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#21
General Discussion / Re: Memes
Last post by Arthfach - Jul 12, 2023, 05:00 PMYou know what? I'm down for a pinned memes thread. 
#22
General Discussion / Memes
Last post by DoveWithScales - Jul 12, 2023, 04:10 PMA meme topic we should pin. Beginning with this.
#23
Gaming / Re: AI Generated games
Last post by Arthfach - Jul 01, 2023, 04:17 AMQuote from: Shiloh (Bee System) on Jul 01, 2023, 03:42 AMValve has proven to be good repeatedly, on the side of consumers and indies, so I am not surprised with this verdict.
Itch.io has multiple AI generated games on it already, but all of the games I know about are free; they may not allow them to be charged for.
Either way, positive.
That's unfortunate about itch.io allowing AI generated games or games with AI generated content on the platform. I would guess they don't have the same capability to moderate, but still, disappointing.
#24
Gaming / Re: AI Generated games
Last post by Shiloh (Bee System) - Jul 01, 2023, 03:42 AMValve has proven to be good repeatedly, on the side of consumers and indies, so I am not surprised with this verdict.
Itch.io has multiple AI generated games on it already, but all of the games I know about are free; they may not allow them to be charged for.
Either way, positive.
Itch.io has multiple AI generated games on it already, but all of the games I know about are free; they may not allow them to be charged for.
Either way, positive.
#25
It's shocking how fragile human rights can really be.
Across three decisions over two days, the Supreme Court, with justices that have no effective remedy against their decisions, have done the following:
* Ended affirmative action. This means that no entity can, as a matter of policy, use race to help compensate for structural, historical, and institutional disadvantages faced by minorities in the US.
* Allowed for discrimination based on "free speech" without defining what, if any, restrictions that has. This opens the door to discrimination against anyone who can even make a half-assed argument that they are discriminating because to do otherwise would be creating speech they disagree with. (For example, a racist can now deny service to black people because they believe racial equality is wrong and forcing them to serve a black person would be "compelling speech" by making them act in a way that supports equality - yes, that's as backwards and fucking evil as it sounds.)
* Allowed for US states to sue the federal government to block any spending they wish. This means that any tax reductions for the poor or middle class, expenditures on social welfare systems, or any number of other socialist ideas could be challenged and struck down, even if the authority for the spending comes from statutory law (after all, debt relief came from the HEROES Act, an actual written and passed law).
We are now on par, in the United States, with the early 1950s in terms of human rights. Protections have been rolled back and stripped away to the point where women are not considered people, it is now completely legal to discriminate against anyone for "speech," institutional discrimination against minorities is now codified into law, and the highest court in the United States has declared that the rule of law is more of a suggestion by ignoring fundamental, foundational legal principles in order to achieve specific, harmful political goals.
Across three decisions over two days, the Supreme Court, with justices that have no effective remedy against their decisions, have done the following:
* Ended affirmative action. This means that no entity can, as a matter of policy, use race to help compensate for structural, historical, and institutional disadvantages faced by minorities in the US.
* Allowed for discrimination based on "free speech" without defining what, if any, restrictions that has. This opens the door to discrimination against anyone who can even make a half-assed argument that they are discriminating because to do otherwise would be creating speech they disagree with. (For example, a racist can now deny service to black people because they believe racial equality is wrong and forcing them to serve a black person would be "compelling speech" by making them act in a way that supports equality - yes, that's as backwards and fucking evil as it sounds.)
* Allowed for US states to sue the federal government to block any spending they wish. This means that any tax reductions for the poor or middle class, expenditures on social welfare systems, or any number of other socialist ideas could be challenged and struck down, even if the authority for the spending comes from statutory law (after all, debt relief came from the HEROES Act, an actual written and passed law).
We are now on par, in the United States, with the early 1950s in terms of human rights. Protections have been rolled back and stripped away to the point where women are not considered people, it is now completely legal to discriminate against anyone for "speech," institutional discrimination against minorities is now codified into law, and the highest court in the United States has declared that the rule of law is more of a suggestion by ignoring fundamental, foundational legal principles in order to achieve specific, harmful political goals.
#26
Politics / Re: Back To The Old School
Last post by TheSovereignDragoness - Jun 30, 2023, 03:22 AMQuote from: Arthfach on Jun 27, 2023, 01:14 PMQuote from: TheSovereignDragoness on Jun 27, 2023, 04:03 AMQuote from: Prophecy on Jun 26, 2023, 04:32 PMQuote from: TheSovereignDragoness on Jun 26, 2023, 01:29 AMGreetings all,
I joined here after DoveWithScales has announced they are leaving Tumblr. Forgive me if it takes a bit for me to reply, I'm not accustomed to using a forum. Hopefully I posted this in the right topic. If not, just let me know and I'll fix it.
-TheSovereignDragoness
Welcome! We do have an introduction thread if you'd like to post there.
https://arthfach.com/forum/index.php?topic=3.0
Thank you! Should I move the post I put here over to that thread or just write a new message there instead and keep my first one here?
You're totally fine! Feel free to write a new one there if you want to; no need to move this one.
Thank you! You are very kind.
#27
General Discussion / Re: Worth
Last post by TheSovereignDragoness - Jun 30, 2023, 03:20 AM #28
Gaming / Re: AI Generated games
Last post by Arthfach - Jun 29, 2023, 05:14 PMQuote from: Prophecy on Jun 29, 2023, 04:58 PMQuote from: Arthfach on Jun 29, 2023, 04:50 PMUnfortunately, Japan has ruled that there is no infringement with AI image generation, so I worry that the US and the EU will rule the same way. Still, I suppose we'll see in the future.
Japan only said its fine with current laws. Anti-AI laws may be coming.
That's a very good point. I'm hopeful with all these draft laws and regulations in the works that AI is severely curtailed and people have to draw on things they already own to feed to the machines, rather than profiting from others' work.
#29
Gaming / Re: AI Generated games
Last post by Prophecy - Jun 29, 2023, 04:58 PMQuote from: Arthfach on Jun 29, 2023, 04:50 PMUnfortunately, Japan has ruled that there is no infringement with AI image generation, so I worry that the US and the EU will rule the same way. Still, I suppose we'll see in the future.
Japan only said its fine with current laws. Anti-AI laws may be coming.
#30
Gaming / Re: AI Generated games
Last post by Arthfach - Jun 29, 2023, 04:50 PMThe thing about this to me is simple: It's an extension of copyright. As folks (should) know, most available AI image generators were trained on copyrighted materials, like images uploaded to galleries. And because image generators don't learn in the same way humans do (that is, an AI image generator creates a 1:1 reproduction of the source material in its database - humans literally cannot do that), the question of copyright infringement still stands.
Unfortunately, Japan has ruled that there is no infringement with AI image generation, so I worry that the US and the EU will rule the same way. Still, I suppose we'll see in the future.
Unfortunately, Japan has ruled that there is no infringement with AI image generation, so I worry that the US and the EU will rule the same way. Still, I suppose we'll see in the future.