Very close to my current life but without financial stress and with a partner who shares even some of my interests and doesn’t want sex.

Well Wranglerstar is pretty good example. Used to be about homesteading and tools, then turned into politics, grifting and Jesus talk. There’s even a subreddit dedicated for hating him for it.

Van Neistat (Casey’s brother) is another one for me. It’s actually one of those channels that went from me utterly loving it to entirely stopping watching it the quickest. I can’t really put my finger on why but I think I just started to get the sense that this is a job for him, not a passion.

It doesn’t matter that you personally don’t use it. Other people do and you can’t escape the influence they have on you no more than they can that of an LLM.

I also find it odd to have such a strong opinion about something you have zero first-hand experience of.

ChatGPT alone has over 800 million weekly users yet you doubt this because you personally don’t use one?

I’d say “fuck’em” is the correct attitude if someone hates you because of the car you drive.

Definitely looks much less worse wrapped. That matte olive green is kinda cool.

Every woman remembers the day they turned 18 and suddenly so many adult men started showing interest.

The ‘Ukraine banned Russian and that’s why Russia invaded’ line is straight Kremlin copium from 2014. The law was never even signed, and the war started because Moscow sent in the little green men, not because of language classes.

At least they still have the right to protest. There’s no protesting against compulsory Russian language education.

I genuinely don’t know. I only know what makes me momentarily forget about the lack of happines but I don’t think that’s the same thing.

There’s a kind of sausage for sale in Finland that’s commonly refered to as a “baby foot”

Good for him!

Risking your life to inconvenience other people is a weird form of fun I must say.

The comment sections under certain articles couldn’t be more predictable here. People know their audience and therefore know exactly what to say to receive the maximum number of pats on the back. Apparently we’re so devoid of meaning and purpose that even online hate clubs start seeming like something worth becoming a part of. Bonding over shared interests and goals is out, and sharing a mutual hatred of the other is in. That’s the glue holding this group together.

In this particular case I’m okay with it but I don’t see it as stealing. Human artists are influenced by the art of other artists the same way. It’s only stealing if you’re selling copies of the original piece as your own. I wouldn’t have any problem with someone copying my entire photography portfolio to train an AI to generate pictures with my style because it takes nothing away from me. Just sell them as your own then instead of claiming they were taken by me.

I’ve yet to detect even a hint of right-wing / nazi bias on Grok. I get that it’s a popular narrative but it simply just doesn’t hold true according to my experience. It’s not that much different from ChatGPT really - just slightly less restricted.

I hope you didn’t bet much. Just goes to show how one shouldn’t make assumptions based on tiny bits of unrelated information.

When it comes to music, all I care is whether it sounds good or not. Same applies to AI generated content: if it’s better than human made content then I want that.

Where do you draw the line on what counts as property? Surely people can have some things that are theirs?