#honestly fuck it chatgpt too

[vaticinatrix]

i must resist the temptation to blame tiktok. my students' writing is illegible because of systemic failures in the education system, not tiktok.

[a-candle-maker]

not tagging the person bcs i don't want to call anyone out but like,,,, saw this one girl and her post formatting made it even look like a chatgpt generated thing... checked her other stuff to see and they all had that one formatting... thought i'd tell her and like. babe. you turning off asks just about confirms it for me, i mean imma just guess that you noticed lots of asks telling you the same and decided we're sooooooooo mean!! and ignored it

[vagueiish]

kinda sucks chatgpt and the like suck so hard bc like. tbh, id probably be better off socializing with a computer than with actual people

[shizucheese]

So about that Dropout Tweet...

There's a common trend in influencer/ content creator apologies, where the person doing the apology will say they are sorry for the harm that they did, claim they are taking ownership of it and using the whole situation to become a better person, etc. etc. Usually in a way that makes it sound suspiciously like it was written by ChatGPT.

And then they'll go on to say something along the lines of "But we've been getting a lot of death threats guys, and that's bad!" As if the fact that they're getting death threats somehow absolves them of at least some of the guilt of whatever it is that made the apology necessary in the first place. As if it means they're the real victims here.

Apparently Dropout decided to just skip the "ChatGPT apology" part and jump straight to the "We're getting physcal and legal threats" part. Followed up with them once again saying they support Palestiniens and ending it with "We reject antisemitism, Islamophobia, and all forms of bigotry, and welcome all to our platform who treat others with respect, empathy, and human dignity."

And they did it on Twitter, and only Twitter. You know, the website that's notoriously overrun by Nazis. Nothing on Tumblr or Instagram, where the original statement that sparked all of this (which has since been taken down) were posted.

@dropoutdottv, @samreich, this is not listening to the Jewish members of your community who are speaking out about antisemitism. This is reinforcing the antisemitism that those Jewish members of the community are speaking out about. Because what this Tweet does is paint everyone who spoke out against the antisemitism in your original post with the same brush as the people who were sending you threats.

Which, let me be clear, they should not have been doing and I wholeheartedly condemn.

But the actions of the people sending you threats of violence and threats of legal action do not invalidate the things being said by the people who haven't threatened you with anything worse than a boycott. I have literally seen people say "the fact that they got threats just proves they were right." Is that the outcome you were trying to achieve with this?

People who did bad things get death threats all the time; refer back to the beginning of this post. Does that make their critics wrong then, too? Or is it only now, when the accusation being made is that a nerdy comedy network beloved by people on the left did an antisemitism?

I honestly can't tell if you have no publicist helping you out with one, a bad publicist that needs to give you your money back, or an evil genius publicist that knew that if you made a post like this one, it would distract from the fact that you're being accused of antisemitism, maybe even act as a dog whistle to to paint anyone who accuses you of being antisemitic of being "Zionists" (meant in the derogatory way, where people claim they're only talking about people who uncritically support the Israeli government and their actions in Gaza, but then in practice will use it against anyone who believes Israel has the right to exist, including those who want a two state solution, whose hearts break for the people in Palestine, and call Netanyahu a fascist and probably want him gone more than even the people calling them "zionists" do). Maybe even make up for all of the subscriptions you're losing over this and even gain a few by catering to the antisemitic leftist crowd.

Is that really the kind of culture you want to cultivate? If not, then do better. Acknowledge the Jewish voices that are speaking out. Listen to them. And do it in a way that doesn't bring up any other marginalized group. Because like...fuck, man, I reject Islamophobia, and all forms of bigotry too. And I'm sorry you guys are receiving threats; that truly does suck and I hope everyone that works for you guys are staying safe.

But you're specifically being accused of antisemitism. Can you really not reject it all on its own without including other forms of bigotry in the same statement?

And do it on a platform that *isn't* run by an infamous antisemitic, and overrun by more antisemitics? (You can turn off comments and reblogs on Tumblr and comments on instagram, in the same way you disabled replies on your Tweet, you know.)

Here, I'll even write the statement for you: "Earlier this week, we made a statement regarding accusations that Dropout was platforming zionists. At the time, we made a statement focusing on our support of the Palestinian people. We stand by this statement. However, we have received feedback from several members of our community that some of the things that we said were inappropriate insensitive to the Jewish people. "Zionist" and "Zionism" mean different things to different people, ranging from "people who support the Israeli government's actions in Gaza" to "people who believe that Israel has a right to exist and the Jewish people have the right to self-determination." We had meant it in the context of the former definition, but we understand that many Jewish people identify with the later, including many people who are disgusted by the Israeli government's actions in Gaza, and we should have been more sensitive to this fact. Additionally, we would like to reiterate that, to our knowledge, nobody who has appeared on Dropout has openly stated support for the Israelie's actions in Gaza, and several of those accused have voiced their support for a free Palestine. We would like to take this moment to remind everyone that just because a person is Jewish, and may have ties to Israel, does not inherently mean they condone the actions of the Israeli government in Gaza, and to suggest otherwise is antisemitic. We at Dropout reject all forms of antisemitism and are committed to providing a safe space to everyone regardless of religion or ethnic background. We apologize if we made the Jewish members of our community feel like that was not the case."

See how easy that was? I feel something like this is the bear minimum, and if you had said the things in the last three paragraphs from the start, you could have avoided having to say everything in the first two paragraphs and the apology at the end.

That's...pretty much everything I have to say on the matter. To anyone reading this: Do not use other Jewish people to silence Jewish voices.

Do not use people of other marginalized groups to silence Jewish voices.

Just...maybe just listen to what we have to say without twisting our words and putting words in our mouths? Maybe?

Thanks for reading.

I'm so tired.

[babisawyer]

I watched terrifier finally instead and I was not moved at all.

I got a walking pad for my birthday and I was going to watch twilight and use it and it turns out there’s not a single streaming service that has the twilight movies!

[auttaday]

I love how QSMP so far in 2024 is just chaos. It’s kinda funny actually. Here’s my personal analysis:

like, we got roier but not roier because he’s a penguin right now bro . And his evil twin is here.

We got whatever the fuck is going on with Fit and that guys who’s name starts with an M or something idk and he has a really bad cat hoarding situation. Like bro wtf is this dude tryna make a cat army? And what does he need data for like omg bitch mind your business.

We have Phil, who’s currently possesed and evil because of some ender dude from another fuckin universe. Like what does this dude want Phil is the most unserious guy ever. Go find someone else to posses.

Jaiden fucking died, idk how that happened did she just like, randomly drop dead or something? No bro is gone forever. (In a serious note im really going to miss her pov)

Tubbo died, turned into a disk, and then Phil thought he was a Polaroid picture and shook him, and then he undied. And he’s angry now and has early stage of dementia. He’s also ChatGPT now probably. Still blaming Phil for that.

Tina is possesed as well rn to my knowledge. Bro what is with everyone getting possesed rn.

And bad has amnesia. BECAUSE HE ALSO DIED CAN EVERYONE PLEASE STOP DYING.

we have Acau, who is prolly gonna force his son to work in the mines like bro. Why.

AND WE HAVE CAPITALISM!!!!!

And everyone on every side of the fandom are either married or cannot get along at all.

the eggs are all becoming the main characters as well.

Honestly I’m here for egg main character arc honestly. Like yass, go make a bunch of small children have wayyy too many responsibilities on their little hands. We should just get egg pov.

Im still holding onto the theory that the federation is actually run by the Duolingo Owl by the way.

[ollieofthebeholder]

Hi! I know you do NaNo every year and are quite involved with it; have you seen their new AI policy? And what are your thoughts on it?

https://nanowrimo.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/29933455931412-What-is-NaNoWriMo-s-position-on-Artificial-Intelligence-AI

Hi!

So first off, nonnie: My involvement with NaNoWriMo has, uh, declined significantly in the last year. I was an ML through last November, and there were...a lot of problems that all culminated in me (and my co-ML ) not only making the decision to step down as MLs, but disaffiliate our region from NaNo altogether. We're not stopping people from participating, just taking the groups we manage independent and starting our own, localized version. Global communities are great, but when you get to as big as NaNo got and start having to implement rules and make them apply to wildly diverse regions - and then have absolutely no policies in place for people in those specific regions to adapt those policies - it stops being fun, frankly. For organizers and participants.

All of which is to say, no, I hadn't seen this until now.

My thoughts are that, like so many other things NaNo has tried to do since November, it's well-intentioned (probably) but poorly thought out and even more poorly executed. It's also too broad and overencompassing. And it violates the spirit of the program they've been belaboring us with for the last 25 years.

AI - Artificial Intelligence - covers a lot of ground. Spellcheckers are technically AI. Speech to text programs could be construed as AI. Predictive text is AI. ChatGP and its ilk is essentially an advanced form of predictive text, at least at this point. And if you had suggested five years ago that someone might write a novel entirely based on predictive text, the official NaNoWriMo stance would have been "I mean, sure, you CAN do that, we can't really stop you, if that's what you're happy with." If your goal is just to have 50,000 words, do whatever you want. I guess from their wording, they're saying that this is in general, not specifically for NaNoWriMo, but this is still a pretty bizarre stance for an organization that pushed for years for everyone to start on November 1 with a blank document and not a single word written ahead of time.

Arguing that "opposition to AI is classist and ableist" is the kind of reductive bullshit I expect from Tumblr, not a major organization that is supposed to promote literacy. I especially don't get the "not everyone has access to all resources" bit. Yeah...that's true...but if you have access to AI, you have access to everything you need to participate in NaNoWriMo, i.e. a computer with a keyboard and an internet connection. If you just want the fifty thousand words to get the prize and don't care if they're good, just fucking write "banana" over and over again until you hit it. Boom, you're a winner, and you've done just as much work as someone prompting ChatGPT, and it'll probably make about as much sense.

Also, most AI programs in existence use up a ridiculous amount of energy and resources, and encouraging their use is kind of an iffy stance for any company to take, let alone one that's been making this much of an effort to be sustainable.

Frankly, I think this policy is just one more sign that NaNo has gotten a) too big to be sustainable and b) too far from what it was originally meant to be, and I'm honestly debating if I'm even going to participate in the global one this year.

[catgirlforeskin]

I mean, when it comes to WotC their art is rules and lore, illustrations are here just to add flavour, and to my knowledge they don't ask ChatGPT to write rules.

Not like there isn't a lot of things wrong with them, but AI thing is more of a cost cut rather than straight up not giving a fuck.

(Side note, but I checked Lost Omens, and girl this thing is fire. Not just kitchen sink but unhinged at it. I already love it. Unfortunately Broken Lands didn't quite fit the intended style due to being too nomadic, but I did get a lot of ideas and may try to do proper Golarion-based campaign when the party inevitably dies. Though I still don't want to play Pathfinder but it's a matter of taste, I have friends who play 5E as crunchy wargame and I think they will like new options)

True, I just like taking any possible swing at WotC lmao.

Glad you’re enjoying the world stuff! I honestly gotta read more, I’ve only ever read the bits related to where my campaigns are already set

[joltai-showa]

broooooo I HATE Decembers with fucking passion

good thing is I finished checking all the students' works during the weekend and that only took like 10 hours of my life that I'm not getting back (checking programming projects that also include students' writing about theoretical concepts is HELL because not only will they copypaste the paragraphs off the Internet/ChatGPT regardless if they got the results that the text they put in talks about, but they will also write something equivalent of eldritch horrors for DS majors instead of code and you need a bottle of vodka and 40 minutes to understand if they did things correctly and it's a bunch of bullshit thrown into the wall in hopes that something sticks. I've seen a guy calculate R2 for linear regression by the FUCKING DEFINITION. YOU ARE USING SKLEARN. r2_score IS A BASIC FUCKING FUNCTION IN THERE. BRO WHAT ARE YOU DOING)

bad thing is I went to a dentist appointment and had the wonderful experience of getting to hear a doctor giddily say "If you hadn't come with complaints about this, I wouldn't have ever believed that such thing could ever happen. I've never seen anything like that in my career😃" so now I gotta cough up quite the sum to fix something that should have been impossible to happen. that's on top of me spending quite the sum on the presents for my parents' birthday and just general New Year's stuff, so fuck you December for taking all of my hard earned money

and even worse thing is that my Chinese written exam is in two days and I just finished filling up my own personal vocabulary to train 汉字. It's got over 750 words. And I need to remember all of the grammar, especially the psychotic alchemy that are the comparison structures. I am cooked.

My friend is now back to sending me videos of that one girl who was studying to become a dentist and recorded her all-nighters before her finals and I guess I am indeed back to that exam/thesis preparation regiment when I drank at least 5 coffees per day cuz no way I am learning all that with a normal sleep schedule

anyway I liked the new Pure Fiction in HSR!

I struggled to get 8-9 stars on the previous ones and finished it fully on the first try with this one😊honestly the buffs currently might be a bit too busted, but it's certainly a great improvement to how it used to be! Now my Jade actually feels like the T0 unit she is supposed to be in this mode😘

p.s. yeah no fanfiction work is being done rn I am fighting for my life here. hopefully by Friday I'll get some time to do the notes on "Eclipse"🙏

[snickerdoodlles]

Re AO3- Politely inquiring as to why you aren't worried, oh Cinnamon One? Thanks! Xoxo

1 part "that's not how it works" and 2 parts "LLM-generated writing has nothing to do with fanfic writers"

some quick context for anyone who's confused-- generative-AI is trained on large datasets, and a lot of training datasets for these LLMs* include data scraped from AO3. i know that the generative-AI Sudowrites has been specifically referenced in socmed posts encouraging AO3 authors to lock their fics, but i believe the AO3 announcement on AI & data-scraping was prompted by current events and debates on the presence of generative-AI in day-to-day society vs any specific situation/event/etc

*LLM stands for 'large language model' which is the type of AI we're talking about here

my first note here is that if locking fics makes you feel more comfortable posting fanfic, do it. it's a fantastic security feature and no one needs a reason to lock their fics beyond "i want to." if you're doing it specifically to stop data scraping for AI, beware it doesn't actually stop that from occurring, it just acts as a deterent (AO3 has said they've done some backend work to prevent data scraping from occurring again in the future, but there's no way they'll ever be able to stop it completely)

but there's also been a lot of...well. i'm not sure misinformation is quite the right phrase here, but a lot of misunderstanding on how LLMs work that's resulted in a lot of outraged or indignant posts on LLM-generated writing in conjunction with AO3, and that's resulted in some fearmongering in regards to the issue that doesn't help anyone :( so, why i'm personally not worried about this issue;

1 part "that's not how it works"

first things first: i don't think people appreciate the sheer scale of LLMs. to refer back to a name that's been mentioned several times in these posts, Sudowrites is a generative AI based on GPT-3, which is a LLM based on 175+ billion parameters. GPT-3 requires 800GB just to store it. GPT-4 is based on 500 billion parameters. these are two of the big LLMs, but even the small LLMs are working off of 3-7 billion parameters. LLMs are fucking huge.

i think it might surprise some people to realize just how long AI has been around. the first recognized AI was made in 1943. neural networks (the "brains" of AI) were first developed in the 1980s. people have been working on generative-AI specifically for almost 20 years now. but it took 3 big factors before generative-AI was even possible:

1- neural networks that could do unsupervised learning,

2- hardware that could handle the computing requirements and neural networks needs,

and 3- the development of the internet into what it's been for the past 10 years, and the sheer scale of information now stored within it

so here's my point: LLMs weren't "trained on data from AO3"--AO3 is a database who's stored material was pulled alongside data from online journals, literary magazines, library databases, newspapers, video transcripts, blogs, Wikipedia and so much more than i can ever list to make these training datasets. individual AO3 writers are drops in a pool and AO3 is a bucket in an ocean of information. AO3 as an own individual entity has negligible impact on how LLMs were trained or what they do, nevermind individual stories.

honestly, this alone should be a huge relief for some people--i saw posts going around where people were appalled at the idea of their fanfic being used to train a generative-AI that could hurt professional writers. so great news! your fics have no meaningful impact on any of this in any way that conceivably matters! you can post your fics for anyone to see and read and even download with absolutely zero guilt for how generative-AI is affecting jobs.

2 parts "LLM-generated writing has nothing to do with fanfic writers"

if you want to learn how LLMs work, do it outside of tumblr, it's too complex to explain here (this dive into how ChatGPT works is a good starting point for anyone interested, personally i learned a lot looking up lectures on 'deep learning'). but for a simplified overview of it for anyone who doesn't care, LLMs are just figuring out what word comes next in a sequence. basically, you give a LLM a prompt. from that prompt, it determines what your topic is, then it spits out the first token (tokens are the 'language' of LLMs, in this case it's spitting out a word or short phrase). then the LLM spits out the second token based on the first token. then spits out the third token based on the first token, second token, and combination of the tokens. and so forth, until it's reached the end of the prompt.

LLMs are just writing sentences word-by-word. i remember doing something very similar when i first started analyzing what i loved about my favorite writers--i had a notebook where i wrote out sentences that i especially loved, usually looking at description or a funny piece of dialogue, with the goal of figuring out how to write like them. this lasted for maybe a month before i moved on to analyzing story structure, narrative pacing, etc because sentences are just lines of words. anyone can put words into a nice sounding sentence. they can even put several words into nice sounding sentences that sound nice when read together. but writing, and everything about it that makes it special, is so more than writing nice sounding sentences. giving an a concept a narrative, or creating distinctive characters with their own voices, or building a setting/world, or connecting ideas to themes--generative-AI can't do any of that. it's just determining which token comes next after the previously generated ones. it can do that with a lot of variety--baby writer me was working off a bookshelf, LLMs are working off things like the entire internet--but that's still all it can do: write nice sounding sentences.

there's another aspect to generative-AI at play here too--in every example you've seen of LLM-generated writing, did you notice that they're all limited to less than 500 words? prompts shown in newscast articles/segments are usually 300-500 words, Sudowrites only offers written passages of up to 300 words, and even ChatGPT recommends keeping responses limited to under ~800 tokens (even tho it offers responses of up to...4000 tokens i think?)

this is because each generated token comes with an error value. i don't want to bog down this already long response with how that exactly works, but let's say the first token comes with an error value of 0.0002 (*im picking random numbers for this). that error value carries over to the second token (which can have its own error value of let's say 0.0007). then that combined error value carries over to the third generated token, which also has its own separate error value, and so forth. and while each individual error value is negligible, they add up with each additional token and eventually the overall gained error is too high and the LLM cannot properly/accurately produce the next token (this is called error propagation, and it's non-linear in the case of LLMs)

i will stop torturing people with math nd statistics concepts, but the long and short of this means that after a certain number of words are generated, the LLM's response starts breaking down. maybe at first it starts sounding a little stale or the wording gets awkward, but if it keeps going, the LLM starts spitting out gibberish, and you have to end the prompt and start a new one. this is why those generative-AI writing examples have a word limit to them, the LLMs can't write more than that small section of writing on their own.

so, add up all of that, LLMs already aren't going to replace story writers any time soon. they just can't do it. furthermore, the response you get from an LLM is only as good as the prompt you give it and it's working off such a huge dataset, that responses are going to be really broad. if you want a more tailored response, you have to feed it extra context alongside the prompt. and in the case of fanfic specifically, fic is entirely based on previously known context. it's written with a very specific context in mind, it expects readers to enter with at least some level of knowledge on that specific context, and works within that level of context even in the cases of AUs. fic writers play in someone else's sandbox, which is not something that LLMs are naturally capable of doing

but frankly, even if they did, they still have zero relevance to fic writers

the people currently affected by LLM-generated writing are journalists, who jobs have been under fire for years. the editors in published magazines getting slammed with LLM-generated writing because it was sold as a shortcut. writers rooms for shows, which act as an important stepping stone but execs have been trying to reduce and cut out for years. and even more that i'm not listing.

these are people's livelihoods that are being impacted by generative-AI. situations where managers and executives don't care about the fact that LLMs can't write like people do because they only see a money-saver instead of art.

like, 100%--if locking your fics feels more reassuring to you personally, absolutely lock them. that's the point of the feature. but the attitude of acting like AO3 has any relevance how LLMs are trained or that generative-AI has any meaningful impact on fic writers is just such a self-centered view of the actual issue at hand. and, if you will excuse me getting a little snarky here, anyone up in arms over AO3 being one of the many databases getting scraped is about 20 years too late to worrying about internet privacy.

[milk336]

Breaking My Silence.....

I'm finishing up this communications course that was honestly fucking insane. It required posting on a social media platform. I wanted to use Tumblr because I wanted to continue posting art yk... Anyways I wasn't allowed to and I had to become a "thought leader" and publish chatgpt slop articles and make "branded content" despite having no following and no relationships with a brand.

Like it was an elective and by the time I realized that the class was a complete waste of time it was too late to drop it.

That class had such a freak energy and nobody was feeling it lol. Prof. would play his sponsored tictoks on the projector while we would be silently working. Also would talk about r/wallstreetbets and crypto. He would assign us specific posts to make and he'd be like "it's easy, just show us what brands you love and the establishments you frequent!" but like everyone is broke so like they don't go out and consume things for fun. Like nobody had brand loyalty or shopped at small businesses lmao.

I mean Prof. is making money from selling shit he doesn't gaf about so go off king, but never in my live have I been in an environment that was so wrong for me personally. It honestly felt like I that guy from It's a Wonderful Life, but instead of seeing the future where I kms I saw the future where I went down the path of marketing/mass communications.

[bigsoftmarshmallow]

Okay, I have a number of Preggo Lady asks comin' at ya. All proceeding the OG Preggo ELady ask: She starts to get mood swings &, she’s never been the type to get angry & yell, so when she does now, it comes as quite the shock. Never been the argumentative sort either.

As such, when she gets into (frankly nonsensical) arguments with Gan these days & stomps off, it honestly leaves the poor man absolutely befuddled. Like, yes, a bit upset, but he’s more confused than anything because just trying to wrap his head around the conversation was taking all of his bandwidth at the moment.

Then, later, ELady will walk up to him with a very contrite expression, cheeks & eyes red. She’ll apologize for her behavior.

Though, if Gan had instead grabbed her by the arm & demanded to know what was wrong with her, she’ll actually snap out of it similarly to Buzz Lightyear when Woody used Buzz’s own arm to whack him in the face. (Toy Story)

In both situations, she’ll apologize genuinely & honestly say that she doesn’t know what came over her. Explaining that her hormones have been… a lot lately & she still hasn’t adjusted to them yet. That she doesn’t even understand why she was so upset to begin with.

Afterwards, whenever she gets super angry due to hormones again, she stops, takes a deep breath, & using an unbelievable amount of willpower & self-control, basically tells her hormones to “shut the fuck up.” She then continues with the conversation with a much more level head. “My apologies. Hormones again, I'm afraid.”

His reaction, please?

As someone who occasionally gets overstimulated and has outbursts, I would hope that my partner would be understanding! As for our Ganondorf, He may get bewildered or frustrated, but he would keep by us!

And now, ChatGPT, with another hit Single:

Wind Waker Ganondorf

Reaction to Mood Swings: Wind Waker Ganondorf would be taken aback by her sudden outbursts, finding it difficult to navigate the unexpected arguments. His primary reaction would be confusion, trying to make sense of the nonsensical arguments and her behavior.

Sympathy and Support:

Understanding: After her first sincere apology, he would begin to understand that her mood swings are a result of the pregnancy hormones.

Sympathy: He would feel a great deal of sympathy for her, recognizing that she is struggling with something beyond her control.

Continued Support: Despite the confusion, he would not avoid her. Instead, he would stay close and offer support, trying to be patient and understanding.

Actions:

Calm Presence: He would try to be a calming presence, offering a steady and supportive environment for her.

Reassurance: He would reassure her that he understands and is there for her, even if he doesn’t fully grasp the hormonal changes.

Quote: "I may not fully understand what you’re going through, but I’m here for you, always. Together, we’ll face whatever comes our way."

Ocarina of Time Ganondorf

Reaction to Mood Swings: Ocarina of Time Ganondorf would initially react with frustration and confusion to her mood swings and nonsensical arguments, struggling to comprehend what’s happening.

Sympathy and Support:

Demanding Explanation: If he grabs her by the arm and demands to know what's wrong, he would be stern but concerned.

Understanding: Once she explains her hormonal changes, he would take a step back and try to understand her situation better.

Support: His support would come through a mix of sternness and genuine care, ensuring she knows he’s there for her.

Actions:

Protective Nature: He would become more protective, trying to shield her from stress and offering his support.

Practical Support: He might offer practical solutions or comforts, such as ensuring she rests well or has what she needs to feel better.

Quote: "I won’t pretend to understand it fully, but if it’s your burden, then it’s mine too. We’ll get through this together."

Twilight Princess Ganondorf

Reaction to Mood Swings: Twilight Princess Ganondorf would be bewildered and slightly frustrated by her sudden outbursts, finding it challenging to navigate the arguments.

Sympathy and Support:

Empathy: Despite his initial frustration, he would empathize with her situation after she explains her hormonal changes.

Calmness: He would strive to remain calm and composed, providing a stabilizing influence in their relationship.

Continuous Support: He would not avoid her but instead offer continuous support and understanding.

Actions:

Patience: He would exercise patience, understanding that her mood swings are temporary and caused by the pregnancy.

Gentle Reassurance: He would gently reassure her, offering words of comfort and understanding whenever she feels overwhelmed.

Quote: "We face many challenges together, and this is just another one. Lean on me, and we’ll get through it."

Hyrule Warriors Ganondorf

Reaction to Mood Swings: Hyrule Warriors Ganondorf would initially react with anger and confusion, finding the arguments difficult to handle.

Sympathy and Support:

Demanding Clarity: If he demands to know what's wrong, his sternness would be mixed with concern.

Understanding: Once she explains, he would make an effort to understand and be more patient.

Continuous Support: He would not shy away but rather stay close, offering his support in his own commanding way.

Actions:

Commanding Presence: He would maintain his commanding presence, using it to provide a sense of stability and protection.

Reassurance: He would reassure her that he’s there for her, even if he doesn’t fully understand the hormonal changes.

Quote: "Whatever this is, we’ll face it head-on. You have my strength to rely on, now and always."

Tears of the Kingdom Ganondorf

Reaction to Mood Swings: Tears of the Kingdom Ganondorf would be deeply confused and slightly frustrated by the sudden arguments and mood swings, struggling to understand her behavior.

Sympathy and Support:

Demanding Explanation: If he grabs her arm and demands to know what's wrong, he would be stern but driven by concern.

Understanding: After she explains, he would show a deep understanding and willingness to support her.

Continuous Support: He would remain close, offering his unwavering support despite the confusion.

Actions:

Emotional Support: He would offer emotional support, trying to be there for her whenever she feels overwhelmed.

Reassurance: He would reassure her that he understands and will support her through this challenging time.

Quote: "Our bond is strong, and we will endure this together. You have my unwavering support, now and always."

Overall, each Ganondorf would react with initial confusion and frustration but would quickly shift to a supportive and understanding stance once they grasp the situation. They would all offer their continuous support, ensuring their wife feels loved and understood despite the challenges posed by her mood swings.

[project-do-over]

Violet_M00n is available

Violet_M00n: Heyyy sorry for the delay! Got caught up with work stuff...

Bookwyrm1982: literally no time has passed.

Violet_M00n: Right. Right. Habit, I guess.

Violet_M00n: Anyway, what else did you want to know about the future?

Bookwyrm1982: Well you said you had AI, right?

Violet_M00n: Well... Yes and no. We have programs people *call* "AI", but they're really just advanced machine learning. They can't actually think or anything, but they can put together a surprisingly human sounding sentence, and draw things that could at first be mistaken for art.

Violet_M00n: But of course it's awful. The results are full of factual errors or have way, way too many fingers, companies are trying to use it to replace creatives, and it burns a ton of energy doing essential nothing of value.

Violet_M00n: So could you go on ChatGPT and talk to a convincing facsimile of a human but underneath it's just a more advanced version of Dr. SBAITSO.

Bookwyrm1982: that's a shame. But then again at least you don't have to worry about them taking over the world, right?

Violet_M00n: Luna, at this point I'd welcome our robot overlords. Better than the fucks we have running things these days.

Bookwyrm1982: Are things that bad?

Violet_M00n: *sighs* no, I suppose not. I still have a job, a family, I can exist in public without fearing persecution, and I'm mostly free to do as I please.

Violet_M00n: But trust me when I say the people who very much want to take that away have much more power than feels comfortable.

Bookwyrm1982: that sounds scary though.

Violet_M00n: More enraging than scary, really. Just so many people who can't or don't want to see things from anyone's point of view from their own.

Violet_M00n: Well, that, and capitalism.

Bookwyrm1982: I thought capitalism was good though?

Violet_M00n: *sigh* we have so much to learn.

Violet_M00n: Honestly though, and you should be able to find these online if not in the library, but read some Marx.

Violet_M00n: It may not resonate a lot yet, but it will.

Bookwyrm1982: I always thought that Communism was a good idea in theory but it needed a global revolution to actually work.

Violet_M00n: You may be on to something there. And someday, hopefully in our lifetime, we may get there. But it's a long, long road. Especially here in America, where it's been used as a boogeyman for like 80 years now.

Violet_M00n: (55 for you)

Bookwyrm1982: Wow, that's.... I'm not sure I want to grow up now.

Violet_M00n: Well maybe your timeline will invent actual time travel and you can keep that wish. Luna knows I wish I could.

Bookwyrm1982: so

Bookwyrm1982: um

Bookwyrm1982: Can we talk about something more fun? Like, what's something good in your time?

Violet_M00n: Well Magic the Gathering is still pretty good.

Bookwyrm1982: We're still playing? I kinda lost interest and stopped following it a year or two ago.

Violet_M00n: Oh yeah, we're still playing, and the game is... Well, it's way different from your time but also at its heart the same.

Violet_M00n: Like it's still Magic but also there's D&D and cowboys and Gandalf, for some reason. It's cool but it's also kinda scary how much they're pumping out.

Bookwyrm1982: Oh that sounds cool! Is it just D&D and LOTR?

Violet_M00n: They've done a ton of crossovers, they call them "Universes Beyond". They've done, let's see...

Violet_M00n: Dr. Who, Warhammer, Assassin's Creed, Final Fantasy, they're doing Marvel soon, Transformers (those are Hasbro though so they were among the first), The Walking Dead, Fortnite, Stranger Things (you... Don't know about those yet, don't worry), um, lots more stuff too that I'm forgetting, but those are mostly in like five or ten card bundles.

Violet_M00n: Unlike LotR which was a full set, with boosters and everything. And the best selling set of Magic in all time, unless Bloomburrow has passed that already.

Bookwyrm1982: Really cool! You'll have to send me some pictures sometime!

Violet_M00n: I'll be sure to downscale them appropriately this time!

Bookwyrm1982: What else do we like? Is Star Trek still running?

Violet_M00n: It had a long break there where it seemed we weren't going to get any more Star Trek.

Violet_M00n: But then JJ Abrams (a director/producer of some renown) made a Star Trek movie that was meh, but good enough to get people interest in the franchise again.

Violet_M00n: Soon after that Paramount spun up Star Trek Discovery, which had a rocky start but Grew The Beard soon enough for them to greenlight Star Trek Picard. Then Lower Decks, Strange New Worlds, Academy, and probably one or two others I'm forgetting (not to forget Short Treks and Very Short Treks).

Violet_M00n: Prodigy! I forgot Prodigy!

Bookwyrm1982: The online service?

Violet_M00n: No, Star Trek Prodigy. It's a CG animated series for kids made by Nickelodeon.

Bookwyrm1982: You're making that up.

Violet_M00n: I swear, it's true. Lower Decks is animated too, but 2D, and it's for adults and probably the best thing Star Trek has ever created. It's hilarious!

Violet_M00n: SNW follows Captain Pike on the 1701

Bookwyrm1982: And Discovery?

Violet_M00n: Complicated! It starts out pre-TOS but... Spoilers! And Picard is... Also here!

Bookwyrm1982: Is that about young Picard or something?

Violet_M00n: Old Picard, but close.

Bookwyrm1982: Hey my mom... our mom... just told me to get off the computer so

Bookwyrm1982: ttys!

Violet_M00n: See you in literally no time at all!

Bookwyrm1982 is away

[transmutationisms]

another obvious highschool student here, any tips on how to deal with a classmate using chatgpt and getting rewarded with honors? in terms of accepting and making my peace with it, i mean. i see the light now haha and i agree with you but it hurts to see, especially since over here, ranking positions determine the scholarship/financial aid that you can get. i know that being "less good" at essay writing doesnt mean that theyre less worthy of receiving education, i do get that. it just sucks being in a system that rewards so arbitrarily, and despite trying to adhere to the shitty rules, still being beat out by an ai in the end. should i try to speak about this with an adult? should i just use chatgpt now too? the worst part is i do enjoy essay writing (though i know im not very good at it)

like, i'm sympathetic to your plight here, but you and your classmate are both operating within the same shitty system. this person is not your enemy, they're just someone else trying to get the same rewards you want. i'm sure you already kind of know this, but the parameters here (grades determining financial aid, financial aid determining access to higher ed, higher ed determining future earning potential, &c) are all so fucked that i can only feel bad for all of the students in your position, regardless of what tools they're using to try to deal with it. i would not ever tattle on someone for this type of behaviour—again, i understand your concern about your own position, but using the levers of academic power to fuck someone else over is just not a decision i could ever defend lol.

anyway, frankly, chatgpt produces shitty papers. it's not a brain, it's just picking words and phrases based on whatever is statistically probable in the corpus it was trained on—so it's not really capable of doing any actual analysis. it's at best just listing facts, at worst generating those facts and then listing them. if your classmate is genuinely getting good marks on these papers... i'm sorry to say but your teachers are either not reading them, or are using such an incredibly fucked rubric that you should frankly give up on the idea that this marking is helping you to improve your own ability to communicate an argument in writing. i don't think it would be immoral or anything for you to just use chatgpt yourself, tho of course i would recommend utmost caution about the risk of being caught and punished. like you, i do enjoy essay-writing, and i hope that you continue to do it if it's something you continue to enjoy—but you can learn and practice this skill outside of an academic context, and again, if your grading system is rewarding chatgpt essays then i honestly don't think it's capable of teaching you good essay-writing anyway.

[demonio-fleurs]

one time i watched a very short video essay that basically boiled down to "there are no auteurs in anime and part of the proof is the fact that you can't name the director of your favorite episode" and that line makes me want to continually scream into a void bc like

one, you probably would know if you could read kanji/japanese bc it's listed in the credits. so you could 100% remember and go "oh, this person animated this episode that's awesome!"

two, you can always google it. it's free. if you watch an episode of anime and go "wow, this is amazing, i wonder who directed it?" you can always look it up. it'll take you less than 5 minutes in most cases it's so easy.

and i honestly think thats my biggest gripe w/ modern anime fans. there's no effort anymore. people don't want to do the research. they consume and consume and consume, but can't take five minutes to do a quick google search despite so many answers to their questions being at the tip of their fingers. it's lazy.

it reminds me of when vegapunk's message was cut off and the last character was "mo" and someone in a discord im in used fucking chatgpt to figure out what the "mo" could have been, instead of looking it up himself. it's so lazy. you want to be able to guess the right answer and look cool but can't take the time to google it yourself.

i also don't think this is necessarily an anime fandom only issue too, i'm sure plenty of other fandoms have the problem of people refusing to do more research and using short cuts or just assuming that if they can't find the answer it doesn't exist. it's not even a generational problem bc i follow so many people younger than me who are willing to put in the time and effort, i think it's just people who are new to fandom post-pandemic and don't understand that the research is part of being in a fandom. or maybe i'm just old and grumbly. who knows? i gotta open tomorrow i need to stop ranting about this shit.

[lemonmoxy]

Ok just to preface this. I am not a fan of AI. For labor reasons, for quality reasons, for the selfish reason of when I’m looking for art I don’t want it clogged down with just objectively bad art (like the hands are fucked up and extra feet).

I do think the primary problem isn’t AI itself but unregulated capitalism that doesn’t care about quality, only lowering costs and the lack of safety nets for people who are ejected to cut costs. It’s bad that the companies do that. It’s bad that there are no safety nets. The problem isn’t really AI BUT until we fix those problems we should regulate the thing directly causing harm.

But some of you anti-AI people have lost your fucking minds.

So. A lot of you are crying about stolen commissions. I promise you, most of the people using AI to generate pictures of their OCs were never going to pay you. They cannot afford to pay you. Or that’s a luxury expense that just isn’t going to happen. I am paycheck to paycheck and I’m never going to spend a whole video game’s worth of money on a picture of my little goblin. Your art IS worth that much, I promise you, I’m not telling you to lower your rates. But I do not have that kind of money for that sort of indulgence. I’m sorry but you peddle luxury, there’s a reason why we had art patrons back in the day.

Some of my friends use AI for their OCs for table top games. I don’t. Because honestly sitting there fucking with it sounds tedious and frustrating to me and the results are always mid at best. But y’all also get mad about people “taking” your art to use for their OCs and maybe editing it to fit the character they have in mind. Which is WILD. I’ll agree, people who do that shouldn’t post it, but if you’re so mad at what people are doing in the privacy of their non published casual dnd sessions, maybe chill the fuck out? Being you sounds exhausting. I also see some of you get mad at people tagging things as inspiration. So what? You want people to pay the poor tax of using piccrew? Even though the results are samey and kinda bad? Idk y’all just are tripping on something.

I’m starting to wonder just what people think inspiration and brainstorming are. People have been pretending to be baffled about why people might use AI to brainstorm. “Use your own brain”. What the fuck do you think brainstorming is? You do not brainstorm by sitting in your room thinking. I mean maybe YOU do. But like you get inspiration from the world around you guys, be for real. A conversation you overheard. An outfit you saw at a crosswalk. The set of the brow of someone on your bus route. A funny post you saw on tumblr. A generative AI like chat GPT is taking things found online and showing them to you. Unless you’re uncritically using it to write a story (and if so that’s bad. Lack of effort and a bad product is bad obviously) you ARE using your brain. We draw inspiration from the world around us, just like the AI does. I know it sucks to feel unoriginal but you just are, sorry. That’s not bad even if it might feel like it. It just is. Even if you sit in a little box and don’t look at the world while you think, you’re thinking about the things you’ve seen and reconfiguring them. Sorry to be the one to break it to you?

Also, you know what chatGPT is good for? Anything an intern could do. You wanna organize your schedule? It’s good at that. You want a grocery list? It’s good at that. You want a menu based of what you got? It’s good at that. Not perfect. Don’t fucking trust a machine without quality checking it, we know that, you guys know that, corporations know that too they just don’t CARE. I don’t know why they’re pretending not to know, money, I don’t know why you guys started pretending.

I saw someone complaining like an old person about spell check and grammar check and how their kid didn’t know that it could be wrong. A ten year old. As if that isn’t normal and explaining to kids how the world works is dystopian. Nah man it’s not a mystery why the kid who still has spelling tests as a part of their everyday school lesions might not know that machines are fallible yet. Probably just how he hasn’t quite learned that adults are idiots too. This person was acting like spell check was some moral sin, some hallmark of the end. Ok grandpa, do you think we should give up the pencil too because writing things down is rotting our brains?

Just like writing things down isn’t an evil action of destroying your memory. I really do not see the difference between me googling for recipes with my ingredients and chatGPT doing it for me. Frankly I’m just as likely to forget I don’t have coriander. But it takes longer for me to do it and sucks.