Speaking as someone in Europe
The US has a major effect on the rest of the world. Elon is a big concern even if you don't live in the US
..and you don't wanna see what's gonna happen aa the US progresses more into fascism and sets their sights for outside their borders. Hell, they've already done that with Canada and Greenland, even
So I see people arguing whether this is AI or not and I just wanna say that
What people should take away from all of this is that we're rapidly approaching a point where we're simply unable to accurately determine whether something is generated or not. And we, as individuals and as a society, are not ready for that. We're heading into a different world, and we better prepare for it, as well as re-examine our relationship to art and images before we're forced to do so by the circumstances
It's the Sword of Damocles but worse
I don't get that though, if a bird flu pandemic happens it would mainly affect and kill off his base
Great good faith response to my comment, for sure
I think you underestimate how many people might not have a complete understanding of consent, and just dismissing it outright like this isn't.. as productive as you might think it is
You say that, but there is a historical basis to making a point out of it
For example, martial rape wasn't considered rape or even sexual assault for a long time. And many people might also take someone not saying no as implicit consent, which is not necessarily the case
It can be a bit more nuanced than it may initially seem, in the sense that like, there can be different understandings of consent
Buuuut of course I don't know the context of your conversation
Marx when contradictions of capitalism:
That's a big assumption about who I am, what I do, and my abilities, isn't it?
You don't know everything, and your experiences aren't universal, you know
There have definitively been multiple times windows systems bricked themselves on me without it being my fault
It's not rarer than Linux systems bricking in my experience. In addition, Linux systems tend to be a lot more fixable, but with windows being just a black box sometimes you're just shit out of luck and have to reinstall
Is this a regional thing? People don't really use she or he for animals here. I live in Europe for reference
Probably doesn't help that 'she' and 'dog' sound very similar in my language
Yes
It's worth to keep in mind that whether something is disparaging or not depends on the intention, and the context. Similar to how, say, "gay" can be used both positively and negatively, for example, "that's so gay".
So why do some people like it/its? You'd need to ask the relevant person, there can be different reasons that are ultimately personal.
But here's one way to think about it: We use 'it' for animals, right? Like if we have a dog, which we love, we often will still say 'it' for it, right? But that doesn't mean we value it less, or somehow objectify it, or treat it like an object. We still acknowledge and respect it as a living breathing feeling being, and yet we may still use 'it' for it. This may be one way people might think of using it/its for themselves, at least!
And also there's something about the vibe of it/its, I dunno, it's hard to describe, but it is kinda growing on me a little bit as well
It's obviously ao3!