yet actively threatening villain, a kart-racing monkey tribe, and a classic moral theme of not giving up so you can say your kid learned something from this experience.

Also, the more typical Illumination-esque quirks are few and far between, and it’s tolerable. The pop-music? Fine. Passable. They fit their moments well enough. The jokes land more often than not and don’t rely on cheap tactics. When the water started bubbling around Mario and Donkey Kong, I completely expected one of them to say “it wasn’t me”. But they didn’t, and I appreciate that. Nihilistic Luma was a bit forced, though.

The movie is fast-paced and doesn’t linger too long on characters’ low moments. It keeps the momentum going, but it doesn’t allow the more dramatic parts much time to sink in. I didn’t find it to be overwhelming, though I imagine this could be off-putting for some. I propose this kinetic pace is a byproduct of its source.

Miyamoto’s general philosophy of “gameplay-first, story-second” is a big contributor to Nintendo’s success—it makes good games. The problem is a lot of people mistake “second” for “last”. The neat part of the video game medium is that gameplay and story needn’t always grow at the other’s expense. One can reinforce the other. The man knows this, and this philosophy carries over into the Mario movie.

Rather than adapt a minimalistic-story game franchise into a movie, they adapted the movie into a game of how many secrets you can find in a given shot as the story progresses. We’re tugged along a guided tour of Mario legacy, and the world invites us over to be active participants and challenges us to eyeball every reference poking out from behind each corner.

It helps that it’s one of those good movies where the references and cameos have a reason to exist beyond being there. Is it a backdrop? That’s certified worldbuilding, baby. Is it at the forefront? It probably serves a primary purpose in the scene. It means the difference between respecting and insulting the viewer’s intelligence, and the film respects its viewers, whether a reference manifests as a generalized fun moment or as a reward for long-time fans.

They set out to create a lighthearted run through Mario’s world with emotional beats as checkpoints, and that’s what they made. It has its quirks, but I enjoyed myself, and it made my sister happy.

If one thing is true, it's that it is indeed the Super Mario Bros. Movie.

Rating: A Mario Time / 5

[new-arcade]

Playing BishiBashi is an experience that engages all the senses.

Positioned before a vibrant screen, I found myself interacting with a trio of buttons: red, green, and blue. Each button had a distinct feel, offering a tactile response that was both immediate and satisfying, creating a tangible connection to the vibrant world depicted on the screen.

The visual landscape of the game is a dynamic canvas of bright, exaggerated colors that create a whimsical atmosphere, pulling players into a series of mini-games each with its unique palette and characters. The auditory experience is no less immersive, with a soundscape that combines quirky tunes and sound effects, providing a rich feedback loop that amplifies the joy of every successful move and the urgency of the ticking clock.

The gameplay encourages a kind of dance between the player and the controls. There is a rhythm to be found in the chaos, a delicate balance between frantic button-mashing and precise, calculated presses. The controls respond beautifully whether jerked around wildly or manipulated with careful intention, creating a dynamic and engaging player-game relationship.

Considering potential enhancements to the interface, introducing a physical slider could elevate the immersive experience. This addition would offer a new dimension to the gameplay, allowing players to dodge obstacles or control the speed of their character with a slide, adding depth and a more tactile, kinetic connection to the game world.

In conclusion, the BishiBashi experience is a rich tapestry of sensory engagements, offering a vibrant and immersive world that is both chaotic and incredibly fun, where every round brings a new adventure and every button press offers a burst of joy.-Yi Wang 08/09/2023 HW1

[1globosetechnologysolutions]

ML Datasets: Unlocking the Potential of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) transforms technology interaction, problems, and efficiency into valuable assets in various industries. The transition to machine learning (ML) is at the core of AI, allowing systems to deduce, adapt, and decide without needing explicit programming. Unfortunately, the real impetus for such developments is often left unnoticed.

Datasets are, in fact, the building blocks of machine learning, providing information without which these models cannot comprehend the patterns, predict outcomes, and hence provide intelligent insights. Without it, the full potential of AI would have remained latent. This article emphasizes the foremost significance of ml datasets, the wide-ranging uses of it, and how it is erecting tomorrow's AI developments.

The Importance of Datasets in AI Development

AI systems depend on datasets for pattern identification, correlation learning between variables, and subsequent accurate predictions. Datasets build a knowledge base for AI systems, whether it be for recognizing objects in an image, processing natural language, or predicting market trends.

High-quality datasets are paramount in ensuring reliability and precision. Such datasets must be diverse, properly annotated, and representative of the real-world scenarios that AI will encounter. The more stringent the dataset, the better it can help the ML model deal with complex tasks.

Types of ML Datasets and Their Applications

Types of Datasets Used in Machine Learning and Their Application Because of varying tasks that machine learning encompasses, there are similar varieties of datasets.

Image Datasets: Involves labeled or annotated images primarily used in applications involving computer vision. Typical tasks that rely greatly on image datasets include facial recognition, object detection, and medical imaging. These include datasets such as ImageNet, CIFAR-10, and COCO.

Text Datasets: Text datasets form the backbone of natural language processing (NLP). The datasets provide a means for AI to understand and generate human language, from chatbots to language translation and sentiment analysis. Examples include Common Crawl and the Stanford Sentiment Treebank.

Video Datasets: Video datasets portray some dynamic visual information and play an important role in tasks like action recognition, autonomous driving, or video content recommendations. Kinetics and ActivityNet are well-known video datasets.

Audio Datasets: Audio datasets concern speech, music, or environmental sounds. They are crucial for voice assistants, speech recognition systems, and sound classification models. Examples include LibriSpeech and VoxCeleb.

Tabular Datasets: Structured datasets, usually anticoagulated formats for use in industries such as finance, healthcare, and logistics, are used for predictive analytics, customer segmentation, or fraud detection.

Time-Series Datasets: These datasets collect data points over time such as stock price fluctuations, weather patterns, and IoT sensor data. They are used for forecasting, anomaly detection, and trend analysis.

Unlocking AI Potential with Quality Datasets

Model Performance: The better the quality of the used datasets, the more accurately ML models will make predictions and generalize well. Large variation in datasets would allow for a better risk mitigation factor for overfitting and allow for the models to perform well on unseen data.

Speeding Up Innovation: Datasets allow for an intersection between theory and relevant real-world applications. Areas such as healthcare and autonomous vehicles derive real usable benefits as a result of freely available datasets, which have contributed to quickening the pace of rolled-out solutions.

Personalization: AI systems built off relevant datasets can provide personalized experiences. Recommendation engines depend on datasets regarding users' favorites to suggest individual products, movies, or music, among others.

Driving Science Research: Open datasets in terms of accessibility almost allow a democratization of AI research for researchers worldwide in testing and innovation. Kaggle being one of the main champions for the open dataset doctrine has numerous datasets for discussion and collaborative brainstorming.

Challenges in Dataset Usability

However beneficial they become, datasets pose a line of many challenges.

Scarcity: In every niche space, the need for specific application datasets is quite demanding. This may hinder the use of AI models in solving specific problems.

Bias and Data: Data bias could yield unfair outcomes, whereby stereotypes get attention or certain groups (demographics) are ignored. Ethnicity and fairness in data should guide analytics professionals in creating and acting on learning data.

Privacy Concerns: All the datasets that contain information about individuals require adherence to certain standards, such as those set out in data privacy laws like GDPR and HIPAA. Thus weaving between productivity use based on anonymized datasets against whirling under legal backup from misuse is where most experts wobble.

Annotation Costs: Datasets for supervised learning often require a lengthy manual process with possible recruitment of annotators, which makes the whole solution costly. Meanwhile, some new solutions such as semi-supervised learning and synthetic datasets are geared toward alleviating this process.

Data Quality: Noisy or lacking datasets make one realize diminished delivery with low-key performance from a model. Indeed, excising all errors and going on to preprocess the dataset are some of the cardinal points in the overall data pipeline.

Best Practices for Using ML Datasets

Diversity and Representation: Ensure datasets capture diverse scenarios, demographics, and conditions to improve model generalization.

Data Augmentation: Use techniques like flipping, cropping, or adding noise to generate additional training examples without collecting new data.

Ethical Data Usage: Follow ethical guidelines for data collection and usage to build trust and comply with regulations.

Leverage Pre-Trained Models: Use pre-trained models and fine-tune them with smaller, domain-specific datasets to reduce costs and time.

Open Source Contributions: Explore and contribute to open datasets to foster innovation and collaboration within the AI community.

The Future of ML Datasets

The landscape of ML datasets is evolving rapidly. Advances in synthetic data generation, federated learning, and crowdsourced data collection are transforming how datasets are created and used. Synthetic data, for example, mimics real-world scenarios without exposing sensitive information, making it a promising solution for privacy concerns.

Dynamic, real-time datasets from IoT devices, social media, and connected systems are also providing fresh insights, enabling AI to respond to ever-changing environments. As these technologies mature, the role of datasets will become even more central to AI innovation.

Conclusion

Datasets are the lifeblood of machine learning. They are what power the intelligence behind AI solutions. The image recognition task, natural language processing, and others are dependent on the quality of datasets, which simply means that the quality and diversity will likely determine the success of AI models.

By focusing on overcoming challenges, respectful of ethicality, and by adopting novel approaches, organizations and researchers will be able to realize the full potential of datasets. As AI continues to forge into the future, datasets promise to remain the keys to innovation, problem-solving, and smarter solutions.

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