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  1. MoonSong

    California bill (AB 412) would effectively ban open-source generative AI

    Good luck with that. Art training just by looking at other people's art is extremely difficult. A lot of it is study, experimentation and even philisophy.
  2. MoonSong

    AI is going to hack us.

    No matter how disturbing AI hallucinations get, they cannot match some people's alternate realities. Also, did I mention Gen-AI cannot be controlled?
  3. MoonSong

    AI is going to hack us.

    Apparently long term usage of AI causes people to lose cognitive function. (I'm so scared of it, I don't even want to use spellchecking n_n) It is a silver lining ar least that in the future people cheating through AI will not be smart enough to hide their cheating.
  4. MoonSong

    California bill (AB 412) would effectively ban open-source generative AI

    This is about generative AI. AI for research works differently and is trained on raw data -pure "facts"- which isn't copyrightable. With this on the books no big company can stop a small competitor any more than they can already -through the very broken patent system-. Proponents of gen AI try...
  5. MoonSong

    California bill (AB 412) would effectively ban open-source generative AI

    Neural networks lack subjectivity. They don't feel, have wants/needs, frustrations/experiences/traumas. Training doesn't change the way the models 'perceive' new information. On the other hand human experiences change the way we connect with a work. Sometimes biology can change the way we...
  6. MoonSong

    What Are Your Non-Gaming Hobbies/Interests?

    I wish I had the time and disipline to practice with the keyboard enough to learn it. And well, my singing voice is not good.
  7. MoonSong

    What Are Your Non-Gaming Hobbies/Interests?

    cooking/baking (I'm into making wheat-free and sugar-free pastries, but I also use wheat and sugar) sewing/making plushies (though is been a while, fabric isn't cheap) drawing, painting, writing collecting music, movies, books, mangas, and comics(mainly nineties comics) LEGO
  8. MoonSong

    California bill (AB 412) would effectively ban open-source generative AI

    I think the barrier to entry is so high already that the "little guy" is still someone worth at least seven figures. No way I'm training anything close to a usable model on my $500 five-year-old laptop. I don't even think a top of the line gaming rig is anywhere close to enough. (though maybe I...
  9. MoonSong

    California bill (AB 412) would effectively ban open-source generative AI

    You're talking as if it was a bad thing. You know, there's always public domain stuff like Guttenberg library?
  10. MoonSong

    California bill (AB 412) would effectively ban open-source generative AI

    More like they are forcing companies in the state/with connection in the state to disclose all copyrighted material used in training or force some heavy consequence.
  11. MoonSong

    D&D 3.x Formatting/Page Appearance Suggestions and Tips For Publishing

    If OP is considering PoD on Drivethru, they'll need to pony up cash to one of these pre-approved designers and all of this is kinda moot.
  12. MoonSong

    D&D 3.x Formatting/Page Appearance Suggestions and Tips For Publishing

    OP didn't mention PoD being a factor, and they mentioned money being a problem. That's why I mentioned Scribus instead of Affinity. Why did DMsGuild stopped accepting pdfs made with Scribus?
  13. MoonSong

    D&D 3.x Formatting/Page Appearance Suggestions and Tips For Publishing

    Divide the page on a 9x9 grid. Make a 6x6 box on the lower-outer corner. Move the box two little rectangles up and two little rectangles towards the spine. The box is the space for your text and art.
  14. MoonSong

    D&D 3.x Formatting/Page Appearance Suggestions and Tips For Publishing

    Have you tried Scribus? It is an open source alternative to pagemaker/in Design and it runsin Mac. As for fonts, I'm fond of Century Gothic. It has good legibility and even at 10 it is good on the eyes. For composition, you can't go wring with the classic two-thirds box off-border by two ninths.
  15. MoonSong

    D&D 3.x Still playing 3e? Share your 3.0 and/or 3.5 house rules

    You could leave natural 20s without confirmation and confirm others. Or just let it be, are that many crits a bad thing?
  16. MoonSong

    WotC Would you buy WotC products produced or enhanced with AI?

    Not exactly running out of time. What you're missing is that even though they aren't paying a dime for the material for training, all of these companies are hemorraging money. None of them are actually charging over what it costs to run the huge data farms needed. Open AI just managed to collect...
  17. MoonSong

    WotC Would you buy WotC products produced or enhanced with AI?

    Prompt engineering will never be a thing. Experience with a model doesn't transfer betwern models (mightn't between versions) and optimizing prompts is something the models themselves can do. No matter how much "skill" the user brings, the results are largely random and unpredictable with most...
  18. MoonSong

    WotC Would you buy WotC products produced or enhanced with AI?

    Show me one and I'll spread the word.
  19. MoonSong

    WotC Would you buy WotC products produced or enhanced with AI?

    Please don't, that'd be very degrading.
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