davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2024

[Alliecat]

Those look pretty good.  Again I have to chuckle at the details on the dress but it can't quite do hands.  This stuff is here to stay, but yes, absolutely I think AI is snurching images off the internet that may have copyright, because where else would it get its information?
I have seen a deep fake or 2, one with a Canadian newscaster that was very convincing unless you looked really closely at his lips.  Average screen resolution, people wouldn't notice.  I agree the whole thing is dangerous to the integrity of information, and it's hard to believe anything I see or read anymore.  Even human-produced "news" isn't necessarily accurate, or even true (see Canadian reporting on the truckers' convoy).  The adage to not believe anything you hear and only half of what you see becomes more and more true.

As someone who works for a small-town, old-school newspaper where I write every word of every article, I have to indulge in my rants about AI-generated stuff.  Sometimes I think things I read ARE human-written because of the misused words and bad grammar.  AI wouldn't do that, would it?  Some of the stupid things I see in realtors' listings where they simply haven't even proofread convinces me that some dumb human wrote it.
(I made the realtor laugh in today's visit when I launched into realtor-speak to describe the house.  This one may be someone I can work with; the first one was just not a good match.)

I just could not be bothered learning all that programming stuff to do "real AI art" or whatever they want to call it.  I will always prefer to handle actual creative materials, and see art done by people who did the same.  Paintbrushes, pens, cameras, whatever.  To each their own; I guess the world would be less interesting if we all liked all the same things.

I can't see the Amelia Earhart & doll pic -- the link just goes to an index and Instagram doesn't work on this laptop without me logging in, which it won't let me do anyway. 
>>... started out doing doll photography. Then ...Then ... Then ... Then ...<<
"Once you start down the path to the dark side..."   

>>Have a chat with chatGPT or another AI app some time, and take a "politically incorrect" stance on an issue <<
Well that shouldn't be hard... 
I've never used it; there are way more other things that I "need" to do, let alone WANT to do.

>>Additionally, I think the "free" and "consumer level" apps, much like video games, streaming video, and social media, are another form of electronic heroin to keep us addicted to our screens and to keep us from genuinely interacting with other people who are still thinking;...<<
Yup.  Just the other day in response to a dumb thing I saw online, I said "humans are doomed"...

>>When was the last time you talked about "an issue" with somebody who didn't simply parrot a "party line" identical to what their chosen media outlet tells them to think? When was the last time you had a conversation with somebody who could offer concrete factual reasons supporting an opinion or belief?)<<
Well, actually the housesit folks in TX in April were great.  Some of the best political discussions I've ever had, just a sharing of opinions.  I miss my friend from the library with whom I had the best talks about religion.  And that might relate directly to your other comment about keeping one's job, but we'll never know...

Groceries went up 20% in a WEEK?  Yikes.  Yes, cost of living here is stupid too.  I just got a mailout from the local MP with a bunch of "statistics" (from where??) about the increased cost for certain foods.  Every time I go to the grocery store it's a litany of "HOW much???!"

Well, that's all I've got.  I'm just trying to stay afloat till I can find a quiet harbour...  It's a rare quiet night without shrieking brats and banging construction vehicles (by 10:30 it does get quiet) so I am sitting in the dark on the porch hoping I'm not getting mosquito-bit.