Hii, I'm Elian - artist, 25 yo ✨he/they, transman/ enby✨Dont reupload/NFT/AI my art🔞may contain mature content 🔞
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ed zitron, a tech beat reporter, wrote an article about a recent paper that came out from goldman-sachs calling AI, in nicer terms, a grift. it is a really interesting article; hearing criticism from people who are not ignorant of the tech and have no reason to mince words is refreshing. it also brings up points and asks the right questions:
if AI is going to be a trillion dollar investment, what trillion dollar problem is it solving?
what does it mean when people say that AI will "get better"? what does that look like and how would it even be achieved? the article makes a point to debunk talking points about how all tech is misunderstood at first by pointing out that the tech it gets compared to the most, the internet and smartphones, were both created over the course of decades with roadmaps and clear goals. AI does not have this.
the american power grid straight up cannot handle the load required to run AI because it has not been meaningfully developed in decades. how are they going to overcome this hurdle (they aren't)?
people who are losing their jobs to this tech aren't being "replaced". they're just getting a taste of how little their managers care about their craft and how little they think of their consumer base. ai is not capable of replacing humans and there's no indication they ever will because...
all of these models use the same training data so now they're all giving the same wrong answers in the same voice. without massive and i mean EXPONENTIALLY MASSIVE troves of data to work with, they are pretty much as a standstill for any innovation they're imagining in their heads
sometimes we (i) forgot
One day I'll be back near you
Hii, i'm back, i've made a little art from sketch of it years before (maybe you recognize it :>) in gouache. Had a lot of fun creating it, i missed making things like that Link for Bluesky *it's brand new account, I'm gonna be here too from now on, it's gonna have more posts soon!
I'm getting around to start posting again, I'm open for commissions if you'd like to get anything, info's here
And since I'm trying to raise money to be able to get top surgery /and or to cover additional costs of health care around it - here's my fundraiser if you want to help ! Link for fundraiser post on Tumblr or directly on fundraiser site
Expelled from Word, he is now trying to contact you through other programs...
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i’m still learning anatomy myself so i wouldn’t use this as more than just a general tip but…. I am fascinated by speculative monster anatomy and this is something i discovered years ago and thought i would impart amongst my fellow monster enthusiasts :)
mind you, the second set of pectorals can look kind of funky so i understand aesthetically why people would prefer not to draw them but! if you are someone interested in anatomy, i think this is a thing people dont really think about when giving their OCs wings/extra limbs and i think it’s kind of neat!
TOTK - Eternal (part 1)
part 2 here
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"I guess I never really faced my fears before"
blood is my favorite accessory they look too good
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you can now let everyone know you are very normal about these middle aged men <3
Im also working on some more DE designs to add to what I'm offering here's a sneaky peek : )
my contribution to the kimharry nation (please ignore the crappy quality sweats)
The day after the tribunal
censored version
Uh-oh guess what (I just wanted to listen to Miami Disco)
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LOGIC [Easy: failure]
late at night
How did you get so cool Kim??
+shitposts
Goodnight kimharry nation…<3
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Kim taking notes on how quickly Harry tired himself out this time. (They spoke to 20 different people and tried on sunglasses and played boardgames and started a nightclub, but where is the murderer? A mystery.)
My Sun 🌤
(Lydia Petrovna from Curse of Strahd and my cleric PC)
I JOINED THE ARTFIGHT FIGHT ME I DARE U
Loved your character Liggya, such a wonder to make
I'm team seafoam btw🌊💦
Pissed that Peenix Wright made my favorite prosecutor confront his trauma and become a better person 🙄