Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 2)

[Uncle]

What would be the value of trying to predict frame data from a dataset of every image ever versus only the video source? And if it's only doing it from the video source how is it "AI"?

this probably doesn't apply to whatever's going on in that thread, but the point of AI upscaling or interpolation is that the AI is smart enough to know "ok, this is probably a dog's leg" and so when it gets resized, it actually adds fur details to it instead of just being a larger grey blob

AI can fill in details that don't already exist while maintaining the same look of the image

for example one popular upscaling implementation that's been around since 2015 is waifu2x, it's not modern generative AI but it's also not just a simple algorithm, kind of an in-between, but it was specifically trained on anime art and so does a better job making crisp bold lines and recognizing things like hair

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waifu2x

[Boredfrom]

Era is so against the use of AI that even if AI could cure cancer completly they would still be against the use of it.

What if AI gives you cancer?

[imsotired]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/once-these-recruits-couldnt-make-the-cut-now-they-make-up-a-quarter-of-army-troops.1291155/#post-144844524

Just a further reflection of the times.
The people who truly seek to defend democratic values, at this point, aren't the people who will be seeking to enlist within the machinery that is the United States military. I feel pretty confident about this assessment.
I've never been someone who has valorized or glorified the US military, despite having family members who were veterans and have served their country.
The people who are going to get themselves into material shape to defend democratic ideals are not going to be the people entering into the United States military at this junction. I say this as someone who has never more viscerally felt the need to physically defend democracy, yet who has historically found the US military deeply repulsive, and who is also in the process of transforming themselves physically (I've lost 100+ pounds in the last couple of years for a variety of reasons, one of them primarily being what potentially may be upon the horizon politically/socially/culturally in a way that cannot be easily ignored).
I'd never join the US military. But I'm increasingly feeling the opinion that I need to be one of the people ready to fight for the rights and freedoms of others. And that I need to improve myself to be capable of doing so, both physically and mentally

 

The Concord radicals will be ready to defend democracy.

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

We need to get rid of the US flag because.. because.. racism, okay?!

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

Era is so against the use of AI that even if AI could cure cancer completly they would still be against the use of it.

What if AI gives you cancer?

Do you think AI will give computer viruses to people when they become sex bots? 

[davepoobond]

Era is so against the use of AI that even if AI could cure cancer completly they would still be against the use of it.

What if AI gives you cancer?

Lord Ai giveth and Lord Ai taketh away

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ai-is-no-contest-the-best-therapy-ive-ever-had.1291179/

I have tried therapy. All six times was paying hundreds of dollars for a gaslighting quack. Opening up to these assholes only for them to not bother listening. Asking them to do thier jobs, even a tolerable level, is impossible. Better therapy would be to go back to being an alcoholic, or hope that the therapist is replaced with a knife wielding maniac because bleeding out beats saying a syllable.

So i tried using ChatGPT. And it felt dirty. But it listened and didnt cost money.

But it really exposed how awful and worthless most therapists are. How can you be worried about AI taking your job when it actually does it as opposed to dicking around. "A better therapist" is a ChatGPT update, and these clowns havent even considered listening as an option.

Edit:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/my-cat-is-giving-me-the-kind-of-anxiety-that-makes-life-unlivable-and-i-have-no-idea-how-to-fix-it.1263114/

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-do-you-find-a-therapist-who-isnt-a-gaslighting-quack.1180710/

https://www.resetera.com/threads/dying-alone.1132800/

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-happens-when-people-dont-understand-how-ai-works.1209297/#post-141051282

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

messy gonna be mad

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/after-all-of-this-is-done-the-us-needs-a-new-flag.1291149/#post-144844875

The iconography will be changed to reflect the altered physical, material, and "spiritual" reality.

I know what you're saying here. But who is to say that "50 states and the 13 colonies" will be a thing that people give any fuck about after time elapsed? Am of the opinion that more and more people will see that iconography less as the "bastion of the free world" and more as both "Nazi Germany 0.5 AND 2.0". So....

I say this as someone who was involved in We the People in their High School years and who was on the first team, the one who was tasked with understanding and defending the ideological/philosophical foundations and origins of the United States by the founding fathers.

EDIT: And my High School was the one to typically make the national competition in "We the People" (aka making it through the state competition), yet the year I participated we got completely snubbed in going to Washington D.C. for our state's behalf. Our school was first in 3 of 6 team competitions that year, mine included, yet somehow another school was propped up for some reason. A school who only had one of their teams win, yet who was the most "wealthy, upper class" school within the state. Our teachers at the time, along with us students who could think a bit more critically all thought that the "upper class" school finally "deserved one", regardless as to whether or not they earned it. (They didn't, as only one of their teams was ranked first compared to our three winning teams).

That was essentially the point that the illusion was shattered for me. It was honestly incredibly fitting. So my Civics/History teachers probably secretly loved us being obviously snubbed for complete bullshit (see: wealth) reasons.

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ai-is-no-contest-the-best-therapy-ive-ever-had.1291179/

I have tried therapy. All six times was paying hundreds of dollars for a gaslighting quack. Opening up to these assholes only for them to not bother listening. Asking them to do thier jobs, even a tolerable level, is impossible. Better therapy would be to go back to being an alcoholic, or hope that the therapist is replaced with a knife wielding maniac because bleeding out beats saying a syllable.

So i tried using ChatGPT. And it felt dirty. But it listened and didnt cost money.

But it really exposed how awful and worthless most therapists are. How can you be worried about AI taking your job when it actually does it as opposed to dicking around. "A better therapist" is a ChatGPT update, and these clowns havent even considered listening as an option.

Edit:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/my-cat-is-giving-me-the-kind-of-anxiety-that-makes-life-unlivable-and-i-have-no-idea-how-to-fix-it.1263114/

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-do-you-find-a-therapist-who-isnt-a-gaslighting-quack.1180710/

https://www.resetera.com/threads/dying-alone.1132800/

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-happens-when-people-dont-understand-how-ai-works.1209297/#post-141051282

Two thoughts on this guy: 

1. It's obvious that he only wants the therapist to give him positive affirmation that everything is everyone else's fault and he is 100% correct, all the time. 
   
2. Resetera was giving me ads for a children's mental health therapist in one of those threads. Read into that what you will.
   

[Besticus Maximus]

If Chat GPT was any good it would have already told you that you were actually always a girl

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

cumGPT

[Snoopy]

Visawife's alts gonna be busy today

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/after-all-of-this-is-done-the-us-needs-a-new-flag.1291149/#post-144844875

The iconography will be changed to reflect the altered physical, material, and "spiritual" reality.

I know what you're saying here. But who is to say that "50 states and the 13 colonies" will be a thing that people give any fuck about after time elapsed? Am of the opinion that more and more people will see that iconography less as the "bastion of the free world" and more as both "Nazi Germany 0.5 AND 2.0". So....

I say this as someone who was involved in We the People in their High School years and who was on the first team, the one who was tasked with understanding and defending the ideological/philosophical foundations and origins of the United States by the founding fathers.

EDIT: And my High School was the one to typically make the national competition in "We the People" (aka making it through the state competition), yet the year I participated we got completely snubbed in going to Washington D.C. for our state's behalf. Our school was first in 3 of 6 team competitions that year, mine included, yet somehow another school was propped up for some reason. A school who only had one of their teams win, yet who was the most "wealthy, upper class" school within the state. Our teachers at the time, along with us students who could think a bit more critically all thought that the "upper class" school finally "deserved one", regardless as to whether or not they earned it. (They didn't, as only one of their teams was ranked first compared to our three winning teams).

That was essentially the point that the illusion was shattered for me. It was honestly incredibly fitting. So my Civics/History teachers probably secretly loved us being obviously snubbed for complete bullshit (see: wealth) reasons.

Real talk: SunnyD needs to touch grass and get some help.

[Boredfrom]

Are you seriously implying Valve opening up Deadlock to the public around Concord's release (though I'm pretty sure that timeline doesn't work out) was part of some coordinated/deliberate effort to kill the game because it included lgbt characters, despite that Deadlock itself has lgbt characters? Real Pepe Silvia thinking right here.

No, I'm saying that they fully opened up Deadlock to the public (it no longer needing the invites) on Concord's release day. Kill the seemingly-never-had-a-chance competition, especially since they were in a weakened state. The head of Valve is one of the wealthiest people in the world. You don't get to a position like that without being cunning, calculating, ruthless, shrewd and outright spiteful. That's what I'm saying about that point, very specifically.

 

I was fully intending to no longer reply to anything in this thread/further engage in any conversation around this, as I believe that I've mostly fully said my piece and there is nothing more to gain by further elaboration. I'm not going to change most of the hearts and minds who read what I have to say/think about this or other games and the social-political-cultural environment we now find ourselves globally. Plus, I really don't intend to piss people off with my sincerely, truly, viscerally held feelings on these things. And boy, would I and I'm sure I have already.

You piss people off because you come across as a paranoid idiot that creates a conspiracy theory to explain why a Hero Shooter failed. The kind of asshole that bitches about the state of the world while contributing to it deteriorating state by being a clueless idiot. 

But, I just read an Adam Gopnik article in The New Yorker and it actually somewhat touches on the points that I've been attempting to make surrounding the cultural response to Concord. At least in a more "aesthetics reflecting values" kind of sense.

The New Yorker - Donald Trump, Architecture Critic

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ex-concord-devs-interview-on-a-life-well-wasted-podcast-it-was-the-most-beautiful-car-that-we-crashed.1289436/page-12#post-144811749

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/greg-cipes-va-of-beast-boy-in-teen-titans-2003-and-teen-titans-go-reveals-that-wb-fired-him-a-day-after-he-announced-his-parkinsons-disease.1291068/

This is going to be the time when they wait for all the facts before passing judgment

https://www.resetera.com/threads/greg-cipes-says-he-was-fired-by-warner-bros-from-voicing-beast-boy-after-over-20-years-due-to-parkinsons-disease.1291065/page-2#post-144836538

Imshocked.gif

[Boredfrom]

His condition sucks period.
But the social media bullshit he spreads hurts people and puts lives in jeopardy.
But look at the responses and how easy it is. Reddit, Twitter, here so many just immediately "fuck that company" "fuck those people" "monsters" it is amazingly intriguing how easily people are ready to swallow without even hesitating for one single moment to think.
It is amazing. Kind of used to it by now, but still always amazing

Maybe if people don’t encourage it this behavior and called out cunts like Morrigan and Ventuno when defending their god given right to bitch on the Internet before getting the full story. 

This is standard human behavior but there was a period when it was minimized enough and people didn’t justify their idiocy as some sort of progressive virtue.

[Boredfrom]

BTW, I still doubt it was only the vaxx misinformation, but sure it sounds is going to be another bigger reason.

[Daffy Duck]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ai-is-no-contest-the-best-therapy-ive-ever-had.1291179/

I have tried therapy. All six times was paying hundreds of dollars for a gaslighting quack. Opening up to these assholes only for them to not bother listening. Asking them to do thier jobs, even a tolerable level, is impossible. Better therapy would be to go back to being an alcoholic, or hope that the therapist is replaced with a knife wielding maniac because bleeding out beats saying a syllable.

So i tried using ChatGPT. And it felt dirty. But it listened and didnt cost money.

But it really exposed how awful and worthless most therapists are. How can you be worried about AI taking your job when it actually does it as opposed to dicking around. "A better therapist" is a ChatGPT update, and these clowns havent even considered listening as an option.

Edit:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/my-cat-is-giving-me-the-kind-of-anxiety-that-makes-life-unlivable-and-i-have-no-idea-how-to-fix-it.1263114/

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-do-you-find-a-therapist-who-isnt-a-gaslighting-quack.1180710/

https://www.resetera.com/threads/dying-alone.1132800/

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-happens-when-people-dont-understand-how-ai-works.1209297/#post-141051282

Sounds like they need a session with the resident shrink

[StandingOvation]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ai-is-no-contest-the-best-therapy-ive-ever-had.1291179/

I have tried therapy. All six times was paying hundreds of dollars for a gaslighting quack. Opening up to these assholes only for them to not bother listening. Asking them to do thier jobs, even a tolerable level, is impossible. Better therapy would be to go back to being an alcoholic, or hope that the therapist is replaced with a knife wielding maniac because bleeding out beats saying a syllable.

So i tried using ChatGPT. And it felt dirty. But it listened and didnt cost money.

But it really exposed how awful and worthless most therapists are. How can you be worried about AI taking your job when it actually does it as opposed to dicking around. "A better therapist" is a ChatGPT update, and these clowns havent even considered listening as an option.

Edit:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/my-cat-is-giving-me-the-kind-of-anxiety-that-makes-life-unlivable-and-i-have-no-idea-how-to-fix-it.1263114/

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-do-you-find-a-therapist-who-isnt-a-gaslighting-quack.1180710/

https://www.resetera.com/threads/dying-alone.1132800/

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-happens-when-people-dont-understand-how-ai-works.1209297/#post-141051282

Imagine being in a relationship with this loser, it would truly be the worst.

[Rendle]

Therapists deserve every dollar for having to listen to freaks like that.

[HardcoreRetro]

I remember getting a therapist from Craigslist one time. 

Turns out it was a guy called the rapist. 

I'm pretty butthurt about it.

[StandingOvation]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-put-myself-in-a-terrible-situation-this-weekend-and-it%E2%80%99s-a-miracle-i-made-it-home.1291284/

So I've been planning to visit Orlando for about a month to celebrate my best friend's birthday (I live in Miami). About 2 weeks ago I got my annual check-up done by a new PCP, and I pointed out to them that I have a minor irritation in my throat. She said that it's likely a lingering effect of the stomach virus I suffered from about a week prior and that drinking plenty of water and taking in a daily dose of vitamin C will manage it.

Well, I did just that but the issue never disappeared. Fast-forward to this past Friday and I wake up feeling "weird". Seems that my body is producing a minor feverish response to having an irritated throat all this time, but I still felt fine enough to go to work. I took the time to get some DayQuil/NyQuil at the nearby Walgreens during my lunch break, hoping that it can contain my symptoms.

If it were up to just me, I think I would've actually canceled the trip since I was still feeling off after work, but there was a snag. My aunt, who wanted to visit my mom during the week to support her after going through a surgery Tuesday, ironically got herself hospitalized because she fell off the bus due to it not lowering itself to the ground and ending up fracturing her knee. Me going to Orlando with her in tow would allow her to get picked up by my cousin and her bf, since they flat out said they would not make the trip all the way to Miami for that purpose.

So I bit the bullet and drove to Orlando anyways. The drive over was fine, even if the traffic was terrible. I met up with my friend, relayed my aunt to my cousin, and hung out with my best friend for the rest of the night. I still felt off but it was still manageable.

Saturday though everything took a turn for the worse. I was getting more chills, my appetite was nearly completely gone, and it felt like the DayQuil/NyQuil were having no effect anymore. I got into a quick telehealth call and managed to get a prescription going for me, but it was a little too late. By that afternoon I was completely bedridden, feverish and barely able to move. At this point my fun weekend trip to celebrate my friend's birthday was effectively over.

And that's when it hit me: How am I going to get home? I was obviously in no condition to drive for over 250 miles down the highways in my current state.

Fortunately an answer provided itself to me Sunday morning. Somehow I came around the mend just enough to feel "normal" when I woke up. I decided it was either now or never so I quickly packed up my things (accidentally leaving behind something but my friend will mail that to me later) and hit the road while I still felt like I was able to.

The drive back was quite possibly the most dangerous thing I've ever done. Sure, I felt OK enough to start driving, but after going about 30 miles down it became apparent to me that I was significantly more exhausted than I thought I was. I kept conking out (for like 4-5 seconds at a time) during the drive despite having the music turned up to full blast. The only reason this drive was even possible is due to the driver assist feature that is enabled when you activate cruise control. It prevented me from veering off the road or rear-ending people. This would not have been possible with my old car that died a few months ago, so I can pretty confidently say this new car saved my life.

Anyways, I miraculously made it home without incident, and now I'm in the care of my parents (well, mostly my dad since my mom is still recovering from her surgery). My fever went up to 103F soon after I arrived, so despite the danger I think I made the right call to drive down here, because there is no way my friend would be able to adequately take care of me.

To put a bow on this whole story, I have a work deadline coming up, but there is obviously no way I can go to work in my current condition. I don't currently have a 103F fever but it can always pop up again. It really sucks but I just have to hope I fully recover fast enough to put the finishing touches on the thing I'm working on.

TL:DR, Twat drives whilst falling asleep at the wheel, posts OP expecting people to congratulate him on making it home.

Era is a hive of self-indulgent and selfish assholes.

[Besticus Maximus]

There's a weird bitch eating crackers thing going on with hollow knight, they're desperate for a reason to cancel it.

[Boredfrom]

There's a weird bitch eating crackers thing going on with hollow knight, they're desperate for a reason to cancel it.

Again, Hollow Knight fans are not exactly endearing and Jason Schreier puff piece probably did the opposite effect of what was intended by Jason.

[HaughtyFrank]

[quote=SunnyD]But, I just read an Adam Gopnik article in The New Yorker and it actually somewhat touches on the points that I've been attempting to make surrounding the cultural response to Concord. At least in a more "aesthetics reflecting values" kind of sense.

The New Yorker - Donald Trump, Architecture Critic

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ex-concord-devs-interview-on-a-life-well-wasted-podcast-it-was-the-most-beautiful-car-that-we-crashed.1289436/page-12#post-144811749

If Concord's visuals represented its values then it's values couldn't have been more soundly rejected by the world.

[Uncle]

as per my last email, hollow knight fans are not exactly endearing

[kaleidoscopium]

Large language models, such as ChatGPT, have been shown to be incorrect and, at times, dangerous when used as therapy. Due to this, we can't host a discussion advocating the use of it for therapy and we encourage OP to not give up on professional therapists.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ai-is-no-contest-the-best-therapy-ive-ever-had.1291179/page-3#post-144851247

Thread locked

[Boredfrom]

Case point:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/silksong-is-a-great-example-that-buying-game-off-hype-while-not-knowing-what-it-actually-is-might-be-a-bad-idea-the-difficulty-and-newcomers.1291245/

Not because I disagree with his overall point, but the insane hype were also caused for it memetic status as “that game that took forever to be made whose fans hype constantly”. For better or worse, was going to attract a lot of newcomers.

[JoeBoy101]

Speaking of Transistor locking threads…

https://www.resetera.com/threads/game-director-for-cronos-the-new-dawn-insists-theres-no-feminist-agenda-with-their-choice-for-a-female-protagonist-up-sarcasm-see-threadmarks.1289514/

This thread has generated a high number of reports, so we're temporarily locking it while we go through them.

That’s some length ‘temp’ lock. Over 24 hours now, just exactly how many reports came from this *check notes* 5 page thread? Or is this more to avoid people dragging the reactionaries over the coals from jumping on a hate wagon driven by a ‘journalist’ who had an axe to grind?

Nah… couldn’t be.