Re: [FRIAM] Generative AI Images and 'stylization'

2024-02-29 Thread Gillian Densmore
Ugh "ai", It's not even fully hear yet. And I'm getting fatigued by news about it. At the moment Nvidias investment has all the makings of being a bubble, Stability Ai has an id chrisis and is getting stale. Stable diffusion can spend 30 minutes making pictures, and nightmare fuel hands, and I

Re: [FRIAM] The lies of Trump and ecDNA

2024-02-29 Thread Steve Smith
Eric - excellent analysis (as usual)... I approve of the attempts to pull Trump off of the ballots, but that is not to say i think succeeding at the effort is the ideal outcome.  Even though it feeds the "politically motivated" gripe, it is a good nationwide reminder that his acts could very

[FRIAM] Generative AI Images and 'stylization'

2024-02-29 Thread Steve Smith
glen wrote: I'm fond of eyeball attempts to determine whether images are from generative AI. Your 1st one definitely looks like it. The 2nd one, I can't tell. (It's cheating to look at the alt description or the filename.) I'm far from an expert but I have spent a bit of time generating

Re: [FRIAM] The lies of Trump and ecDNA

2024-02-29 Thread David Eric Smith
I don’t suppose I want to make some strident argument about his being or not being on the ballot, since there are good reasons a careful system of laws might want to allow someone to run for an office even from a prison (didn’t Lula da Silva have to do that?) But trump needs to get his ass

Re: [FRIAM] The lies of Trump and ecDNA

2024-02-29 Thread Marcus Daniels
Focus on getting the majority in Congress so he can be impeached. > On Feb 29, 2024, at 7:08 AM, glen wrote: > > This is exactly why Trump needs to stay on the ballot(s) and be defeated by > a "normal" election. Every cry of Martyr is more fuel for the much smarter > younger traitors waiting

Re: [FRIAM] The lies of Trump and ecDNA

2024-02-29 Thread glen
This is exactly why Trump needs to stay on the ballot(s) and be defeated by a "normal" election. Every cry of Martyr is more fuel for the much smarter younger traitors waiting in the wings. Or, if he is elected again, those of us in a position to bolster whatever Rule of Law we have left will