I just think relegating a tool to "anything produced by this is not art" is unreasonable. Ruskin didn't think photography was art in 1851, but to say it isn't art in 2024 seems backwards. Mass scraping of data for training AI is reprehensible, but the concept of AI isn't inherently "not art", right?
December 24, 2024 at 3:12 PM
I just think relegating a tool to "anything produced by this is not art" is unreasonable. Ruskin didn't think photography was art in 1851, but to say it isn't art in 2024 seems backwards. Mass scraping of data for training AI is reprehensible, but the concept of AI isn't inherently "not art", right?
Aha - I thought this might link to T Swift's "Taylor's version" songs as she didn't have recording rights (her masters) but did have publishing rights.
December 24, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Aha - I thought this might link to T Swift's "Taylor's version" songs as she didn't have recording rights (her masters) but did have publishing rights.
I think this is because publishing rights and recording rights are often held by different parties? Publishing right owner would be paid but not recording rights owner?
December 24, 2024 at 2:50 PM
I think this is because publishing rights and recording rights are often held by different parties? Publishing right owner would be paid but not recording rights owner?
I'm not a big "AI is art" guy but I would raise that this is a photograph processed by a camera. I'm sure it's edited by the artist, but there's an awful lot of processing inherent in any camera technology. A painter might say that using a camera is soulless because you can't see the brush strokes?
December 24, 2024 at 2:28 PM
I'm not a big "AI is art" guy but I would raise that this is a photograph processed by a camera. I'm sure it's edited by the artist, but there's an awful lot of processing inherent in any camera technology. A painter might say that using a camera is soulless because you can't see the brush strokes?
There are so many arguments for and against various connectors, and I generally argue for competition and consumer choice, but on god having one charging standard makes life so much easier.
December 20, 2024 at 5:26 PM
There are so many arguments for and against various connectors, and I generally argue for competition and consumer choice, but on god having one charging standard makes life so much easier.
I was looking at a breakdown by state/territory of this data and Puerto Rico was staggeringly high for both life expectancy and healthy life expectancy. Highest deprivation compared to States, but people live 2+ years longer on average than the rest of the US. (Hawaii topping the list!)
December 19, 2024 at 11:01 PM
I was looking at a breakdown by state/territory of this data and Puerto Rico was staggeringly high for both life expectancy and healthy life expectancy. Highest deprivation compared to States, but people live 2+ years longer on average than the rest of the US. (Hawaii topping the list!)
I can see in someone's brain that "people who unintentionally steal art can click this button and it gets credited" sounds sensible, but the use case isn't there at all. I don't think this is turning any cheeky ctrl+Cs into "reuses".
Maybe I'm out of touch and it's a huge hit? That would be nice.
December 19, 2024 at 10:36 PM
I can see in someone's brain that "people who unintentionally steal art can click this button and it gets credited" sounds sensible, but the use case isn't there at all. I don't think this is turning any cheeky ctrl+Cs into "reuses".
Maybe I'm out of touch and it's a huge hit? That would be nice.
I assumed "credit" meant they'd at least apply a watermark or something? Forced link to original post? If someone won't bother to quote tweet, why would they click to reuse?
December 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
I assumed "credit" meant they'd at least apply a watermark or something? Forced link to original post? If someone won't bother to quote tweet, why would they click to reuse?
Only the largest dwarfs - Ceres, Pluto, Eris, Sedna. Stop being so oribito-centric, people. Anything much closer than the Kuiper belt are basically still the Sun's atmosphere.
December 12, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Only the largest dwarfs - Ceres, Pluto, Eris, Sedna. Stop being so oribito-centric, people. Anything much closer than the Kuiper belt are basically still the Sun's atmosphere.