#ai spotter

[mariopokemonuniverse]

It’s now impossible to search for little-known Pokémon references on Google without AI bullshit results.

In particular, I’m searching for references that @4lex-4nder and I can use for our comics.

So I wrote this to help anyone who hasn’t kept up completely with Pokémon to spot AI-generated articles. In many cases, the details are things that only the most loyal fans would know.

1. Pawniard only had 1 substantial anime appearance and 3 brief cameos after that so far.

2. Clay is a GROUND TYPE Gym Leader who never used Pawniard. Its types are Dark and Steel, and the only Ground type attack move it can learn is Dig.

3. The character Damon never used Pawniard either.

4. A first stage Steel type Pokémon like Pawniard has no chance against a Fire type legendary one like Reshiram.

5. Pawniard has definitely not caught on in popularity, with few anime and manga appearances, and little merchandise.

6. Pawniard are highly social and generally found together, sometimes even by the hundreds. This has long been emphasized in the games, in addition to them being commanded by their evolutions Bisharp and Kingambit (hence “pawn” in the name).

[rpfisfine]

goddamnit that beautiful sky photo with the abnormal clouds deleted because of ai

[the-eeveekins]

Suletta is an Amazing Pilot

I still see this idea floating around that Suletta is NOT a good pilot. That this is even a somewhat accepted opinion is WILD to me, because the show makes it clear she is a fantastic pilot. I shouldn't even have to write this article, because one can simply see it by watching the series with their eyes open. To claim Suletta is not a good pilot is to jump through way more mental gymnastics to make that claim than to simply accept what G-Witch is literally showing you.

1) Cradle Planet

At age 6, Suletta has already been training to fly mobile suits. By age 11, she's the best pilot on Mercury. Eri states that Suletta handles her beam sabers with surgical precision and calmly pilots her mobile suit through dangerous terrain that would terrify any normal person. Prospera raised Suletta with the purpose of her piloting the Aerial in mind. She raised her to be the best.

2) Episode 3

So, I'll give reigning Holder Guel the benefit of the doubt and say he only lost the first duel because he dicked around and then got caught with his pants completely down. Surely he'll do better in round 2. Except, even though Guel knows what's coming AND he's in a better suit, Suletta would have ended this duel in about 20 seconds were it not for the Darilbalde's AI saving Guel from a head shot. That this 2nd duel lasts as long as it does is only due to Vim's interference, and even with that Guel couldn't win. Suletta doesn't even use the Gundbits for the final strike of the match, the decisive blow she scored against Guel was all her own piloting.

3) Episode 4

This is the episode most people continue to cite as evidence that Suletta is a bad pilot. But the facts are clear: Suletta was doing just fine in that test and would have passed with flying colors of not for bullies blinding her mobile suit. At that point she was piloting an unfamiliar MS, not allowed to use backup cameras, and needing to navigate using only someone else's word. Anyone would struggle. Imagine trying to drive a car through an obstacle course at full speed while blind with only an outside spotter. And that completely ignores that she was having an emotional breakdown the entire time because she was being bullied. And even then, with each successive attempt, she was improving! Would a "better" pilot have adjusted faster? Sure, maybe, but this wasn't the heat of battle; this was a high school test, and Suletta is using an unfamiliar machine. And Suletta's emotional state was compromised, leading to her struggles. Because that was what this scene was about: Suletta's emotional state, not her piloting skills.

4) Episode 6

Suletta holds up incredibly well considering she's using a cobbled-together-in-a-week thruster pack and still at a heavy disadvantage against the Pharact. Not to mention this time her pilot also has a Gundam with the benefit of the Gund Format. And while Eri's data storm resonance may have opened up the final blow for her, it was Suletta’s piloting that pushed Elan to go to Permet Score 4 despite his advantage. And even at Score 4, Suletta was pushing Elan into a corner.

5) Episode 9

This pretty much speaks for itself. Suletta holds off multiple mobile suits at once, eventually finding herself alone against 6 of the best pilots at Asticassia and none of them can take her down. She survives even through her self doubt, even through the GUND format being disabled and having to pilot normally. And then she activates Score 6 and it's all Suletta. Suletta was the one completely outmaneuvering the entire Grassley team, piloting the Aerial AND manually controlling the Gundbits the entire time. While also processing all the information the Gundbits were feeding her about the battlefield. Suletta survived that 1v6 and may have even won it if she was forced to. We'll never know because ultimately Shaddiq fell into Miorine's trap.

6) Episode 12

Gundam vs Two Gundams! Suletta has a new ride and it's arguably the strongest MS in Ad Stella. Still the best mobile suit means little without a good pilot. And Suletta takes on two Gundam pilots actively trying to kill her. Two Gundam pilots that just wiped the floor with Plant Quetta's professional security forces and also have the Gund Format. And yet Suletta fights them both off.

7) Episode 13

Okay, this isn't really fair. Suletta and the Rebuild are far and away superior to anything the lesser Benerit companies can throw at them. But it's still impressive she went through a gauntlet of what presumably the best of the rest could throw at her w/o breaking a sweat.

8) Episode 14

Sophie is ultimately killed by the Gund Format before there could be a conclusive resolution to their fight, but again, Suletta did not struggle against a trained child soldier using a Gundam trying to kill her.

9) Episode 17

Suletta does not lose this duel unless Miorine and Ericht betray her. In fact, it's not even a contest if Guel doesn't use the Darilbalde's AI. He even admits he's not a match for her without it. And to top it all off, the Aerial starts this duel still damaged from it’s battle against Sophie. Guel has some success this duel, and thanks to the AI piloting is able to put Suletta on the defensive, but despite having multiple shots at taking her antenna, he still couldn't close the deal, and once Suletta got serious, it was over. It took one of the best pilots in Asticassia piloting a top of the line new model MS using a top of the line learning and piloting AI just to get a solid shot at defeating Suletta 1-on-1 and he still couldn't beat her.

10) Episode 18

A short scene of Suletta easily passing one of her Demi Trainer tests. All while she's suffering from severe depression due to the divorce.

Calibarn

Her piloting the Calibarn as a whole is a testament to Suletta’s superb piloting skills. Suletta takes on Quiet Zero and Aerial all by herself, and she comes out of the battle with only some superficial damage. Before this battle, Ericht took on an entire SAL fleet of professional soldiers and was wiping the floor with them using her Gundnodes, before even engaging the override. The story establishes that Ericht + Quiet Zero > A fleet of trained soldiers. And Suletta takes her on all by herself and comes out on top. You can't even use the excuse that she benefited from an advantage with the Gund format and piloting a Gundam because so is Eri. And Ericht is perfectly synchronized with the data storm.

And yes, they weren't trying to kill each other, but that is actually more difficult in the heat of battle. In fact, you can see Suletta making the fight more difficult for herself by punching and kicking away the Aerial’s Gundbits instead of simply destroying them because she doesn't want to kill the coven. It's a testament to Suletta incredible skills that she's able to dodge all the incoming fire without accidentally dodging into it, all while dueling her sister without killing her.

And of course, she's doing this all while the Calibarn is trying to kill her. Even with her permet resistance, she is still under constant strain while piloting the Calibarn, you can hear it in her voice the entire time.

The only other argument I see made against Suletta’s skill as a pilot that isn't a double standard rooted in sexism is that the Gund Format elevates her from a terrible pilot to a good one. Which is pretty ridiculous because we don't see that with any other Gundam pilot in the show. Yes, they have a tech advantage being in a Gundam, but the format is not enough to turn a terrible pilot into a one-woman army. Otherwise Suletta would have been easily overwhelmed by Sophie and Norea at Plant Quetta. Would Lauda struggle against an AI-less Guel in a Dilanza, needing Guel to let Lauda score the finishing blow to win, if the Gund Format made every pilot as good as Suletta?

If your only other arguments are that Suletta isn't a good pilot because she pilots a Gundam, she's some form of enhanced human and/or she doesn't directly control the bits for most of the series, those can all be dismissed. Every Gundam MC pilots a Gundam, usually carrying with them a significant tech advantage over their opponents, does that make every Gundam pilot less skilled by virtue of piloting a Gundam? Nearly every well regarded pilot in the series is some sort of enhanced human depending on the setting. Newtypes, Coordinators, Innovators, X-Rounders, etc. Nearly every main series MC has some sort of supernatural and/or super human ability. Are you going to argue that Amuro, Char, Kamille, Judau, etc are all bad pilots being carried by Newtype powers alone? And regarding the bits, not every Gundam series has telepathically or directly controlled bits. Many are controlled by advanced onboard quantum computing systems. Suletta’s situation with Aerial is no different than many famous pilots over the years. No one argues that Lockon is a bad pilot because he's assisted by a Haro.

Every single one of the above arguments is rooted in misogynistic double standards. The things that people argue that prove Suletta must not be a good pilot are things virtually every male Gundam MC has, but are basically never used as an argument against their skills: it's just part of their skill set.

Ultimately you have to jump through more mental gymnastics to argue that Suletta is a bad pilot than simply watching the show and seeing what it's showing you: that Suletta is a tremendously skilled pilot with no peer except Ericht herself and maybe Shaddiq. Someone in Discord mentioned that Suletta as a pilot is very much the equivalent to an endgame Amuro or Kira. She was already raised to be an elite pilot before setting foot in Asticassia, and her only defeat in the entire show was not to another pilot with better skills or a better mobile suit. It was to Miorine, who attacked her heart and betrayed her at a critical moment. The show was not about her growth as a pilot because unlike a lot of young Gundam protagonists, she's already starting with elite piloting skills because she's been training in harsh environments since she was a child. Her only struggles piloting in the show are entirely due to people attacking her emotionally, something she was not equipped to handle due to her upbringing on Mercury. And that is where Suletta’s character growth lies.

I don't like comparing pilots across the different Gundam universes because there are way too many different variables to take into account. But I think the only reason the fandom in general doesn't consider Suletta among the elite pilots of the franchise is because she's a woman. Instead, I see her compared against other female pilots that fans will say are "average-to-bad" and then make the claim Suletta is worse because of some of the above arguments that they don't make for male pilots.

[gamerbot-22]

Touchstarved LIs as Study Buddies

Because when I was studying for my macroeconomics final the only way I survived was imagining a rotating cast of blorbos helping me out (I got a 70% btw)

Recommended Listening: Zelda & Chill Trilogy

TW/CWs: Potential Accidental Canon Deviancy, not proofread.

Can be read as romantic or platonic, whatever floats your boat! Likes and reblogs appreciated!

Special thanks to @asexual-abomination for helping with Lea and Mhin <3

🕊️ Kuras

You two will study and do nothing else.

Okay, not exactly, but it’s 90% study with a couple mental breaks tossed in to keep your mind sharp.

And you can bet your ass he’s making sure you’re drinking water and getting some good brain food in you (good luck with his cooking lol)

He’s not big on the idea of pulling all-nighters, but if it’s a necessity (say, you’re cramming,) he’ll turn into something of a spotter, making sure that you stay sane and make the most of the time you have before you eventually conk out.

Has anyone here seen Elementary? There’s a scene early in the series where Watson helps Sherlock stay awake by showing him how to do squats to get his blood pumping. Kuras does the same.

Also he’s making flashcards! Unironically I think this is a highlight for him.

His Best Subject is obviously any kind of Biological Science, but I think he’s also really good for History.

🪄 Leander

He’s good at studying on his own, but the second he’s in a Buddy System he just starts doing. The Most.

I’m talking like an hour and a half at least of set up where he’s getting drinks and snacks and a nest of pillows and blankets set up so your backs don’t get sore hunched over a table.

Lowkey I think he’s trying to be The Study Buddy Ever for you, but he doesn’t quite clock that all the prep work is eating into your study time and while that can be okay if the test isn’t pressing, if you’re cramming it’s a problem.

Once he’s settled though, he’s actually really helpful.

Very “there’s no stupid questions!” about it all, and will work with you to make sure you’ve got it all down.

Every magician worth his salt knows how to study, damnit, he’s just a social himbo.

His best subjects I think are Psychology and Social Studies. He’s a People Person.

🦊 Vere

He’s either not helping even a little bit by not showing up or not helping even a little bit by being a distraction.

He is bored off his ass almost the entire time, and he will make it your problem by just going on the most random of tangents after he’s done complaining.

And failing that, he’ll just go take a big nap somewhere.

He just curls right up and goes to snoozeville for like an hour before waking up and going “you’re STILL at it???”

If you want him to engage with you—or even just stick around, really—you’re going to have to bribe him in some way or another.

Of course he asks for the most out of pocket shit but tbh I think if you’ve got good snacks and something cozy he’ll just take it as a break.

Generally though he’s very much just doing his own thing while you study, it’s barely beneficial to either of you.

Except sometimes you talk at him while he draws you mayhaps…

It’s canon that he’s really artistically talented so I think his Best Subjects are Art and Literature. Those are the two things you have any hope of getting help from him on.

⛩️ Ais

Ais also takes some convincing to come around and help, tbh—

He doesn’t strike me as a guy that really studies, not just because of his personality but because he’s literally part of a Hivemind I’m pretty certain he can just ping for information if he really needs it.

But once he’s gotten settled he’s actually a surprisingly good rubber duck, letting you talk at him about theory and formula while he pokes around your space.

Like Vere, I think he naps if he’s not directly involved but he a) usually gives a head’s up but b) ends up snoring really loud which makes studying a nightmare.

Sometimes he’ll actually pay attention—maybe even leaning over the back of your chair to read over your shoulder sometimes—and you find out he’s really good at actually taking a look at a concept and Getting It really fast.

Just… don’t ask him to explain it to you.

That’s a different skill set that I don’t think he quite has off the bat.

Surprisingly maybe I think his Best Subject is Math/Arithmetic. There’s just something about how cut and dry the formulas are that make it click for him really well. Also lowkey good at Biology, specifically the behavioral side of Animal Biology.

🪡 Mhin

Good Fucking Luck

Genuinely, I don’t think Mhin has either the patience or the social bandwidth to be a decent study partner.

The best you’re getting out of them is someone who’s leading by example.

Mhin will get their own book, sit next to you, and read. And if you make any kind of noise or significant disturbance, they’ll grumble or nudge your chair to tell you to be quiet.

You can ask them to help with review questions if you want, but I think unless it’s something they already know, don’t expect any type of feedback outside of eye contact.

If it’s a regular thing and you get the chance to get used to each other, they might occasionally mention stuff in their own reading that they find interesting/you might find interesting, but generally it’s few and far between.

Just because they’re not really helping doesn’t mean they want to be a distraction, unlike some…

Like Kuras, I think Mhin is really good at Science, specifically Anatomy, but they also have a bit of a soft spot for Poetry and Strategy.

[3liza]

i do actually think adding a Tumblr content label for AI generated images would be useful for everyone, wouldn't fuck up anyone's day that actually wanted to post or look at ai pics, and I doubt the corpos that are paying tumblr for ai dataset feeding would care either. maybe it's just the verification process putting more stress on the already-failing content checking infrastructure that's the holdup. it's not like labeling something "mature" or "drugs" or something you can just look at and see whether it is or not, unless they made it a fully community-based vote they would be showing increasingly-realistic AI slop to moderators and asking them to determine whether they were AI or not to trigger the label and I don't think it's possible. we're already at a point where the average gen alpha doesn't know the difference between "Photoshop" and "AI" and uses the terms interchangeably. edit: and, I forgot to add but meant to, we are already at a point where grizzled old fake picture-spotters like myself cannot always 100% accurately determine if something is AI. the realism gap is going to close almost completely within a year for anyone using generative software that has current updates and a prompter that is careful about picking which output to post. the realism gap is already closed for careful prompters, anyone who gets lucky and doesn't get weird hands or text, and any image which is of subject matter niche enough to fly under most people's radars.

the label could be phrased to accommodate this, as in, "XXXX out of XXXX users (let's say enough reports trigger a voting mechanism, idk) believe this media is AI-generated, photoshopped, or otherwise tampered with" but who knows how helpful it would actually be.

they did some research a while back on the effect of knowing photos of women had been retouched in Photoshop on the audience's self-image. they found that contrary to expectations, Photoshop labels made the test subjects feel worse about their own self image than they did when shown Photoshopped images of models that did not have a disclaimer on them. I've been mulling that one over for a while now. and since this is the dipshit idiot moron website no this last anecdote is not me saying "labeling fake media is useless", I still think fake media should be labeled. it just raises questions about the assumed benefits of the labeling. "knowing a picture is fake" is not a benefit that needs to be tested in the case of, for example, fake historical photographs.

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

real reason i can't get into mecha stuff it's too high tech, computers and touch screens and holographs. where are the mecha piloted with janky ass levers and dials and knobs?

i want a crew of 3 to 5 ppl stuffed in that tin can with one of them frantically flipping through an emergency checklist and another one banging on some random pipe with a giant wrench. the pilot and the spotter have a bond deeper than words and hate each other. onboard engineer never sees anything and misses all the action bc they have their head in a service hatch trying to unstick the left elbow or stop steam from venting directly into the view port. mecha captain reminds everyone to COMMUNICATE DAMMNIT as one wrong word or missed callout sends the giant war machine tumbling tin ass over tea kettle. where are the mechas that rattle and clank and have no AI but their crews know their fav songs and colors and sports teams?

where are the clunky giant steam punk mechs powered by friendship, held together with duct tape and prayers???

[shadowron]

Archetype spins for Shadowrun (1st Edition)

It's happened to all of us.

Maybe your long-time home-brew PC ran out of Karma dice in the Renraku Arcology and the Red Samurai used them to test the iron sights on their SCK-100s.

Or maybe you're brand new to the game and don't want to spend five hours making a new character -- so you want to grab and go.

Except that... after a while, you don't want to play the same old lonely decker. But you still need a decker.

You can still play the archetype, and you don't even need to make any changes -- you just need a new spin.

Check below for some ideas.

Burned-Out Mage

Government Experiment

Corporate Assassin

Conspiracy Theorist

Decker

Computer Pirate

Go-Ganger

Graduate Student

Detective

FRT Sniper

Crisis Negotiator

Wrestler

Elven Decker

Tir Tairngire Spy

Elf Poser Ganger

AI Theorist

Former Company Man

Saboteur

Chauffeur

Gun-Fu Artist

Former Wage Mage

Therapist (Healer Orientation)

Hit-Mage (Fighter Orientation)

Face (Prowler Orientation)

Gang Member

Spotter

Ninja

Bike Racer

Merc

Navy Chopper Pilot

Military Police

Tank Gunner

Ork Mercenary

Cascade Ork Smuggler

Barbarian Go-Ganger

Garbage Man

Rigger

Drift Racer

Courier

Marine Pilot

Rocker

Jingle Writer

Chip Dealer

Social Media Personality

Shaman

Soldier (Wolf Totem, Fighter Orientation)

Information Broker (Snake Totem, Detector Orientation)

Con Man (Rat Totem, Deceiver Orientation)

EMT (Bear Totem, Healer Orientation)

Street Mage

Spy (Deceiver Orientation)

Gang Soldier (Fighter Orientation)

Consigliere (Detector Orientation)

Street Doc (Healer Orientation)

Street Samurai

Barrens Gladiator

Cosplayer

Personal Trainer

Street Shaman

Busker (Rat Shaman, Deceiver Orientation)

New Age Hippie (Snake Totem, Healer Orientation)

Gang Scout (Dog Totem, Detector Orientation)

Muscle (Coyote Totem, Fighter Orientation)

Tribesman

Vaquero 

Survivalist

Modern Pentathlete

[yogurtbluesideas]

The Mendina was made in the periphery of inhabited space, due to the near constant harassment of interior forces such as the lords of the dawnstar, the corporations, and the many other interior forces that wish for nothing but the resources the settlers of the periphery gained without the hardship of doing it themselves.

Such forces had access to neural technology, artificial intelligence, genetic enhancement, and entire planets dedicated to manufacturing their weapons to enforce their will, but what do the outer planets have that they don’t?

A raging fire at the injustice of history repeating itself and a population willing to do ANYTHING to stop this dishonor on their new homeland.

so the people got to work, they lack combat ai? fine they’ll make their own, they durandal system was a simple concept made in a small university in the farming world of tunsas, origin used to thresh crops and occasionally shoot the mega fauna, now it’s use has been made to hunt the extremely fast mechs of the inner sphere, the ai can’t keep up, not on its own, so the scientists work and toil, because what is happiness when your lands are threatened by an external power, month they slave away until they realize something.

Why both making a system to strike down an enemy entirely on its own, it was right there and they missed it, but so did the others, in their quest to further torment their soldiers and thinning the lines between man and machine they missed the obvious.

That mechs can hold more than one person

It was so SIMPLE, why bother with a fully autonomous weapon when a second person can simply aim the weapon to the point that the ai can handle the rest of the calculations. The cost of building such a thing too would go down in an instant, and why stop at two, they have cheap drones on hand for burning fields and doing festival light shows, why not have a third person controlling those too.

Finally, we get to the Mendina proper, a three seater mech with a pilot, a gunner, and a drone and missile operator. physically it’s larger than most machines at 23 meters in height, usually colored in the local regions historic colors.

with two arms and legs for the main pilot armed with a kopesh and laser dagger to deal close damage if it comes to it, they are trained to mostly evade direct combat unless it’s necessary.

the gunners armament are shoulder mounted auto cannons and the unguided missile that are launched from a device mounted similarly to a sword sheath, they sit behind the main pilot and have their own camera system to better aim their guns without needing much visual from the pilot’s perspective.

the drone technician is usually below the other two pilot and acts as a spotter and flanker, usually having four drones armed with incendiary rounds, they mostly try to attack the enemy from behind and focus on their weak points.

now the mendina can be found everywhere in the periphery, usually being able to kill even the most augmented of pilots given the conditions.

Mendina crew 76 were asked about the interiors need for augmentation and the torment of their pilots and had this to say “Those fools sacrifice their bodies, minds and souls because they have more money than heart, why drive someone to madness with the most expensive and pricey cybernetics and machines to achieve what teamwork and dedication can replicate with pennies on the dollar? You’ve seen those other pilots, they need “handlers” to help them with everything so they can pilot a multimillion dollar death machine alone, and for what? money? a home? They’re damn fools if you ask me, I could say more but I’ll not take any more of your time.”

[yournewfriendshouse]

I feel like it’s probably time to explain my real art tag again, seeing as AI stuff is in conversations and stuff, and as some people use others’ tags and stuff I just want to be clear what that tag on my blog means…

it’s art, guys. it just means art.

so like I’ve been using that tag and that phrase for years and it has nothing to do with AI

the thing is even before AI there has always been a very very irritating conversation being carried out, often among people who aren’t artists, about what constitutes real art. and I just find it really aggravating. we saw it recently with those tiktockers standing in front of yves klein and mark rothko paintings saying they could do it. I used to get these dudes trying to be cool and pointing at shit and being like *I’m being smart face* ‘but is it art?’

and every time I’d be like…yes. yes, it’s art.

the spray painted little guy putting rubbish in the bin on the bin is art. the coka cola ad is art. the hgly cactus sculpture is art. the spaghetti lights on the freeway ramp are art, yes, it’s art!

if you have to ask that question or can conceivably ask that question then it’s probably art. it’s possible that even if it wasn’t art then you asking that question MADE it art! if you looked at something someone made and derived meaning from it then it is, arguably, art.

in 2011 I finished art school, where I was given so much shit for the emotive, sentimental kitsch, small art I was making, and was just so sick of that shit, man. The painting and sculpture staff got the ceramics studio shut down arguing that ceramics was craft not art which was SO much bullshit and just absolutely aggravating, and I was and am still genuinely so pissed about it.

so I would go around calling things ‘real art’. the shitter and less art-object-seeming it was the more likely I would call it ‘real art’. the first show I did outside of school (where I worked in black and white for like two years) involved hand cut confetti and glitter paper, lmao. it was process art it was performance art, i cried when one morning I came in and one of the studio residents had a private confetti party and made snow angels overnight in the pile of confetti that coated the floor. that was real art.

I was just so frustrated. Art doesn’t have some magical sacred meaning, or divine limit on what can be art. art is just stuff humans make for all kinds of reasons. and that is what makes it magical and sacred and amazing. That’s why I love it

elephants can make art! kids can make art! humans who don’t really know what art is have made some of the most wonderful art in the whole history of humanity.

I would hear my nurse friends say they aren’t creative and I’d sit them down with a piece of paper and ink and make them draw dots about it. nurses are problem solving constantly lmao. draw some dots, you’ll feel better.

so like don’t think that I’m like checking art for AI and then marking them as real art if they aren’t AI. firstly I have severe brainfog so I can’t always pick it, which is awful but I’m defs not going to put my hand up as some AI spotter. I’d suck at it.

secondly, I consider AI art to be art (by the way I personally define art). I just find the current means of making it to be repugnantly unethical and shitty (and pretty much all of it is ugly also, but that isn’t like…some barrier to it being art. it’s art. it’s just shithouse, lmao.)

so yeah. art is art is art is real art. make some art, look at some art, enjoy art or rag on art if you think it isn’t succeeding as the artist intended; just don’t take my tag to be some kind of sticker of authenticity or somethink. I’m just on here to destract myself from constant pain by looking at cute animals and cool shit, telling blue jokes, and enjoying tits and butts

[somemobianpunk]

Hmph! Another amateur Sonic Spotting blog. Can't say I'm impressed. You Sonic Spotters think you're so smart, don't you? Well, you're all wrong about something very, very important, which I, in my genius, have managed to deduce from careful years of study:

The hedgehog known as "Sonic" does not actually exist. This "Sonic" is actually a robot built by none other than Dr. Ivo Robotnik! The delusional doctor has invented himself a robot to antagonize his plots to make himself seem like the victim here. All broadcasted appearances of "Sonic the Hedgehog" are merely AI-generated footage paired with an incompetent voice actor.

I have managed to procure a very special image of Eggman's robot traveling at slower speeds. See my evidence and be amazed!

Note the red eyes, not normally visible when it travels at high speeds but are clear in this exclusive photo. It is clearly not an organic Mobian.

Pray, do tell your thoughts about my theory?

Wow, you think you’re pretty smart, don’t you? I’m not sure what universe you live in if you think anyone views Robotnik as the victim. Pretty sure nobody but cops and techbros buy that, so I wonder where you got that idea, hm?

Congratulations on your conspiracy theory. I’m sure the hundreds of casualties of the Chaos Incident, and the hundreds more saved, would be thrilled to hear you reducing the event that changed their life to the result of a villainous scam- not to mention the dozens of other incidents where Sonic saved lives.

Ever heard of Occam’s Razor? The simplest solution is usually the correct one. Let’s see- a villain fighting against himself, AI-generated footage, robot imposters- sorry, just doesn’t seem like a simple solution to me!

Oh, and that evidence of yours? Clearly a photo of Metal Sonic, a documented enemy of Sonic. Who, if your conspiracy theory is to be believed, is fighting nothing in this photo:

-Izzy

[breachverse]

Uh Max idk if you knew already but the most recent fanart you reblogged is AI-made. Check out the eyes and the splotches on the clothes. Also, that hearty spiral necklace is pretty much a trademark AI spotter. (no need to respond btw just letting you know)

Ah... I did not know that, thank you for letting me know. Now that you pointed it out, I do see it now... damn...

[riversidewings]

Roughly how extensive are cybernetics in the Confluence setting? Do we have folks going full-body synthetic conversion or are the mods generally more restrained?

So this is a good question, and the short answer is, there's both!

Just going from the major cast members in Book 1, we had:

Kasu with modest cybernetics meant to connect her to River, to share sensory impressions and better enable the two of them to work, move, and fight as a harmonious whole. I describe it as feeling like standing in the tide of each other's emotions and taking work to navigate as a couple. Kasu opted for this when she and River negotiated their service dynamic and the details of River's cyberization-- Kasu sees it as a way of keeping herself humble and as "one body" with her wife.

River pursued cyberization and became a combat doll, but retained a significant portion of her human body. Among her synthetic components are ocular augments, her side of the shooter-spotter wireless interlink that connects her to Kasu, an interface port that allows her to "wear" a vehicle wired for doll use, a reinforced spine, a heads-up projection she can manipulate with her fingertips, and cybernetic limbs. She's heavier than an unaugmented human as a result, and has to be careful of how she positions herself when laying down beside Kasu to sleep.

Yui was originally a human but had a full-body synthetic conversion. Her chassis was made by the now defunct Nogami Corporation, and the crisis that ensued was the plot thread that drove Book 1.

Iwa, an doll we meet much later in the story, is an AI in an all-synthetic Agatsuma-made chassis.

The extent and character of cybernetics is definitely going to evolve over the course of the series, and I'm excited to explore it further. Thanks for your question!

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You know, I think it's actually kind of ableist for nanowrimo to use disability as a defense for using AI in the challenge. If there's an actual problem of nanowrimo being inaccessible to disabled people, the logical response is to figure out ways to make it more accessible, not tell us to have AI do it for us. I feel like nanowrimo already was relatively accessible, and it's disheartening if the organization doesn't really want to commit to that.

To use OP's metaphor, disabled people absolutely can weight lift. Sure, we might have to adapt it to our access needs, but that doesn't mean we can't participate. We could adjust the weight goals, or do the challenge over a longer period of time. We might need to rely more on a spotter. Maybe we need different grips or exercises. Maybe we can't do the full challenge right now, but we can stop by to learn more about weightlifting and make friends.

So, maybe 50,000 words in a month is beyond what you can do right now. This is a self-enforced challenge, and you can adapt it while staying within the spirit of the challenge. You can always write less than 50,000 words. You can always extend your writing time. You can always have a friend beta your draft. You can always use accommodations in your writing environment.

Nanowrimo is about motivation to write, and it's about learning how you write best. Neither of which you can accomplish with AI, but both of which you can accomplish without hitting 50,000, and both of which you can absolutely accomplish with a disability.

I know most people on here don't like to go to the gym because you're all gay nerds. I like to go to the gym. For the purpose of understanding this post please try to imagine that you, too, enjoy going to the gym so that you can empathize with my point here.

Anyway, so imagine you are going to the gym. You're pumped about the concept of getting some muscle on you. Plus, the gym has this "lift weights every day!" challenge with a feasible plan to slowly and safely increase the amount of weight you can lift by the end of the month. Cool!

So anyway you go there, and you're having a good time. But then you notice something. Some people are coming in with these guys in shirts that say LIFT FOR HIRE. You're curious, and you notice over time that some people are actually paying these guys to come in and do the lifting challenge for them.

"Huh," you say to your mega hot, muscled gym buddy. "That's so weird. What's in it for the people paying these guys?"

"Dunno," says your friend, mid bicep curl.

"Um, actually!" says the gym owner. "Some people are disabled, so the only way they can lift weights it to pay LIFT FOR HIRE, inc."

"But wait," you say. "They still aren't lifting the weights though? Paying someone else to lift for you doesn't mean you've lifted the weights."

The gym owner gasps. "How could you SAY that?"

"Because... it's true?" you say. "Uh, if you pay guys to lift your weights, that's probably really good for the guys you are paying. But it's not going to develop your ability to lift at all. Your muscles aren't going to grow, you're just going to lose money and get no results."

"That's ABLEIST," they say. "How DARE you! Some people are LITERALLY paralyzed, did you think of that?"

"Well, yeah, some people are, and that means definitionally they can't lift weights," you explain. "And paying someone else doesn't change that. Maybe if they wanted to like, move something in their house it would make total sense to hire these guys! But if you hire them to do your workout you get nothing, because the purpose of a workout is personal development. I'm not morally condemning people who do it, but it seems like a waste of money when this event is, again, about improving one's personal abilities."

"This is absolutely DISGUSTING, CLASSIST rhetoric!" the gym owner roars, and then turns to one of the LIFT FOR HIRE guys, "Pay no attention this disgusting person, dear sponsor, we support your business and we totally want you to keep funding our gym!"

"Sponsor?" says your hot muscled friend who was way too busy actually doing their workout and getting gains to engage in dumb discourse. "Oh, now it makes sense."

"Shut up, you don't understand our love!" says the gym owner, before sloppily making out with a LIFT FOR HIRE guy in front of you.

Anyway, that's what learning about the whole AI nanowrimo controversy was like for me.

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