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✨🩷🧡🤍✨ ♑️☀️| ♐️🌙 | ♊️🌅 32 | she/her | the capitalist hellscape that is America

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

if you’re reading this, i’m wishing for the universe to be kind to you

[ilovedyoufromthesecondwemet]

Why the Visuals Don't Break the Spell

Nothing ruins immersion like visuals that don't match. SweetDream avoids that by keeping the photos and videos consistent with the companion you designed, so she always looks like herself.

That coherence is a quiet quality win. The AI-generated images are beautiful and on-character, which keeps the whole AI girlfriend experience believable. sweetdream.ai gets the details that protect the magic.

[anarqueeen]

yeah the doctor said they found the source of my guilt and quiet agony deep within my core. Yeah turns out there really is something physically and fundamentally wrong with me that I've been carrying my entire life. No they said they're not gonna remove it. Said its an "elective surgery" so insurance won't cover it. Anyway how are you

[itstimetogo]

the only “data centers” we need are public libraries

[perriaeyjeve]

[freak]

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[josilverdragon]

"The horrors persist but so do libraries, books, iced coffee, sunsets, trees, the word 'fuck', the moon and the sea."

[1st-1]

[anxietyproblem]

[emmaharwoods]

HANNAH DODD & MASALI BADUZA photographed by Zoe McConnell for Bridgerton S5

[that-butch-archivist]

"Dyke March 1994" by Morgan Gwenwald

source: The Wild Good: Lesbian Photographs & Writings on Love, edited by Beatrix Gates

[kosmogrl]

[antiquesintheattic]

we should be getting iced coffee and going to creepy and musty antique stores together why must we be separated by our screens…

[villqn3lle]

i’m losing my shit

[franchaelagifs]

BRIDGERTON SEASON 5 | Official Announcement

[rylandsgrace]

Rio & Agatha in Agatha All Along (2024) - 1.01 Seekest Thou The Road

[scribefindegil]

Listen, folks, I also hate generative AI and do not think it is an effective accomodation, but if your argument against it is "Oh, you think [task] is hard? What a stupid idiot baby!" then I'm sorry to say that is Literally Just Ableism. Please think about what you are saying. The point should be that it doesn't actually work to solve the problems that people are struggling with, not that they're wrong for struggling in the first place.

[fourohfourlifenotfound]

Points to replace "it's not that hard"

It is not a reliable information source (see: math examples, number of Rs in strawberry)

For scenarios with things like rewording stuff for papers/presentations, bring up reaching out to peers for editing help to both strengthen your professional network and to develop the writing skills to improve yourself

For "it's better than Google", bring up search engines that don't have that silly AI summary at the top of every search, like DuckDuckGo or Ecosia

For "it saves time": we don't actually have any metrics to support this beyond users reporting how much time they think it saves. This does not take into account the quality that's produced and extra time correcting errors later

(Per a Microsoft study) using it shifts your mindset from problem solving to information verification. This will be a detriment to your problem solving skills over time.

For "I use it for character AI": Back in my day, we had RP forums! There's probably a discord server for your fandom where you can roleplay as/with characters, and if there isn't, there's definitely people who would love for you to make one.

For "I use it to help me find ideas": If you're having trouble creating or finding ideas, you're probably burnt out or encountering a natural creative block. Using ChatGPT to push through the issue will not help. Take time time to rest and recuperate, it'll be healthier in the long run.

The lack of safety for your data (see: that tumblr post with the person whose brother was searching for personal information on ChatGPT)

The ethics surrounding the collection of training data against the wishes of the creators (see: Miyazaki with the new Ghibli filter)

The environmental impact of using GPT, from both energy costs and using water to cool servers

[mattsykun]

This is such a stellar list!

[an-aura-about-you]

Also for help writing emails/professional correspondence: templates exist and have existed for decades!!

[lifeattomsdiner]

First you procrastinate on the task because it is not a big enough deal to get done urgently. Then you procrastinate on the task because it has become such a big deal that doing it is overwhelming. You would think that this implies a middle point where it is just big enough of a deal to get done easily, however the inherent perversity of the universe's causal geometry prevents this

[scorpionlafemme]