• vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 hour ago

    Pygmalion is “Her (2013)” apparently.

    Other than this I’m reminiscing on one of Lucian’s dialogues about a certain Aphrodite statue with extremely nice butt and one smitten visitor who was sneaking into the temple at night to pollinate that, resulting in precisely located mold spot.

    Computers have finally caught up with humanity. This is good. I thought it’ll never happen that they are finally a part of human magical thinking. This is as terrifying as it’s inspiring.

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      55 minutes ago

      Computers have finally caught up with humanity. This is good.

      A famous Jazz artist said something to the effect of there being no wrong chords, what is important is what

      I thought it’ll never happen that they are finally a part of human magical thinking. This is as terrifying as it’s inspiring.

      chords follow.

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        14 minutes ago

        Well, that chord looks wrong, but I meant finally having a class of programs that works similarly to objects we encounter IRL and entities that human cultures are used to internalizing. And human cultures responding with acceptance.