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If the aliens from Arrival landed in 2023, perhaps we would be generating our replies with a finetuned Stable Diffusion model.[0] [0] https://github.com/sirabe

If the aliens from Arrival landed in 2023, perhaps we would be generating our replies with a finetuned Stable Diffusion model.[0] [0] https://github.com/siraben/heptapod-diffusion https://github.com/siraben/heptapod-diffusion

bertman 3y ago
This is great! >especially if it involves confusing the words "weapon" and "tool" Ah man, this movie will always have a very special place in my heart.
- SehajPasricha 3y ago
  Same with me! Great movie.
- sateesh 3y ago
  It is a good movie. But I feel the story it is based (from Ted Chiang) is superior. Some of the nuances in the story deals with (seeing life as a whole, inadequacy in conveying whole gamut of emotions, concepts in our day to day communication etc,) doesn't come out that well in the movie.
  - deelly 3y ago
    Interesting, I watched movie before reading the story, and personally I liked movie more. Story is different in narrative and in the conclusion. Will be interesting to know is there a difference in a movie perception between peoples that read story first and people that come to movie without any idea what happens.
    - kkylin 3y ago
      I guess this is one more data point: I read the story first, too, and liked it better than the film. The story ended with a certain ambiguity (in my mind, at any rate) that I took some time to think about, and which I enjoyed. The movie wrapped it all up a bit too neatly to my taste.
    - neilparikh 3y ago
      I watched the movie first, but enjoyed the written story more (though I still thought the movie was great!). The big difference for me was the inclusion of the physics in the written story, and how it was connected to the linguistics.
- seanalltogether 3y ago
  Arrival, The Martian, Moneyball, The Big Short, there's something magical about these movies that no matter how many times they are on TV I will just sit and watch them again. I don't know what it is about the stories but it probably has has something to do with that XKCD comic about the scene in apollo 13.
deelly 3y ago
And we will never know is there a error in Stable Diffusion generated images or aliens do not understand our answers...

bertman 3y ago

This is great! >especially if it involves confusing the words "weapon" and "tool" Ah man, this movie will always have a very special place in my heart.

SehajPasricha 3y ago
Same with me! Great movie.
sateesh 3y ago
It is a good movie. But I feel the story it is based (from Ted Chiang) is superior. Some of the nuances in the story deals with (seeing life as a whole, inadequacy in conveying whole gamut of emotions, concepts in our day to day communication etc,) doesn't come out that well in the movie.
- deelly 3y ago
  Interesting, I watched movie before reading the story, and personally I liked movie more. Story is different in narrative and in the conclusion. Will be interesting to know is there a difference in a movie perception between peoples that read story first and people that come to movie without any idea what happens.
  - kkylin 3y ago
    I guess this is one more data point: I read the story first, too, and liked it better than the film. The story ended with a certain ambiguity (in my mind, at any rate) that I took some time to think about, and which I enjoyed. The movie wrapped it all up a bit too neatly to my taste.
  - neilparikh 3y ago
    I watched the movie first, but enjoyed the written story more (though I still thought the movie was great!). The big difference for me was the inclusion of the physics in the written story, and how it was connected to the linguistics.
seanalltogether 3y ago
Arrival, The Martian, Moneyball, The Big Short, there's something magical about these movies that no matter how many times they are on TV I will just sit and watch them again. I don't know what it is about the stories but it probably has has something to do with that XKCD comic about the scene in apollo 13.

deelly 3y ago

And we will never know is there a error in Stable Diffusion generated images or aliens do not understand our answers...