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turkalino, in What do you think of sports analysts ?
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I’m gonna speak purely from an American football (NFL/NCAA DI) standpoint, which will probably interest like 2 other people on this site, but whatever:

If you’re talking about those who provide “analysis” between games, I don’t think there is a more useless way to spend your time than listen to these guys. I put analysis in quotes because it’s all really just speculation. Speculation about a fucking game. People already speculate about real world stuff like politics way too much, but I feel like I know too many grown adults who treat consuming sports “analysis” as a hobby.

Now, as for the play-by-play and color commentary, there was a time when I felt like it actually added to the experience, like the 90s to the mid 00s. Of course, there was the great John Madden who had the talent of providing interesting commentary for both experienced fans and people who were watching their first game. Once he retired, I feel like it all went downhill. Now, the commentators only cater to the lowest common denominator of fans who are more into sports for the tribalism aspect than actually understanding the game beyond what is happening on the screen. Everyone always goes “but what about Tony Romo?” Ok is it really that surprising that a quarterback who played professionally for over 10 years can occasionally predict plays pre-snap? It was his job long before he was a commentator. He doesn’t even really explain the thought processes behind his predictions either. He’s just flexing to impress people.

Lemminary, (edited ) in Does AI-generated art posted on lemmy bother you?

Some of these responses either have a weird and jaded agenda or literally don’t make sense. You don’t like AI art because of the smudges or the weird colors? Huh? lol

PhlubbaDubba, in Are Americans more prone to conspiracy theories than people in other countries?

No, we just have a larger presence on the internet relative to our share of the global population, meaning our idiocy is noticed a lot more often.

Call it the Florida Man effect, it’s not that other states don’t also have crazies, it’s just that Florida’s are more well documented and publicized.

Etterra, in What do you think of sports analysts ?

They’re even less worthy of their excessive paychecks than the people involved in the sports. That money could end homelessness.

turkalino, in Does AI-generated art posted on lemmy bother you?
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I posted a (labeled) AI-generated piece of art to a Star Trek shitposting community and a mod removed it because they didn’t want AI generated images, even if labeled.

It didn’t make me mad at all, I just found it interesting and kind of ironic

afraid_of_zombies, (edited )

Artists: don’t gatekeep us. Allow us to explore and recreate in new medias in new ways.

Also artists: we alone get to decide what art is, what way it is created, and what media it is found.

turkalino,
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Seriously, I feel like the only artists that have to worry about AI are the incompetent ones. Are you really that scared about something that lacks originality by nature? If so, you’re probably just doing soul-sucking grunt work…

Cheers, in Does AI-generated art posted on lemmy bother you?

I feel like ai art is getting better and better. I’m not necessarily interested in it, but when art/food/pet pics pop up on my feed, I was never looking for them either.

I think it’s normal to hide them, but to feel bothered seems a bit drastic.

paraphrand,

It is getting better and better. It’s to the point that if you are mocking it for bad hands, then you are actually out of touch with where it is now. Bad hands is almost a dead meme.

It’s weird how “old” earlier Midjourney stuff looks to me now.

NigelFrobisher, in Does AI-generated art posted on lemmy bother you?

I don’t really get it. Reminds me of the guys who’d send each other fractal images on floppy disks in the early 90s, which they must have got something out of, but to everyone else it’s just pictures of maths.

Bluetreefrog, in Whats the difference between the language codes ro and ro_v26 (romanian)?

Support question. Locking.

themurphy, (edited ) in Are Americans more prone to conspiracy theories than people in other countries?

The anti-vax movement is alot bigger in the US than any other western country, so yeah.

That’s basically the answer.

AceFuzzLord, in Does AI-generated art posted on lemmy bother you?

So long as it’s not spammed in the All section post after post after post, I’m okay with it being here since I can just easily scroll past it and ignore it.

lemmefixdat4u, in Does AI-generated art posted on lemmy bother you?

Can someone explain to me what the difference is between AI art and students imitating an artist? What happens when the AI actually gains the ability to experiment “outside the box” - what we call creativity?

xkforce,

Then the copyright system needs to go away.

trashgirlfriend,

Can someone explain to me what the difference is between AI art and students imitating an artist?

Students are people who cannot truly copy art even if they wanted to. Pius, everyone generally does art their own way because… that is the point of art.

Image generation models just copy patterns from existing images, there is no process of artistic creation, nothing to interpret, no process… AI generated images are just pretty noise.

What happens when the AI actually gains the ability to experiment “outside the box” - what we call creativity?

It cannot do that just by design. It’s not a thinking thing, calling these models AI is really a misnomer and more of a marketing thing than a description of what it really is.

afraid_of_zombies, (edited )

Image generation models just copy patterns from existing images, there is no process of artistic creation, nothing to interpret, no process… AI generated images are just pretty noise

Unlike the creativity that is on display by humans. Which is why every adult cartoon looks nothing like Family Guy.

Chickenstalker, in What do you think of sports analysts ?

We need to tell us that scoring more points is better than scoring less points.

mexicanmamba, in Thunderbird or Betterbird. What is better on Windows?
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Thunderbird all the way. Private, no ads, built by Mozilla. I use it as my daily driver on m PC.

EmperorHenry, in Can anyone recommend a countertop microwave with a SILENT DOOR?
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I just tell my microwave to be quiet, I have to ask very politely

wesker,
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Whenever I accidentally make a loud noise late at night, I always have to say “jee-sus” under my breath, just in case anyone heard it they know it wasn’t my intention.

meepmeep, in Let's get raunchy

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    Are you worried about a statute of limitations? Why the definition of time?

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