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I wouldn't build killing tools casually despite having, as most engineers here do, the ability to do it in a wide variety of manners that would be innovative fr

I wouldn't build killing tools casually despite having, as most engineers here do, the ability to do it in a wide variety of manners that would be innovative from a technological standpoint. It's presented as art and I criticize it as such, there is seemingly no strong intent at least none presented in the post, and the form is not particularly appealing or interesting. It's explosive charges strapped to a helmet with a detonator. The concept itself is not novel, as you said it's been done a hundred times in a million animes. I don't know Palmer beyond this blog post and having googled him after being baffled by the tone. I don't dislike him and I don't know his politics. I would have loved to have heard one of the many beautiful stories he mentioned, and I was particularly confused by seeing the lovely wedding photos at the end. It made me question whether it was satire but I don't think it is.

friedman23 4y ago
> I wouldn't build killing tools casually despite having, as most engineers here do No, most engineers here are perfectly fine building highly addictive apps that are only slightly removed from slot machines and targeting them at children. > The concept itself is not novel Actually building it is very novel. > It's explosive charges strapped to an helmet with a detonator That is triggered when you lose a video game. > the form is not particularly appealing or interesting Given the amount of engagement and discussion it's generating I think you are clearly wrong.
- ad404b8a372f2b9 4y ago
  I guess it depends how much value you put on being the first. I saw the "first" AI painting sold, I saw the first drone with a gun attached, and the first drones with explosives used in warfare and I don't consider any of these art. Some things are incredibly obvious, and not in the way that you can look back at old research and misapprehend how difficult it was to create at the time, but in the sense they have been part of our psyche for years or decades and all it takes to create them physically is a bit of metaphorical glue. I don't consider that novel. I guess if someone thinks it's art then it's art, and I don't say that to denigrate it. I'm not the authority on what is art or not. I just don't get the the casual tone, the seeming lack of intent, and the deathly severity of it. It makes no sense to me.

friedman23 4y ago

> I wouldn't build killing tools casually despite having, as most engineers here do No, most engineers here are perfectly fine building highly addictive apps that are only slightly removed from slot machines and targeting them at children. > The concept itself is not novel Actually building it is very novel. > It's explosive charges strapped to an helmet with a detonator That is triggered when you lose a video game. > the form is not particularly appealing or interesting Given the amount of engagement and discussion it's generating I think you are clearly wrong.

ad404b8a372f2b9 4y ago
I guess it depends how much value you put on being the first. I saw the "first" AI painting sold, I saw the first drone with a gun attached, and the first drones with explosives used in warfare and I don't consider any of these art. Some things are incredibly obvious, and not in the way that you can look back at old research and misapprehend how difficult it was to create at the time, but in the sense they have been part of our psyche for years or decades and all it takes to create them physically is a bit of metaphorical glue. I don't consider that novel. I guess if someone thinks it's art then it's art, and I don't say that to denigrate it. I'm not the authority on what is art or not. I just don't get the the casual tone, the seeming lack of intent, and the deathly severity of it. It makes no sense to me.