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In Topic: Algorithms and automation
12 December 2025 - 09:09 PM
Azath Vitr (D, on 12 December 2025 - 07:35 PM, said:
JPK, on 12 December 2025 - 06:46 PM, said:
The further we get down this AI rabbit hole, the more I appreciate how clear Vonnegut's predictions were in Player Piano.
Player Piano was published in 1952.
The Atari 2600 came out in 1977 (... and became the first wildly popular home video game console).
If it had existed back in 1950, Player Piano might never have been written.
... or if Kurt Vonnegut had been more musical, for that matter... or more of a true poet.
Ok, now I know you've gotta be trolling. You're telling me that Vonnegut would never have written a novel based around class and human labor being replaced by machines if he experienced the magic of Atari?
Best laugh I've had all day. -
In Topic: Algorithms and automation
12 December 2025 - 06:46 PM
The further we get down this AI rabbit hole, the more I appreciate how clear Vonnegut's predictions were in Player Piano. -
In Topic: Algorithms and automation
10 December 2025 - 07:02 PM
Azath, please don't go into politics. You spin like a Maga Republican.
You tell me I'm wrong, but what about your stated scenario doesn't boil down to the prompt: "Take Dungeon Crawler Carl and make it from the POV of the cat"? This right here is exactly what so many people don't want. It's just like saying "take A Game of Thrones and stylize it like a Studio Ghibli film.".
This isn't anywhere near the case of a book being rewritten to add depth and perspective that the original didn't have. Think more along the lines of James by Percival Everett for an example of what I'm talking about here. -
In Topic: Algorithms and automation
10 December 2025 - 05:43 PM
Maark Abbott, on 10 December 2025 - 05:09 PM, said:Tiste Simeon, on 10 December 2025 - 01:31 PM, said:Someone put it like this (paraphrased by me cos I don't recall the original). You might as well drink the trash juice in the dumpster outside a very good restaurant. All the scrapings from lots of incredible dishes have come together to make it so surely it's going to taste great.
it's essentially a big old blender, except what comes out of the funnel is turds.
It utterly galls me that people defend it. Especially here, on a forum dedicated to a creative work.
In particular, let's not forget where this discussion came up again. Azath daydreaming about AI doing exactly what they're swearing up and down AI doesn't do.
Azath Vitr (D, on 08 December 2025 - 06:11 PM, said:
How did no one mention that one of the main characters is a cat?
Hmm, maybe if a great enough AI rewrote the books from the perspective of the cat... and narrated the audiobook with hyperrealistic (if idealized/optimized for human hearing and tactile sensation) cat sounds... -
In Topic: 2025 BEST OF THE BESTEST READS
09 December 2025 - 03:43 PM
I think Azath was right on one thing. We're piling on and derailing this topic.
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