Kirk

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[–] Kirk@startrek.website 7 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

It's not, but you bring up a very good point about responsibility. We need to be using language like that and not feeding into the hype.

I don't even like calling LLMs "AI" because it gives a false impression of their capabilities.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 7 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Getting a "429 Too Many Requests" error.

But if true- this is depressing. I've always viewed Ars as a sort of standard bearer when it comes to tech news. Other outlets like The Verge do a lot of "best [product]" articles with affiliate links, and while I understand why, and don't think they're being dishonest, it just feels cheap. Seeing Ars fail at basic fact-checking is truly depressing.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 1 points 18 hours ago

I still pronounce it W'orf

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 2 points 1 day ago

One of these days I'll set one of those redirect extensions...

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It plays fine for me without being logged in (desktop not mobile), but I did have to click "x" on the login popup. Can't browse the profile or anything else, though. But yes, Imginn is great. Highly recommended.

 
[–] Kirk@startrek.website 3 points 1 day ago

I'm going to pretend this never happened.

In an alternate universe somewhere, they created a real comic we could all purchase immediately and this episode was the surprise reveal.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago

Though I wish we would have saw her, Discovery name drop!

Even if we don't see any of the cast, it would be SO badass to see Disco pop in and save the day during a space battle for a moment then just pop back out.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago

Oh I see what you mean, yes absolutely with you. That said, if she truly has a "trauma causing thing she can't control" ...he's going to need to establish some clear boundaries...

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Me struggling how to link to the creator's original source without exposing Lemmy users to Meta.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm with you. It seems at least in part it was AI. The shoulder is shadowed but the sunglasses are giving off a (double?) glint?

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago

I didn’t love the basic setup - using a derelict ship that people died on as a training ground didn’t really sit well with me - but it was a decent story in that setting.

To me it gave "this is the best we can afford right now" vibes. They clearly can afford better, but that was my impression of the message they were trying to send.

 

From @zilatreks on Instagram

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Since Discovery, despite the Star Trek writers repeatedly beating us over the head with this, I still somehow didn't catch onto the pattern. If there is a through-line to all the new shows, the notion that acknowledging one's own vulnerability is a sign of individual strength, and that showing support when others are being vulnerable around you, is also a sign of individual strength.

This may not feel "woke" in the way it's usually understood, but I really think it's pushing a long overdue envelope, and one that is arguably more important to our times than a half-black half-white face representing the "illogical" nature of racism.

For example: when I read the angry tweets about the new series (ie; the "pussification of men", etc.) I can't even force myself to see them as coming from anything other than weak, scared people who are too afraid of what the world would think of them if they expressed their authentic selves. They want to scare the rest of us into being as scared as they are, because they believe it will make them feel less alone. But loneliness can only be fixed by showing vulnerability.

And that's the root of the problems in our modern era, isn't it? Deeply insecure people hurting others in a desperate effort to not be hurt themselves. They haven't always portrayed this concept in a graceful way, but kudos to Star Trek for keeping up the tradition of asking its audience: "What is it you're so afraid of?"

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