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ITT: Defenders and detractors debate the morality and utility of AI.

Topics of discussion may include but are not limited to:
>What jobs can be replaced by AI?
>How can deepfakes be stopped?
>Can AI-generated art be copyrighted?
>How does AI insert bias?
>What data should AI be allowed to collect?
>Will AI develop a conscience?
>Can AI chatbots replace human companionship?
>Will AI destroy us all?

Do not post AI-generated art in this thread.
/m/ AI containment thread: >>>/m/443713
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No. 2473188

>>2473149
I used to joke that whenever I'd be going through shit I'd go and take sheep to pasture/have a sheep farm. I have never had contact with that lifestyle but if everything is fucked I might as well give that a go. Work for sheep's cheese with my nigel or something. More realistically though I'd want to learn how to be an electrician or a plumber. People will need electricity to run AI and they won't start to shit outside or something.

>>2473157
Wholeheartedly agree with you, we are cooked. Not a burger but in my country most young people were pushed into either becoming an engineer, work as a programmer or become a doctor so practical skills (being handy if you will) is a dying art. I hope that you won't get in a situation where you have to sacrifice your health to make money to pay the bills.

>>2473167
people did that with google before though, people have avoided thinking for themselves for a while.

No. 2473192

>>2473140
she was joking

No. 2473300

>>2473188
But search engines present information from different sources that you have to read and interpret yourself (which many are too lazy to do), and the results on the first page are usually from reliable sources because of PageRank. They don’t just instantly spoonfeed opinions in that way that AI does. And AI will just make up shit to affirm whatever you’re saying.

No. 2473659

I hate whenever you’re having a discussion online and someone chimes in with: ‘I asked ChatGPT and this was what it had to say.’ Who fucking cares what ChatGPT has to say? Why comment if you have nothing to add to the conversation? It’s really common on reddit in particular.

No. 2473670

>>2473659
Reddit is full of bot posts and has been for years.


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No. 2459582[Reply]

This thread is dedicated to all and any fandom discourse. Global rules apply: don't infight, report and ignore bait, etc.

Current topics include, but are not limited to:
> Proshipping vs Antishipping
> Ao3 Censorship and TOS
> Slapfights between slash, femslash, and het shippers
> Carrds, DNIs and Call-out Threads
> Whitewashed/blackwashed/colorist fanart drama
> ‘[Insert Sexuality/Gender]-Coded’ Characters
> Debates over death of the author
> Stalking/harassment experienced by actors/creators

Related threads:

Fujo vs. anti-fujo discourse:
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No. 2473400

>>2473383
>chavez
I honestly don't think they're gonna even put her in which although I hate moids, I cannot blame them for that one (NO ONE likes America Chavez)
>angela
She's still coomer, I don't see how her being a lesbian would be an issue for them (they might not mention it in the Chinese version though).

No. 2473497

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>>2473400
The only time I liked America Chavez was in Young Avengers volume 2, where she was a major supporting character rather than the lead. She had kind of a funny dynamic going on with kid Loki. She's a jerk, but so is he, so they balance each other out. I think she has potential, but she's rarely given to writers who know how to use her well.

No. 2473635

>>2473302
Why do people moralfag over age gap ships so much

No. 2473649

>>2473635
They have the need to try and control people over the internet because they have no control over their personal lives.

No. 2473652

>>2473400
Like as in a lesbian way of hating or straight girl playground gossip?


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No. 2408236[Reply]

Post about your employment status, successes, woes, anxieties, rants, etc.

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No. 2470128

>>2469294
>i have a feeling none of these jobs are real and all of the listings online are fake jobs
This is done on purpose. If a company has a "necessary" position that they can't fill, they receive tax breaks from the government. What ends up happening is that companies abuse this by having eternally empty job positions that aren't meant to be filled. To keep up the pretense, they'll advertise these positions to hire on popular job boards and accept resumes and sometimes even interviews, but it's all just to scam the government for tax reasons.

No. 2470146

>>2469294
>>2469613
There’s this one job listing on the website of a specialised employment agency I’m signed up with that’s been online for almost 6 months now. It’s in my town, which is rare because most companies of this nature are in the next town over, and it’s something I am 100% qualified for and have several years of experience in. I applied but didn’t receive a confirmation email, and the website was acting up and appeared to have deleted my account so I registered a second time (with the same email address) a week later and applied again, then received two separate rejection emails several weeks apart claiming that I wasn’t qualified for this position. It’s still online six months later and pops up in every job search alert I have set up at least twice a week. I’ve asked around and nobody can figure out which company this could be, because there aren’t many institutions doing this particular kind of research in my town and the few that exist wouldn’t use a recruitment agency. I’m starting to feel like I’m being catfished, like this is the job searcher equivalent of those Hot Singles In Your Area adverts.

What really drives me up the wall is that so many people I know (who’ve been consistently employed for the last decade at least) are insisting that it should be totally easy to find a job and everyone’s hiring. Source: their ass, I’m guessing. One of these people let herself get memed into quitting her job and taking a year off for ‘self care’ and I’m so anxious on her behalf, because her job is in the kind of field that’s especially subject to budget cuts and layoffs. The job she had was relatively safe because she was so senior but now she’s thrown that away to play at being a housewife instead.

No. 2470155

>>2470112
Technically we have been in a recession by most traditional metrics for several years now, but I was a teenager during the 2008 recession and I don't remember it being that bad. I heard some upperclassmen complaining about it but it wasn't 'apply for 100+ jobs per month and get zero interviews' bad. It does feel like something has permanently shifted about the ways jobs are even advertised, tbh. I tried all the 'hacks' with the ATS checkers, changing keywords every single time I submit my resume, trying different layouts etc. but nothing seems to make any difference even though I've overwhelmingly been applying to jobs I'm technically qualified for and which can't be receiving THAT many applications.

>>2470128
>>2470146
I'm so sure a lot of them aren't fake companies or anything like that, and I wonder if it's possible for the job listings themselves to be fake in many cases because many are companies with good reputations but I'll see them reposting the same job listing for 6 months in a row at this point, have every single hard and soft qualification in their list and get ghosted or some generic 'you were not chosen at this time' rejection email. So clearly they're not filling the position with some nepo hire either, they keep reposting the same job.

No. 2470377

does anyone do dropshipping?

No. 2473636

I think I’ve been demoted and I just started a month ago. I admit, I’ve been out of the loop in my respective field job-wise and was an involuntary neet for the past three years and that may require some relearning of tasks/skills on my part but was told my boss recently that I’m relegated to an office assistant, after hiring another corpocuck.

She knew I needed further training on certain tasks due to my entry-level skills and when I tried to oppose this, she told me “I don’t pay people to learn” and that the new hire will train whenever there is time.

I’m still expected to complete the project I am working on by either Monday or Tuesday.


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No. 2457739[Reply]

A thread for the daft, the dim, the silly and the merely confused.

Previous thread:
>>>/ot/2437966

Please follow all global rules and remember to report and ignore bait: avoid infighting.

If you want to ask random questions and hear other anons’ personal answers, check out the Random Questions thread instead. This thread is more for asking silly questions and getting concrete answers.
Random Questions thread:
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No. 2473610

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>>2473597
Piss off fag

No. 2473614

>>2473610
Relax, it's a reference to a well-known meme.

No. 2473619

>>2473614
Yes, everybody knows the meme. It's disgusting and stopped being funny a decade ago.

No. 2473625

>>2473614
A unfunny scrote "meme" this isnt 4troon newfag

No. 2473627

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>>2473614


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No. 2458042[Reply]

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Discuss art and related topics such as:
-Talk about Art Youtubers
-Ask about art supplies
-Discuss trashy art trends
-Instagram bullshit
-Art theft!
-General Art Bullshit
-Fandom and Shipping Discourse
-AI generated art (do not shill about your ai trained models key words on a prompt do not make you a artist)
-Do not post your art to be reviewed here use the designated m thread
-Screencaps are necessary while talking about milk
SCREENCAP EVERYTHING!
DO NOT REPLY TO BAIT! REPORT AND IGNORE!
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No. 2473370

>>2473351
I thought the same thing about SAI. But after recreating my SAI brushes in CSP, I haven't looked back. Even customized the layout to be the same.

No. 2473474

>>2473261
You should actually look into the tax implications freelancing has. In most countries you'll have to fill out some forms when you start doing it.

No. 2473530

>>2472493
Not sure how old you are but I’m an older millennial and during my college years a lot of students still lived at home and after graduating as well. A lot of 20-25 year olds were staying home, so it doesn’t surprise me it has increased. There’s nothing to be ashamed about. One saves money and, depending on one’s parents, it’s better than a roommate.
>>2473306
What key features does Procreate lack? I don’t use CSP but I’ve read it was similar to SAI. I went the Photoshop to Procreate route. I always felt jealous of CSP/SAI brush effects but I thought Photoshop and Procreate had caught up or exceeded by now.

No. 2473620

>>2473530
procreate's biggest problem is that there is no universal color/selection option for their color fill tool, meaning there's no way to have an option to reference several layers when you're trying to color fill a certain area. it limits you to only one layer at most. if you are someone who uses the color bucket tool very often then you're going to have a hard time, procreate's shit color drop feature wastes me so much time because i have to manually close gaps in lineart so nothing floods out. you can't drag and glide their color drop tool to quickly fill multiple spaces in one stroke either.

No. 2473713

Is there a website where I can upload my yaoi porn art? I tried rule 34 but they deleted it because muh low quality ironic since they allow ai garbage there.


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No. 2410648[Reply]

Previous thread: >>2149098

A thread for sharing things that are too nasty to discuss in polite company, aka TMI (Too Much Information). Do you have a weird habit? An embarrassing health issue? Just want to admit something gross? Feel free to post it here.

Things could get unsightly in here, so remember– the hide button on threads is there for a reason.
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No. 2473348

>>2472810
Mine feels like a little donut

No. 2473604

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I haven't cut my toenails since maybe september last year. They are so long that some of them started to grow sideways. It's a thing of maybe 10 minutes to cut them I refuse to do it every damn time until they grow long enough to the point that I would need one shoe size bigger because they get so long. It's nasty but I can't change this habbit.

No. 2473613

I had a nasty poop Tuesday and now I have a painful little pink lump you know where that stings a bit, what do I fucking do nonnies what if the guy I'm sleeping with notices next week help me please

No. 2473618

>>2473613
>have a painful little pink lump you know where
What, you shit out a pink lump? Did you eat gum?

No. 2473621

>>2473618
I think nonna is talking about a hemorrhoid


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No. 2303329[Reply]

Don't know whether to go sleep or binge-read another cow thread? Get milk or tea? Dedicate your remaining life time to Dr*ver or Dano, and don't want to keep any of those important decisions in Sanic-samas capable hands? Fret not–present your dilemma, let farmers burn some sage and have them take that burden off of your exhausted shoulders.
Keep US laws, and more importantly, TPO, in mind and don't ask whether to an hero or which fun method to use, we're not serious like that.

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No. 2472112

>>2472100
Thanks, anon! I'm definitely overthinking it (posted in stupid questions thread), but I really am afraid of getting hit badly with jetlag.

No. 2472532

>>2472090
It depends on how much money you can save, if you have a lot then travel and work when you come back.

No. 2472941

>>2472090
Depends on the job but I think you should be fine because the first days are usually just shaking hands and getting permissions and introducing yourself fifty times

No. 2473421

should I take a benzo during my work day tomorrow in order to enjoy a nice anxiety-less day, or should I stay sober to not fuck up my brain cells

No. 2473592

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>>2473421
don't take benzos nonna


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No. 2417659[Reply]

Continue to discuss news stories that upset and disturb you more than usual, crimes, disasters and events that stay on your mind, stories of criminals, victims and survivors that you want to discuss etc. Try to post relevant pictures, names, links to articles, websites etc if you can, so that people can look up the cases for themselves easier.
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No. 2472922

>>2472827
Sounds about Japan. The most backwards country in terms of anything women health or rights.
>but why are our birthrates declining?
I feel so bad for Japanese women.

No. 2472923

>>2472827
Why would she get death threats over a thing that every single biological woman goes through? This is so sad. I hate Japan.

No. 2472924

>>2464945
>>2472463
Horrible. Men have access to porn and prostitutes, but they continue to drug and assault unwilling women. Once again, this is rooted in men. We need to have way harsher punishments for this.

No. 2473580

>>2472827
>All the emails came from one address and carried an identical message
can you guys at least link the article if you won't green text

No. 2473591

>>2471931
>one of the thumbnails still being visible
This is the most sickening thing I've seen in a while, you can see so much/figure out what's happening in that one thumbnail. This is one of those things that's going to stick in my head until I die. Poor kid.


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No. 2436002[Reply]

Reddit, the hugbox for libertarian snowflakes, troons, suburban white dudes who think they are oppressed because women won’t suck their dicks, and a variety of other losers suffering from unmitigated autism.

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No. 2473494

>>2473386
Redditor moids want to be victimised so badly kek

No. 2473527

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>>2473386
>Reddit moids literally any time someone tries to talk about female survivors of sexual assault

No. 2473569

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>"Whoever asks pays for the date," is just the first rule with extra steps since women hardly ever ask
??? Ok, then it sounds like women don't want to date you. I don't see how that's an equality issue? Maybe stop being ugly and women might ask you out.
>>2473494
Yeah, what's up with that? I also see a weird trend of men on Reddit saying stuff like, "If a woman hit me, I'd beat the shit out of her. Equal rights=equal fights." It's so bizarre; why are you fantasizing about a woman hitting you and you being able to hurt her?

No. 2473579

>>2473569
I can just imagine them waddling around their neighbourhoods like "I'm sure a Karen will come swinging at me any day now…aaaaaany day now…", and when it inevitably doesn't happen they stomp back home to their computers to cry how they're so lonely but also constantly at risk of sexual harassment from women kek

No. 2473644

>>2473569
They go through phases I've noticed. They were obsessed with the idea of getting to retaliate and beat up women for a while (that r/pussypassdenied sub was huge at the time). Lots of videos hitting the front page of women throwing drinks at moids or lightly slapping them then getting knocked to the ground. Disturbingly the trend before that was the concept of 'accidentally' hooking up with an underage girl that was lying about her age and being accused of rape/pedophilia and how to get away with it.


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No. 1173811[Reply]

anons do you have any useless talents? what’s many words can you type per minute? can you shoot a bow and arrow with your feet? talk about any weird or unorthodox skills you have that aren’t revered by society
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No. 2473339

>>2117882
I can do this too! Plus I’m really good at exactly repeating a tone I heard. I don’t think I would be a good singer but maybe voice actor?

No. 2473409

>>2284032
I want that top so bad

No. 2473433

>>2284032
I want to be your friend.

No. 2473540

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I can do a really good impression of Lois from Family Guy

No. 2473662

>>2473540
I can do a pretty good impression of Blue from Blue's Clues. Together, let's make a voice drama.


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