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by petralithic 1y ago
First emperor that did this, per the comment I was replying to
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by petralithic 1y ago
Well, you can be a descriptivist all you want, but it's commonly understood to not mean "in factuality" even if people use it "incorrectly."
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by petralithic 1y ago
Augustus did this first, to legitimize his rule as both head of state and head of the faith. Before that it was two separate people.
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by petralithic 1y ago
It was not a continuously burning fire, sometimes it would go out and the Vestal virgin who was responsible at that time would be punished. The Zoroastrian flame is thought to be neverending but that's not verifiable of course.
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by petralithic 1y ago
Many Greeks used to call themselves Romioi well into the 20th century.
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by petralithic 1y ago
> I understand a lot of it was a top-down change driven by converted emperors like Constantine No, it was actually driven from the bottom up, as many people converted due to the appeal of a universal savior regardless social class. Chris
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by petralithic 1y ago
"In fact" is a turn of phrase, it does not literally mean "in factuality."
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by petralithic 1y ago
Languages are for humans, not for computers, who read binary anyway.
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by petralithic 1y ago
What made them bad, could you give more specifics? I don't quite understand what they did that was a mis-hire in your current description.
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by petralithic 1y ago
Some of these comments are interesting to read. Haven't we learned from Cambridge Analytica in 2018? Or the various other scandals over the past 20 years? I can understand normal people not caring but how people on HN still use Meta ap
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by petralithic 1y ago
Well, the trope of the starving artist exists for a reason. One does not need to be employed as a full time artist to create art, and thus art can come from anywhere, the value of economics is an entirely separate issue because no one shoul
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by petralithic 1y ago
It's more that I reject your premise of "Using more resources to achieve subpar outcomes is not generally something considered artful. Doing a lot with little is." because there is no backing behind that statement except your
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by petralithic 1y ago
How is this different from an electronic music producer? They similarly arrange notes without having played them physically. So too with people generating an image as a rough draft then editing every part of it, which is mainly what I'
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by petralithic 1y ago
I haven't, although I'm sure there exists a way to do. The point is that if one were on HN and reading the threads on AI in 2021, they'll see dissent as being nothing new.
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by petralithic 1y ago
Yes, of course. You also see those flagged to just as this one has been now. Turns out people don't like word salad of any kind.
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by petralithic 1y ago
Thankfully this post has been flagged. HN generally seems to police itself well when it comes to flamebait articles like this.
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by petralithic 1y ago
It is a rhetorical device that nevertheless clearly explains the various thought groups of AI art. If one requires human creation rather than mere human intent to be art, then similarly they can't consider a banana taped to a wall as a
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by petralithic 1y ago
The AI created it but you choosing to display it is the art, performance art specifically, not that the image itself is art (but again if someone looks at it and it moves them, the image itself could also be considered art); did Duchamp man
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by petralithic 1y ago
> But I don't think that's what we're talking about here. Actually that is exactly what I'm talking about. I'm not talking about AI beginners putting in some words into a text box, I'm talking about creativ
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by petralithic 1y ago
Just saying it doesn't make it so. I can post similar memes and say "haha that's you" while pointing at you and citing your lack of media literacy when you disagree, that doesn't mean it's a cogent argument.
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by petralithic 1y ago
They asked about general trends so it doesn't matter if it's the same people or not as long as the average sentiment has changed.
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by petralithic 1y ago
Have you read these articles by DHH, of Ruby on Rails and Basecamp fame? He's also based in the EU so it might be helpful to read. https://world.hey.com/dhh/why-we-re-leaving-the-cloud-654b47... https:/&#x2F
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by petralithic 1y ago
I think you're reading too much into my comment. It's not a put down, I'm genuinely asking because it seems many people still think anyone serious about AI just types prompts into Midjourney, but it's become a lot more c
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by petralithic 1y ago
More like just presenting a meme isn't a real argument, so there's not really any point you're making to miss.
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by petralithic 1y ago
I see this meme often but it's true, there's lots of options, not just one society that you cannot leave. Lots of countries on earth that one can move to, as people immigrate already.
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by petralithic 1y ago
Who said we all? If you specifically don't want to live in a capitalist society, you don't have to, there are lots of homesteaders even in the US who live off the land, you can be like them. I'm not being sarcastic, it's
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by petralithic 1y ago
Maybe. Or maybe one just gets it, or they don't, for a particular piece.
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by petralithic 1y ago
Or perhaps your initial premise ("AI without real art as input is noise") is simply wrong. By "get it," I'm trying to understand why you'd believe such a premise, yes even after 33 comments, because there is no
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by petralithic 1y ago
Yes, if you don't want to participate in capitalism, you're free to live in the woods and homestead.
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by petralithic 1y ago
Yes I do. Hardware should be independent from software.

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