In the mid-2000s there was a brief fad in Australian government messaging where they went out of their way to insult the public as much as possible.
This fad eventually died out after the tourism board attempted the same style of messaging in the UK, causing a minor scandal which led to the head of Tourism Australia, Scott Morrison, getting the sack.
You know what makes me the most upset about the use of AI in our culture? It’s not just removing artists from art or devaluing human creativity – it’s treating people like they’re disposable.
Oh, you’re not that special. We have computers to do that now. If you died tomorrow, we have your image. We have your voice. We have your biometric data. We can just duplicate you, it’s no problem. Who needs flesh and blood? Who needs agency and free thought? Who needs the human soul? You’re just a tool. And when we’re done with you, we’ll just toss you aside and find someone else.
Creatives, listen to me, and listen to me good: you have a voice and it matters. There is no one in the history of the world who is exactly like you, in this time or this place. There is no one who thinks like you, acts like you, speaks like you, moves like you. There is nobody else built like you. Nobody else with your unique experiences and outlook of the world. You are a product of history, of culture, of art, of love, of pain, of possibility. Don’t let them take that from you.
So Universal Pictures may have just intentionally over-pruned all of the city owned trees in front of their LA corporate office in an effort to fuck with the WGA/SAG-AFTRA picketers during what is predicted to be the hottest week of the year so far:
life becomes so beautiful when you start cooking rice in liquids other than water
put that basmati rice in the cooker with coconut cream and chicken stock and an entire onion that you’ve diced and sauteed with garlic until transparent. and some salt and pepper. Trust me
“Uncle Benadryl’s one minute rice” one minute what? awake? left to live?
Ferns were the subject of an intense “mania” during the Victorian era. One of the oldest forms of plant life, the fern metaphorically captured the majesty of primordial time. Collecting ferns became one of the few hobbies to transcend class and gender barriers. Fern motifs, such as the one on this dress, appeared on everything from clothing to tombstones.
AI Stole Victoria Atkin’s voice for the role of Evie Frye of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed while she’s protesting in solidarity for WGA + SAG-AFTRA
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I’m changing my post headline a little bit because I posted the original on impulse
I did think Ubisoft’s replacing her and it could still be that, but there hasn’t been any further clarification. That was my conclusion from her posts and because she’s tagging news outlet but I shouldn’t have jumped to conclusions before she clarifies herself, so I’m deleting the original post
My original headline said “Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed Evie Frye Victoria Akin has been replaced by AI while protesting”
While my goal is to raise awareness, unlike actual journalists I haven’t done my due dilligence and shouldn’t have jumped to conclusions from a single tweet, and making other people, fans, do the same, when she hasn’t even talked to journalists yet
So before that spread too far (it’s already pretty far) I’m deleting my original post
I’ve added more clarification comments on the original posts and it’s visible in all reblogs
I see Hollywood is now very into the idea of buying something once and then owning it forever and being able to make infinite copies. Which. Isn’t quite the message they imparted upon me in my childhood. In the spirit of their own long-held stance:
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