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  1. Este. The point about the same notes conveying something wildly different is apt. The “creative” or “idea” part of art is often the easy part. The actual artistry is in the deeply individual perspective and craft the artist brings to the subject. The halls of great museums are adorned with endless examples of the same subject: the Gods, the Saints, the nude, the landscape, the sea, the garden. We are transfixed by the great pieces because the artist has gone beyond mechanical reproduction of the subject and makes us see something familiar in the way the artist wants us to see it. And that is something AI can’t do by definition because it can have no intentionality or perspective. AI can produce a passable version of an El Greco cityscape when prompted but it can never, ever see the world in an original way like El Greco did and put that vision onto canvas because it can’t see anything at all. And that will always be the difference in what it spits out. Similar with literature. Having a great idea for a story is easy and we have pretty much tapped out basic ideas for plots. Shakespeare only wrote two original plots. The artistry is in the hard part, the actual writing. AI will never have its own voice or be able to understand the motivations of a character and thus cannot produce anything of real value. I am not saying here that AI art won’t be popular. It will be, but it will be terrible.
  2. This is terrible and ham-fisted and exactly what I’d expect from an AI “artist.” It belongs on some Facebook slop page for people with brain rot. All it’s missing is an explanatory caption that the sheep represents the viewer. With art, I see AI as the type of thing the worst kind of aspiring artist wants to use as a short-cut. It will be used by people who think they could be artists but don’t have the talent or work ethic to learn the craft or even understand what’s good or bad. Droves of wannabe screen-writers who havesome “brilliant” treatment but is incapable of actually produce a script. And the thing is that the idea itself will be half as good as they think it is.
  3. Y’all will be in for a treat as UK named Zach Calzada— 7th year senior and stints at A&M, Auburn, and Incarnart Word— QB1. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46070105/source-kentucky-names-transfer-zach-calzada-starting-qb
  4. The dumbest people getting high on their own supply.
  5. Any school and Texas State is top 5 for hottest coeds. Like how Enver Hoxa allegedly said that “the Albanians, together with the Chinese, are a quarter of the world’s population.”
  6. Mercedes-Benz wasn’t nationalized. Prior to the war, Porsche was a design and engineering consultancy that created the design for the Volkswagen but didn’t produce its own cars. Ferdinand Porsche was an enthusiastic Nazi and SS member and leadership of Daimler-Benz was also whole-heartedly cooperative with the Nazis. They used massive numbers of prisoners. There are for sure some parallels in the way some segments of industry are rushing into bed with Trump. I do think it’s more closely mirroring managed capitalism in China or corrupt schemes in Hungary than the Nazi way of business. Hitler wasn’t grifting, he really was trying to mobilize German society for his warped vision of national greatness.
  7. A lot of the early MMA guys were fucking lunatics who had plateaued before reaching the peak of their original disciplines. It wasn’t like now, there was a reason McCain called it “human cockfighting.” I think UFC I paid like $50k to the champ. Rampage Jackson for sure is in that category.
  8. It’s that, and it’s also a political W for the GOP to make blue state govs and mayors to go on TV and talk about crime rates and policing.
  9. Also, it looks like the WWE has delisted this organization as an independent development partner. More reason for the promoters not to try and sell this as a tragic script gone wrong. https://www.wrestlezone.com/news/1575515-indie-promotion-removes-wwe-id-affiliation-after-in-ring-shoot-incident/amp
  10. Part of what makes this so egregious. In pro ‘rasslin the ref’s main job is to help sell the action and be part of the show and storyline. All the actors work together on safety. A combat sport ref is there to enforce rules and ensure fighter safety. An MMA ref would have immediately recognized and intervened; a pro rasslin ref isn’t there to do that. It took a beat for people to be aware what was happening, because it was so far outside of norms and expectations. There’s a video of the “beer can” incident where the wrestler confusingly asks Jackson “aren’t you gonna sell it?” The beer can hit itself was a clear work, Jackson doesn’t even wobble or take a step even thought it’s meant to look like a heavy punch. It’s clear he thinks he’s acting all night long, which he is.
  11. Is it possible the promoters and others involved might have some serious interest in making this a criminal act by Jackson? If they failed that bad at setting up a staged fight they could open themselves to real liability. That would likely outweigh the legal scrutiny. Injuries in wrestling do happen all the time but they are nearly always sports type injuries, or actual stunt work that goes wrong. I cannot recall a single incident of an actual serious beating inside a ring because most of these people want to go to work the next week. And even in real combat sports, you can absolutely be charged if you go outside the rules of the sport and hurt someone. The slamming could easily be hand-waved away as a poor technique or an accident but you can’t say that full downward strikes from the mount are part of a staged work.
  12. Maybe. I think that they’re more likely waiting to see the extent of the damage and if the guy wakes up. I think it’s going to be hard for anyone to walk back the statement of the promoter that already got released which says pretty much what happened. Different era and a different outcome than a bar brawl. Most wrestling fans now approach things from an entertainment perspective.
  13. New angle of this. If you’ve only ever seen pro ‘rasslin on TV you can miss exactly HOW cartoonish and staged it is. That’s in full effect here and makes Jackson look worse. First, it’s so clearly a fake fight and show. Second, you can tell that the wrestler was in performance mode. No resistance or surprise to Jackson’s presence, just part of the show. Third, Jackson’s level of violence is so completely different from what’s going on and people immediately begin trying to intervene.
  14. The latest update is that the other guy is in stable but still critical condition. I would imagine the police might want to hear what he has to say but I do think it’s going to be hard to not charge the guy with the extensive video and streaming evidence. Ultimately the wrestler doesn’t have to agree to press charges and this went way beyond a street fight that got bad. In all states that I am aware of, you can’t consent to an assault that results in serious bodily injury. The combat sports exception only applies when it’s done under regulating bodies’ supervision and conditions like ringside doctors are present. Both unlikely to be met here since the event is entertainment and not a sanctioned fight and because the guy is in critical condition.
  15. Start cultivating a love of the semi-colon and shorten sentences; AI prefers em-dashes and piling up clauses between commas.
  16. The coaches from Grant Union are completely out of line. Can’t expect a high school team to play in control when the leaders are behaving that way.
  17. Yep. They’ve got five of Maryland’s top 15 recruits this year including two five stars and are ranked like 5 nationally. They have multiple other FBS commitments on the roster, too. Basically an IMG type operation except there is a real Catholic school attached to it.
  18. On the topic of the deadly Yakuza, wow. They seem to have really fallen off.
  19. The whole enterprise got shut down because it was basically a Yakuza front.
  20. West Broward got rocked by a Provo, UT team.
  21. Think tank shit and some civil service or Schedule C jobs with State, and a DASDE for strategy in Trump I.
  22. Bridge Colby doing Bridge Colby things. He set up a long-range strike review in the Pentagon for anything involving U.S. weapons or intelligence including using European stuff.
  23. Garbage statement with complete lack of accountability. “Well first of all he hit my son first, second my son was told he could get him back, third they never should have allowed my son to the event, fourth my son was concussed.”
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