#ai recommendations

[jovialwitchtastemaker]

Books/manga/comics

The Dark-Hunter series by Sherrilyn Kenyon

The Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa

The Wicked Lovely series by Melissa Marr

Blue Exorcist

Black Clover

Black Butler

The Ancient Magus' Bride

The Bride of the Water God

Fushigi Yuugi

Ghost in the Shell

*Book Recommendations:*

1. *The Dark Tower series* by Stephen King (Western-fantasy)

2. *The Dresden Files* by Jim Butcher (urban fantasy, gritty)

3. *The Sandman Slim series* by Richard Kadrey (dark fantasy, Western-inspired)

4. *The First Law trilogy* by Joe Abercrombie (grimdark fantasy, complex characters)

5. *The Gone-Away World* by Nick Harkaway (post-apocalyptic, Western-inspired)

The Historian* by Elizabeth Kostova (historical fiction, vampire-themed)

*Ricky & JC:*

1. _Call Me By Your Name_ by André Aciman (romance, coming-of-age)

2. _The Miseducation of Cameron Post_ by Emily M. Danforth (coming-of-age, LGBTQ+ themes)

3. _Every Heart a Doorway_ by Seanan McGuire (fantasy, LGBTQ+ themes)

4. _The Song of Achilles_ by Madeline Miller (historical fiction, LGBTQ+ themes)

5. _Wolfsong_ by TJ Klune (paranormal, LGBTQ+ romance)

*Ricky & Victor:*

1. _The Secret History_ by Donna Tartt (dark academia, complex relationships)

2. _The Stranger_ by Harlan Coben (mystery, thriller)

3. _The Glass Castle_ by Jeannette Walls (memoir, complex family dynamics)

4. _The Poisonwood Bible_ by Barbara Kingsolver (literary fiction, complex relationships)

5. _The Sea of Tranquility_ by Katja Millay (new adult, complex relationships)

*Jason & Sam:*

1. _The Perks of Being a Wallflower_ by Stephen Chbosky (coming-of-age, mental health)

2. _The Fault in Our Stars_ by John Green (romance, drama, mental health)

3. _Eleanor & Park_ by Rainbow Rowell (young adult, romance)

4. _The Sun is Also a Star_ by Nicola Yoon (young adult, romance)

5. _Anna and the French Kiss_ by Stephanie Perkins (young adult, romance)

*Lindsey & Ricky:*

1. _The Lovely Bones_ by Alice Sebold (magical realism, sibling relationships)

2. _The Time Traveler's Wife_ by Audrey Niffenegger (romance, complex relationships)

3. _The Night Circus_ by Erin Morgenstern (magical realism, complex relationships)

4. _The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August_ by Claire North (science fiction, complex relationships)

5. _The City & The City_ by China Miéville (police procedural, complex relationships)

Here are revised book recommendations focusing on the sibling relationship between Ricky and Lindsey:

_Ricky & Lindsey (Siblings):_

1. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (magical realism, sibling relationships)

2. The Color Purple by Alice Walker (historical fiction, sibling bonds)

3. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (historical fiction, sibling relationships)

4. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (coming-of-age, sibling dynamics)

5. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (literary fiction, complex sibling relationships)

Additional recommendations exploring themes of:

_Grief & Loss:_

1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

2. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

3. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

_Mental Health & Trauma:_

1. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

2. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

3. Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel

_Supernatural & Paranormal:_

1. The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher

2. The Sandman Slim series by Richard Kadrey

3. The All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness

[beepboopappreciation]

Is this anything

[technology-and-beyond]

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[thunderboltfire]

I have unwittingly witnessed a new level of the absurd. Behold, the AI-generated equine anatomy models.

Ah yes, my favourite parts of the equine body. Paster and... *looks at the smudged writing on hand* boob. At least this one looks purely decorative and the being actually looks like a horse. But don't worry, it gets worse.

If we completely ignore the hipopotamus musculature of this one, there's still a lot of things that don't make sense in this one, like a tail that ends in a series of bone spikes and a complete lack of molars. You could make a cool pokemon on the basis of this, but it's not even in the realm of being an actual anatomy help.

I'm firmly convinced this is not a horse, this is something that really, really wants you to think it is a horse. The more you look, the more things look... wrong. The more details turn out to be shifted, bones crammed in to fill in the familiar form, its shape merely implied so that the human mind fills the gap. Of course the text seems like gibberish, because its anatomy is incomprehensible. it's either a parasite or a monster and in each case, it's an eldtrich body horror. I'm kind of angry at how well this joke writes itself.

[mckitterick]

slutty, slutty Pokémon

This fit [Pokemon optional]

[inkzectz]

Bésame con tus ojos de miel, que me hablan de un mundo que ya no conozco

[mangajams]

From: Roses and Champagne

[dekusleftsock]

Yaoimation

[pearlyboi-ofthenight]

Title: The Good Teacher

Maturity Rating: 18+

[yaoi-islife]

name: THE NEW RECRUIT

[genericpuff]

I'm sorry, but this should come as a shock to absolutely no one.

Just a little bit of 'insider info' (and by 'insider' I mean I was a part of the beta testing crew a few years ago) Webtoons has been messing with AI tools for years. You can literally play test that very same AI tool that I beta-tested here:

Mind you, this is just an AI Painter, similar to the Clip Studio Colorize tool, but it goes to show where WT's priorities are headed. I should mention, btw, that this tool is incredibly useless for anyone not creating a Korean-style webtoon, like you can deadass tell it was trained exclusively on the imports because it can't handle any skin tone outside of white (trying to use darker colors just translates as "shadows" to the program, meaning it'll just cast some fugly ass shadows over a white-toned character no matter how hard you try) and you just know the AI wouldn't know what to do with itself if you gave it an art style that didn't exactly match with the provided samples lmao

And let's be real, can we really expect the company that regularly exploits, underpays, and overworks its creators to give a damn about the ethical concerns of AI? They're gonna take the path of least resistance to make the most money possible.

So the fact that we're now seeing AI comics popping up on Webtoons left and right - and now, an actual "Webtoon AI" branding label - should come as zero shock to anyone. Webtoons is about quantity over quality and so AI is the natural progression of that.

So yeah, if you were looking for any sign to check out other platforms outside of Webtoons, this is it. Here are some of my own recommendations:

ComicFury - Independently run, zero ads, zero subscription costs (though I def recommend supporting them on Patreon if you're able), full control over site appearance, optional hosting for only the cost of the domain name, and best of all, strictly anti-AI. Not allowed, not even with proper labelling or disclosure. Full offense to the tech bro hacks, eat shit.

GlobalComix - Very polished hosting site that offers loads of monetization tools for creators without any exclusive contracts or subscriptions needed. They do offer a subscription program, but that's purely for reading the comics on the site that are exclusively behind paywalls. Not strictly anti-AI but does require in their ToS that AI comics be properly labelled and disclosed, whether they're made partially or fully with AI, to ensure transparency for readers who want to avoid AI comics.

Neocities - If you want to create your own site the good ole' fashioned way (i.e. HTML / CSS) this is the place. Independently run, offers a subscription plan for people who want more storage and bandwidth but it only costs $5/month so it's very inexpensive, and even without that subscription cost you won't have to deal with ads or corporate management bullshit.

Be safe out there pals, don't be afraid to set out into the unknown if it means protecting your work and keeping your control as a creator. Know your rights, know your power.

[mothcpu]

rehash of my SAYER AI construct designs from a couple years back

iamsayer.com

[hypogryffin]

Erina and Sophie....

erina and sophie..... perhaps even sophie and erina....

[technology-and-beyond]

Revolutionizing user experience: Intelligent recommendation engines take a quantum leap forward, tailoring personalized suggestions.

[space-blue]

Must read. Here' s a snippet to motivate you :

For the still-not-convinced: If you need an AI to come up with ideas for you, you don’t even belong in the fucking room, because ‘coming up with ideas’ is literally the most basic level skill to have. A basketball player who can’t dribble doesn’t belong in the NBA, so why the fuck do you think you deserve a spot on my writing team if you need a computer to do what any goddamn fucking eight year old can do? Take the fucking hint, you fucking fraud: if you need AI to do the most basic tasks required of you as a writer, then you aren’t employable as a writer. Period. Fuck you. You’re a waste of everyone’s time.

[starleska]

ohhh how i love initially benign and cutesy yet increasingly malevolent AI characters who become extremely obsessed with you and slowly infiltrate your life through technology 🥰💖💖💖