I've written a piece on generative AI and how it is already affecting creative industries like commercial art and publishing. This is a big one, because it's going to change everything.
It includes a basic overview, the mass plagiarism, the court cases that are being taken against the companies, the possible social consequences, and how it ties into what @pluralistic refers to as the enshittification of online platforms.
I made a large scale working QR Code scene that points to kbin.social. I used the new QR Code Control for SD 1.5 (released here, and multiple rounds of upscale in img2img using it, controlnet tile, and the t2ia color control, starting from a QR code I made with this QR code generator.
The #stable work is done and I took ponies and an Islandic #horse to the pasture where they have this kind of shelter (made of old rag rugs). I managed to put a medicine paste in Hani's eye. She is used to getting a piece of an apple or a carrot when the medicine is given so she almost volunteers to be treated. 😂 #horsesofmastodon#suomimastodon#finland#today#countryside#vacation#holiday#loma#pony
Well, it's a mutated Arnold Schwarzenegger riding a dinosaur on the moon with a (dinosaur-)moon in the background! Not sure how effective the headlight is, but I guess it is how it is!...
I'd like to play with a personal instance of Stable Diffusion. I could install it directly on this Debian GNU/Linux box, but that requires a weird dance involving installing a downgrade to Python (among other things). Anyone know of a downloadable VM from virtualboxes.org or somewhere? Otherwise I will just roll my own, but one...
Frage | Friendica: Wie sicher ist die Sache mit dem Standardstandort?
Ich habe bei einen Account bei welchen beim Standardstandort folgendes eingestellt ist:
Sehe ich mir dann jedoch einen Beitrag von diesen Account auf einen anderen Account an, so kommt als Standort folgendes:
Ich wohne zwar nicht an beschriebener Adresse, aber trotzdem würde es mich interessieren warum bei dem Beitrag nicht so wie eingestellt einfach 'Heidelberg' angegeben ist. Liegt es daran das ich bei den Kontenarten 'Organisationsseite' eingestellt habe?
Als Friendica Version läuft auf dem Server auf welchen der Beitrag erstellt wurde stable (Version: 2023.05 Datenbankversion: 1518/1518 Post-Update-Version: 1507/1507).
OC (Mildly NSFW) Welp, I guess that's it. The single photo that got my ~10-year-old, 60k+ karma Reddit account "permanently suspended."
OC QR Code Scene for kbin.social
I made a large scale working QR Code scene that points to kbin.social. I used the new QR Code Control for SD 1.5 (released here, and multiple rounds of upscale in img2img using it, controlnet tile, and the t2ia color control, starting from a QR code I made with this QR code generator.
My first try with stable diffusion. I am not disappointed!
Well, it's a mutated Arnold Schwarzenegger riding a dinosaur on the moon with a (dinosaur-)moon in the background! Not sure how effective the headlight is, but I guess it is how it is!...
OC Virtual machine that contains Stable Diffusion?
I'd like to play with a personal instance of Stable Diffusion. I could install it directly on this Debian GNU/Linux box, but that requires a weird dance involving installing a downgrade to Python (among other things). Anyone know of a downloadable VM from virtualboxes.org or somewhere? Otherwise I will just roll my own, but one...