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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 23h

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 1d

I should add that this was in the context of an actual real video game company making an actual AI storytelling product - the people running it could understand the idea of "generating text" but had no idea what a story was. I think the company has pivoted away from AI storytelling now

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 1d

they don't understand that AI (as it exists now) could create a never-ending series of events, but it couldn't create stakes, tension, interesting dynamics between characters that change over time, well-set-up/satisfying twists etc. (any of the things that made Game of Thrones interesting)

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 1d

A tech person talking to me about AI interactive storytelling had some pitch like "imagine you could play a Game of Thrones story but Ned Stark doesn't die"-- that was the inciting moment of a story. there is not a story without that. it's no longer a story. that's not how stories work

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nobody @granddad.bsky.social · 2d

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 1d

I've been to Boston once since then, but I feel like, spiritually, I've never really BEEN to Boston

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 2d

this is kind of like that story where the guy from jamiroquai got so mad at winona ryder for being horny that he continued to be the guy from jamiroquai

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 3d

be careful out there. if you see a deal that seems too good to be true, it probably is.

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 3d

Somehow when there’s a really stupid plot development in a really stupid TV show it’s even more disappointing… cmon show I’m already giving you all I’ve got. It can’t be all on me to hold this relationship together

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 5d

life gets better and better every day until about 42 years old, when every moment of life is nearly unbearable ecstasy, and then it still keeps getting better from there somehow

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 8d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Hausu M.D. 🎥👺📼🍉🖤 @suspiraserhead.bsky.social · 5d

The funniest thing about this is how legit terrified ICE looks.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 6d

wizard frog is insane

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Cullen @hellocullen.bsky.social · 5d

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 5d

ugh i just paid $72,000 for a medbed and TWO DAYS LATER apple announces a new one that also accumulates orgone

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Brian Gawalt @brian.gawalt.com · 7d

CARTER "BRONCO" MCCAY: Hammerhead stall like that-- you got some real balls on you!
NEW SQUADMATE: [removes helmet]

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 7d

If you can get in a line like "I was expecting someone... different" then you're really cooking... the crowd goes nuts every single time

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 7d

I think a plot device that should get used a lot more is when someone unseen has a gender-ambiguous name and then a character is really surprised when they meet the person. "Jesse-- you're a WOMAN?" etc. This has thrilled and delighted audiences for decades and is always a welcome treat.

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 8d

i'm always going to click any headline i see about this band because i'm ALWAYS in the mood to read this guy's name one more time

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 8d

I desperately need people in the media to understand that this is obviously not a creative achievement but it’s also not a technological achievement of any kind. This is ten minutes of work with free open source shit on a home computer

Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 8d

I need to know who put the money up for all this media placement of a non story this week

Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 8d

Tilly Norwood raises the question of who will be the first to win an Oscar for best AI in a leading role

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 9d

the logos inside were even more offensive

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 10d

fully acknowledging that list-griping is the lowest form of music discourse, but maybe they could have knocked Waka Flocka Flame, best known for being terrible, off the #92 spot for this one www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3nA...

Camp Lo - Coolie High (Official HD Video)

YouTube video by CampLoVEVO

www.youtube.com

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 10d

I enjoyed Pitchfork's 100 Best Rap Albums list but I was reading through it going "wow I guess they're putting Camp Lo pretty high on the list" and then even when I got to the very end I was still like "oh my god, these absolute legends are putting Camp Lo at #1"

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 10d

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rory f @puppytube.bsky.social · 11d

Why did he do that. The intrusive thoughts won

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 12d

when i drop my nuggets into medbed and it turn into chickens!

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 12d

i used it a lot at twitch and it's very easy-to-use for simple stuff but also incredibly half-baked in very important ways. you'd have to pop the hood and get into the API for the simplest stuff sometimes

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