Sarah-Jane Simpson ✒️Looking for work✒️

So groggy today. 😴
Might have something to do with being woken up at 6:30am by my neighbour playing his guitar.
I'm all for creative outlets, but come on man, buy some headphones.

A tuxedo cat glares at the camera. Not a single fuck can be seen in her eyes.

The face of a girl who just spent the better part of an hour attempting to beat up the Grogu doll on my desk.
She hates him. Poor baby Grogu.
#cat

Comic Con banned Al art. https://Inkd.in/dEeA7GFZ On one side: Artists fighting to protect craft, credit, and originality. On the other: Creators finally able to bring ideas to life without mastering the traditional tools. Al is dividing the creative world in two. But hasn't this happened before? Was Photoshop cheating? Was digital photography? Is CGI less "real" than practical effects? Is animation less valid than live action? Studios are already using Al. Cinema is evolving. Music, design, apps - everything is shifting. We're not just witnessing a tech shift. We're living through a cultural evolution. Yes, we "should" protect artists. Yes, we *must* talk about ethics, consent, originality. But should creative expression only belong to the trained? Al is giving more people a seat at the creative table. To build, paint, compose, animate - without gatekeepers. Maybe we'll need two categories: @ *Human-only* 2 *Al-assisted* Or... maybe not. Because creativitv should

me the way you people act like you've been consigned to a siberian gulag when told you can't use the environmentally damaging plagiarism machine to extrude an image that you can sell for quick profit is absolutely incredible. your audacity and greed are breathtaking. try getting a real job

was pissed off at relative's kid decided to take it out on a linkedin poster instead

Today we begin another round of 'Will Sarah Get Her Parcel?'
The odds are super low as, despite trying to have it delivered to an alt address, Royal Mail keep glancing at my front door before telling me I'm not home.

I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there.

I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.

"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace."

Why didn't I answer the door? Because he knocked on the main door of the building I live in, rather than ring the bell for the TOP FLOOR flat I live in.
Anyway... that's my Royal Mail rant that's been building now for weeks due to their utter incompetence.
3/3

Or they deliver to completely the wrong address, and I have to bolt down the road after them to get them to tell me where the hell they've taken my parcel to.
Today we have another rendiction of "You weren't in". Despite me watching the postman as he walked away from my building.
2/?

It's so hard for me to describe just how much I hate Royal Mail. Every delivery I've had from them recently has been a nightmare.
They either don't show up on the day they say they will and lie that I wasn't in.
1/?

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, because falling into the Wikipedia/Google rabbit hole while researching IS the fun part 🤓

Makes me recall a clip I saw of Joe Rogan enthusiastically forcing an musician to listen to genAI music he'd prompted as he heaped praise on the model that had generated it.

The musician responded, "What about AI podcasts? They have those, now."

No prizes for guessing how Joe reacted.

rightwingers always call women “too emotional” but renee good states she’s not mad in a calm voice while the agitated emotional ICE agent unloads his gun umprompted and calls her a “fucking bitch” after she’s dead

OK so now they’re consciously trying to make money from the CSAM-generating feature.

I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.

Watched the Stranger Things finale... it was fine.
Some good moments and nice endings for the characters but it really didn't need to be 2 hours long. I kept checking to see how long was left and each wrap up.

I don't want gen AI in my software
I don't want gen AI in my phone
I don't want gen AI in my email
I don't want gen AI in my recipes
I don't want gen AI in my safety documentation
I don't want gen AI in my schools
I don't want gen AI in my healthcare
I don't want gen AI in my life

This is absolutely fucking bananas the way that these people are *so close* to getting it but still manage to miss it by a fucking mile.

My plan for today was to play some Fallout: New Vegas. However the game has other ideas.
No mods... crash. With crash fix mods... crash AND save corruptions.
I give up.

Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.

Epic pays for licensing fees for the games they give away for free as promotions. Which means even if YOU aren't paying for it, you're giving money to JK Rowling to harm transgender people AND elevating her stature by giving her franchise higher numbers.

NO TERF WIZARD GAME. NO TERF WIZARD SHOW.

I got offered a LOT of money to host an official HP podcast and turned it down immediately. I’m assuming since I am not a podcaster that they have an extremely long list of people who have also said no to this. Dunno what‘s going on with the actors but the comics are holding the line lol

If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, you’re not in business.

You’re in organized crime.

A woman's hand showing four fingers, three of which have blue fingertips.

That's probably not good right? Erm... go team Raynaud's.

There's going to be a new Stargate show, and it won't be a reboot. Well... I'm cautiously optimistic.
Fingers crossed for some familiar faces.

A human Rook looks down at Lucanis.

An elven Rook smiles as she watches Emmrich performing magic.

A dwarven Rook wearing red armor looks into the distance.

Happy first anniversary to Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Despite there being plenty of problems, I have genuinely loved playing it and adore all the new companions.

There is something truly remarkable about Generative AI.

Several years in this revolution, half of the US GDP dumped to make these tools free, and i can't think of a single generated artifact, text, image, sound, video that had a significant cultural impact.

You know what? It's time for a Farscape rewatch.
It's been too long.

This is utterly heartbreaking. Not just for the insanely talented people that made up TheGamer's features team, but also for gaming journalism in general.

As always, today is a good day to support artists, writers, creators. If you have the means, maybe consider signing up for a Patreon. Buy a book, a game, a painting. Commission a new piece. Tell a creator what they mean to you. Signal boost their work.