Never dare hope for good fortune when playing against loaded dice
But dare to flip the tables of the carnies who rigged the game
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Aspiring pro wrestler looking for training, a queer fantasy author and gamedev hobbyest.
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Image generation from large GPU driven models is the logical endpoint of that final sentence
Everything keeps happening the same way, just the names and places change
this is extra good given the trajectory of Wired since then
The Edo period had Ukiyo-e, which they considered to be a decadent glaze of imagery. I think it's kind of a canard; you can easily lose yourself in images, but losing yourself isn't always a bad thing. I think the true badness is held within the fact that our systems, our lives make us desire this escape through their roteness and brutality. You don't need as much escape if your lived experience isn't so harsh and alienating to begin with.