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Helps more properly visualize things, I guess
Part of the problem for many creatives and would-be-creatives is getting the ball rolling and actually having to redo things again and again
To make it right, if the creators and their editors even actually bother
Writer's Block and over...
I've asked AI questions and at times it feels, no is definitely, making shit up
Not afraid of it killing off the human race
More afraid of the technocrats and whatever plans they got 2030, though I can say like AI, a LOT dumber than they think
We're already seeing a population crash and...
BAC
Before Aegon’s Conquest
I am guessing either the Stormlands were conquered or managed to remain independent like Dorne
If somehow assimilated, I’d say that Orys would somehow get along well with Argilac as family, not gonna replace Duranndon with Baratheon but will still be remembered
The Stoned Ape theory
I think it helped them establish culture rather than mutate them
A culture that lasts generations and involves more cooperation and/or formalized yet versatile to varying degrees-hierarchies
Part of the shitty part of the Pre-Butlerian Jihad situation, is that most people are dependent on the tech of technocrats
Post-Butlerian Jihad, there are STILL technocrats, they just work with the aristocrats, merchants and religious figures
You need a LOT of centralization to keep a ban...
I forgot who and the exact reasons why
But I recall someone making the argument NOT to just keep dumping chapters en masse
Gotta get proper advertising/marketing for your own works, even for stuff like books
It explains why some writers I know aren’t panicking
Why? Because they write just fine….only they have a lot of issues and decide to work on different series or not at all for months to years between releases
It’s mostly the webnovel guys who are very likely to just keep throwing out more and...
I think I recall some YouTube critics accusing some people of doing AI, thing is, it really is just their flawed art style and some of those weird defects can be made by regular artists
Hell, people are bizarrely robotic and easy to predict after awhile, that's not an exaggeration…..I know some...
Is it wrong if I can't help but self policing on a variety of NSFW stuff proves the whole extreme immoral hedonism slippery slope is workable?
Because I can say for sure, from the interactions I've had with guys on the site, I know most people here definitely have standards and will report it...
Yeah, just avoid looking like a real person and I think we’re all good
I for one, only see realism as a skill when it comes to getting more detail on an illustration, otherwise I prefer stylized these days
Realism can get rather disturbing and dull at the same time as odd as it sounds
Any concerns on what’s AI generated are probably helped that this site, as far as I can tell, is more on more fictional art styles rather than real people
With AI, I can see why many are concerned what can/will be made based off of real people which can/will get disturbing
And we already have...
I decided to try drawing on pen and paper after going digital for so long
It’s very very odd, but I somehow got really good with proportions in spite of being heavily dependent on using grids
I wonder how much better I actually could get
I guess part of my recurring problem, was me being so...
When it comes to Family Values
I maintain that the parents if depicted, can’t always be shown in a positive light or that they are always right
Same for the kids, if they rebel, they might solely be doing so to spite their parents rather than being truly right
Is it wrong if I consider the last line to be VERY black comedy
Frankly, I think I had this conversation or almost did with someone else before
Think of it as the difference between a more Moral Society and a more Polite Society
The first will impose itself on others and be very indignant...
I have heard people use Machiavelli as a bad example of leadership
When really, they are overdependent on “chivalry” and “social contract”
Thing is, I think even Machiavelli is ultimately pragmatism, both good and bad people need it
Weaker people need it, to recognize when or how they’re...
If there are geniuses in peacetime, I expect many to have their accomplishments ignored for more politically accepted geniuses
I wouldn't put off one of the first proper mecha engineer guys NOT being very welcome at the big parties of the ultra rich who think they're "scientific" but merely...
Dogma, yeah
At times given how prevalent the whole work till you die stuff that East Asia has got
I am surprised they got guys like Miyamoto Musashi and Sun Tzu who were remarkably chill and acknowledging of limitations
Confucius, I think, didn’t really think too much on how after at some...