AI can generate portaits indistinguishable from real human faces. what does this mean?
" No, who would expect that? I'm going to think of it as grappling hooks from now on. " Those are great, not least for God's tone. " " the horror. The horror. Seriously though yes, there's some creepy Australian horror movies, for sure. It can be weird here, in a land that god forgot kind of way. Definitely some haunted places. You from the Ukraine? " But! Possums are cute though and horror is universal. I do like this one: If God wills it, the final account of First Mate Piken, castaway on the rock somewhere off the Twilight Strand. Near as I can tell, the rest of the crew, along with Captain Caruso, be dead... or worse. What happened? I'd not have believed it myself had I not seen it with me own two eyes. At dawn, a light, green and dark, rose from 'neath the waves and into the sky. While most of us stood back in awe, I heard a cry rise up from the lower deck. Casting me eyes in that direction, I saw the waves upchuck, and a swarm of ocean crabs cover the vessel. Ravenous and of countless numbers they were, making quick work of the sailors about them. Nothing but bones and tatters of cloth! We fled to the longboats as fast we could, hoping to leave them ungodly crustaceans behind us, but lo, from within that green pillar of light, I saw him! The Brine King, like a bloated whale he breached the familiar waters and turned the ship beneath our feet to match-wood. I was flung into the sea, yet managed to cling to some flotsam and make my way to rest on this damnable rock. Seems that ancient Tsoagoth has a mind to take dominion of these seas once more. Captain Caruso was right to drown those mutineers in the old king's name. A shame we'd not found more. For now, beneath the waves, I hear the whispers of me own passing in a thousand clicking pincers. May God have mercy on me, and may someone benefit from this warning. claws in the air! " Ohhh. Of course. Yes, of course. I got caught up and forgot that maybe we're not quite there yet. Made me poke around looking for a Wolf clip. I was hoping for some Sunglasses at night action. So excited to discover - Future Man season 2 is nigh. Time travel confuses the heck out of me often enough, but this series nails it. |
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" Hehe, nice to see Australia got its fair share of the 80s. " Turkey. Just a fan of the Stalker series. Also, I believe the Metro series were made by a Ukrainian developer as well. I find it interesting that, on the subject of 'nuclear devastation', Americans seem to specialize in 'dark humor' (Fallout series and Dr. Strangelove come to mind) while Eastern Europeans simply in 'dark'. *thinking* " If this starts playing in my head every time I go through The Coast, I'm blaming you. ____________________________________________________________________________________
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" Turkey, huh? Cappadocia? The Road counters that on the USA side however Eastern Europeans do tend towards simply dark. Big fan of (non Saw vein) horror movies, don't play horror games for some odd reason. I'd probably enjoy them. Further thoughts? " XD If you take a crab pet or two with you while you do it, I won't blame you. |
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" I think, year-round, there are more tourists there than locals. Nah. Istanbul. Same place as 1/5 of the Turkish population. Cappadocia: Dreams / Reality Okay okay, I'm just kidding. The reality is more like this. " I'm more into psychological horror, or more generally, 'haunting' experiences. That's why I enjoyed the Stalker games so much, despite hating jump scares. There were a few of those, but even then, they felt like a natural part of the environment rather than a "Boo! Gotcha!". If you want to get into the genre, I'd recommend Sanitarium. An oldie but a goodie that I still consider head and shoulders above similarly themed titles. Grabbed it on a Steam sale some time ago but didn't have a chance to replay it. I guess this is my cue to do so. Oh, speaking of haunting experiences, while games tend to be a bigger commitment, you might wanna check out the movie Stalker. The setting of the first game (Shadow of Chernobyl) is basically an amalgamation of that and Roadside Picnic. ____________________________________________________________________________________
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" Too many tourists is a real problem. It puts me off seeing some places and becoming one of them. You could guess Sydney or Melbourne with an Australian and have a good chance of being right. Do you like it in Istanbul? " Not unlike the coast loading screen (sans water) " Haha! That's attarct MORE tourists, good thing it's under wraps. " That's a lot of balloons, aside from the development of all the roads to get there. Can imagine tourists quaffing wine and taking lots of photos. This is beautiful, all the same. ok quaffing wine and doing yoga I should also say I hope my countryfolk don't behave too badly when we come over for ANZAC day and slam the Dardanelles each April. " Psychological horror is where it's at for me too. Oh we all hate jump scares but don't they remind you you're alive? Thanks for the recommend. Old asylums are a great location. Aside from the fear generated of being committed, tortured, and experimented on, if haunting is bound up with psychic energy and traumatic events then definitely those places are hotspots for some serious bad stuff. No doubt it's on Steam? I might check it out, but as you mentioned time, not sure I'm up for a new game at the minute. Movie, sure. I watched two awful ones yesterday, being in the mood for horror. The Bye Bye Man, [execrable despite the titular character having a cool Hell Beast sidekick pet and some mythical coin tossing abilities, both which were never explained] and Open House after it in an attempt to recalibrate. MY GOD NO. Open House was worse. Usually check out the Tomatometer before I watch something, and SHOULD HAVE. SMH and laughing. SO BAD. Roadside Picnic? Haha :) Ok, Stalker. Last edited by erdelyii#5604 on Dec 28, 2018, 8:20:40 PM
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AI is a hoax. While admittedly more complex than a for loop, programming a computer to deterministically write it's own programming isn't "machine learning," it's just another programming shortcut to have computers deterministically compute desired results. While this type of programming has some risks to it, those risks are less SkyNet and more Mickey's brooms in Fantasia (although admittedly such brooms could, in a worst case scenario, nuke major cities). There's no threat (or hope) of truly artificial intelligence without an additional component computer science has yet to discover.
When Stephen Colbert was killed by HYDRA's Project Insight in 2014, the comedy world lost a hero. Since his life model decoy isn't up to the task, please do not mistake my performance as political discussion. I'm just doing what Steve would have wanted. Last edited by ScrotieMcB#2697 on Dec 28, 2018, 11:37:04 PM
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" Three points: 1. Consciousness is not magic 2. AI doesn't need consciousness to be on par with humans at most, if not all tasks (this includes things like "creativity") 3. There's an above zero probablity that the universe is deterministic GGG banning all political discussion shortly after getting acquired by China is a weird coincidence.
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"1. In the Thor movie sense of the word — that is, technology we don't understand yet — it precisely is magic. What AI believers expect is that computer scientists will somehow poof into existence the thing that neurologists haven't deconstructed yet. It's the modern equivalent to alchemy. 2. I don't like the name "AI" but yes, absolutely. However, this was more than apparent two decades ago. What has happened is basically that that list of tasks predictably expanded, and the new wunderkinds of Silicon Valley chose the most pretentious name for the programming advances which made that expansion possible. 3. Perhaps, in the same sense as "there is a nonzero possibility the Matrix is real." But in a deterministic universe there is no real human choice and therefore no morality — one's behavior cannot be right or wrong if one had no choice in it. Without the context of choice, contrasting analysis of potential value hierarchies is irrelevant and everything descends into nihilism. Therefore, either the universe is not fully deterministic, or this entire argument is moot. When Stephen Colbert was killed by HYDRA's Project Insight in 2014, the comedy world lost a hero. Since his life model decoy isn't up to the task, please do not mistake my performance as political discussion. I'm just doing what Steve would have wanted. Last edited by ScrotieMcB#2697 on Dec 29, 2018, 2:07:34 AM
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" What we gernerally know as AI isn't whatever lies beyond the technological singularity. " full article " " article |
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I'm just waiting for the scientists to decipher the human brain (consciousness in particular) so we can replicate / simulate it, thereby creating 'artificial humans' in the truest sense of those words, and having to give them citizenship / human rights.
That'll be the most interesting discussion humanity at large have had since the abolishment of slavery, and not entirely unrelated to that issue.
Off-topic chat that I'm enjoying perhaps a bit too much:
" As a local, yeah. Not much to complain about -- it's your run-of-the-mill metropolitan city, if a bit on the 'historical' side. Can't imagine it being much different than living in London or Tokyo, provided you speak the local language. And I'd say it's relatively tourist-friendly. Transportation is robust enough, and there's no shortage of youngsters who speak English. Just don't give taxi drivers the benefit of the doubt (in terms of pricing) and you should be fine. :) " Ah, travel agencies and their promotional materials. Almost as entertaining as the tourists themselves. " That's actually kind of a soft spot for me, but in a good way. War usually tends to result in generations of 'bad blood' between the sides. This is one of the few precious exceptions. Maybe it was a consequence of Aussies and Kiwis being brought over by the boatload to fight a country they had no quarrel with before, "for the empire". Or maybe a few inspirational words were enough to salve both peoples' collective consciousnesses and turn enmity into camaraderie. Whatever the case, I'm happy with where we ended up. ____________________________________________________________________________________
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