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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 1h

Looks awesome 🧟‍♂️

Reposted by Eric Bourdages

Deniz Camp @denizcamp.bsky.social · 1d

BLEEDING HEARTS! My new creator owned book with @StipanMorian, Matt Hollingsworth (goat), Hassan Otsmane Elhaou (Nope), coming from VERTIGO COMICS! (that has a nice ring, doesn't it?)

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 1h

This vid goes over the economy, how the average person doesn't matter to gdp. Why you aren't getting that raise you've been hoping for. How AI threatens labor & how there's no incentive for those in power to support UBI.

Class consciousness is needed.

youtu.be/T2OHjHPkUzM?...

Why You Don't Matter Anymore ........... (Economically Speaking)

YouTube video by How Money Works

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 1d

It's never been more important than now to be aware of what is going on with AI, talk about it, share information & push back. Be human, don't abandone empathy & critical thinking.

Goes over something I've been worried about for the past 3 years.

youtu.be/77oSBNvfpr4?...

The AI Manhattan Project

YouTube video by Second Thought

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 1d

Vampires tend not to like the sun so I agree, open all the blinds.

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 1d

He's definitely one of the top contenders for - guy we should all be concerned about who has way too much control & power and not enough of a spotlight.

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 1d

Also everything I know about Peter leads me to believe he is a terrible person who wants to strip away your freedoms, survey you, he's got his fingers in almost every suspicious pie and he possibly wants humanity to die.

I regularly criticize AI though, fuck me right.

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yeah, new title drop 😎

"Legionnaires of the Antichrist"

Sounds pretty metal 🤘

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 2d

"It's innevitable."

"Adapt or die."

"Embrace it or get left behind."

"The genie is out of the bottle."

"It'll get better, just wait."

"This is the worst it will ever be."

These things are said to get you to believe/fear you don't have agency to resist, question & criticize.

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 3d

Really good one to listen to. Michael as usual is always extremely well articulated in talking about the philosophy behind the current state of big tech & their partnership with the government.

youtu.be/_spw4MnVsHw?...

Your Favorite Apps are ICE Agents

YouTube video by Michael Burns

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 4d

Easy to digest for people who haven't been following the topic. Go watch, like & pass it on if you care about creators, the internet, facts & reality.

youtu.be/_zfN9wnPvU0?...

AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 9d

I've noticed a huge uptick in game studio's hiring in the past few months, really curious what's going on as it's a big contrast to the last couple of years and many issues plaguing the industry hasn't seemed to have improved much. Anyone know what's up?

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 9d

Support & participate in a vibrant indie scene. Corps need people to keep consuming, spending, creating & working for them. If enough people turn their back on them & instead support smaller passionate creators/teams it will build healthy creative focused communities that can resist selling out.

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 9d

Watch it if you care about free media. There's been a capture happening that more people need to pay attention to. Not only is this dire for various media industries/workers but it's dangerous for those who consume media, free speech & democracy.

youtu.be/V64TdrkhTqo?...

Oracle is Genuinely Far Scarier Than Blackrock

YouTube video by How Money Works

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 11d

Good essay, give it a read if interested.

www.artforum.com/features/gen...

MACHINE YEARNING

Sonja Drimmer critically examines art historians’ recent embrace of generative AI as a tool for humanities research.

www.artforum.com

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 19d

A powerful message to anyone who says they can't make art or that it's pointless.

youtu.be/2XZ9z6OewR0?...

The case for making art when the world is on fire | Amie McNee | TEDxManchester

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 20d

The Paradox of Tolerance

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 22d

In order for me to write poetry that isn't political

I must listen to the birds

and in order to hear the birds

the warplanes must be silent.

-Marwan Makhoul

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 23d

A good read with regards to AI's impact on the art industry.

Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 24d

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI

Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 25d

TLDR modern sealioning is a form of trolling and wasting people's time.

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 25d

Often no cited source is ever good enough, they will often continually move the goalpost or strawman, many times they really don't even care, read the source or have facts of their own, they are pressuring you the person with the opinion/fact to entertain them by placing the burden of proof on you.

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 25d

Seems like the origin is all over the place. I'd say the modern form of sealioning is annoying people who argue in bad faith to make someone look bad or waste their time. While some opinions/statements definitely should have source backing or be questioned that's usually not the context or situation

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 25d

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealion...

Sealioning - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 26d

Sea Lioning, for the people who may have felt this but didn't have a name to put to it.

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Eric Bourdages @eze3d.bsky.social · 27d

No one's truly free until everyone has freedom. A society built on oppressing others is one that has bought into the illusion that only their freedom matters & can never be taken away. We should always seek to champion everyone's right to live a life of peace, fairness & dignity.

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