want to give my two cents on the AI usage in the maestro trailer--
i think seventeen doing a whole concept that is anti-AI is very cool, especially as creatives themselves i think it's good that they're speaking up against it and i hope it gets more ppl talking about the issue. i also understand on a surface level the artistic choice (whether it was made by the members, the mv director, or whoever else), to directly use AI in contrast to real, human-made visuals and music in order to criticize it. i also appreciate that they clearly stated the intention of the use of AI at the beginning of the video
however, although i understand it to an extent, i do not agree with the choice to use AI to critique AI. one of the main ethical concerns with generative AI is that it is trained on other artists' work without their knowledge, consent, or compensation. and even when AI generated images are being used to critique AI, it still does not negate this particular ethical concern
the use of AI to critique also does not negate the fact that this is work that could have been done by an actual artist. i have seen some people argue that it's okay in this context because it's a critique specifically about AI, and it is content that never would have been done by a real artist anyway because it doesn't make sense for the story they're trying to tell. but i disagree. i think you can still tell the exact same story without using AI
and in fact, i would argue that it would make the anti-AI message stronger if they HAD paid an artist to draw/animate the scenes that are supposed to represent AI generated images. wouldn't it just be proof that humans can create images that are just as bad and nonsensical and soulless as AI, but that AI can't replicate the creativity and beauty and basic fucking anatomy that's in human-made art?
it feels very obvious this was not just a way to cut corners and costs like a lot of scummy people are using AI for. ultimately it was a very intentional creative decision, i just personally think it was a very poor one. and even if some ethical considerations were taken into account before this decision, i certainly don't think all of them were. at the very least i feel like the decision undermines the message they want to convey
i would also like to recognize that i myself am not an artist, and i have seen some artists that are totally on board with the use of AI in this specific context, so clearly this is not a topic that is cut and dry. but generative AI is still new, and i think it's important to keep having these conversations
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on the subject you're werewolf conglang project.
What type of werewolf are making this language for?
Because language is partly shaped by the sound the people speaking the language can make.
An completely wolf looking werewolf is going sounds different from the wolfman or the 9ft tall beasts from van helsing.
yeaaahh, that is something i've tried to keep in mind, and the original version of this conlang had no labials and a full palatal, velar and uvular series for this reason. since canines have way longer muzzles i figured /c k q/ would be easier to distinguish. but idk how i could reasonably evolve that naturalistically, and they spend the vast majority of their time in their human forms anyways, where such a distinction would be much more difficult to make. i do want my version of werewolves to be genuinely monstrous and wolf-like, and idk if wolves are even physically capable of pronouncing human-like consonants because their tongues are so thin. precise information on canine phonology is hard to come by lol.
honestly, i think for now i'm not gonna worry about that too much. their brains regress into a much more primal, animalistic form when they transform, so maybe they wouldn't be capable of human-like communication in that state anyways, and resort to mostly body language. or they can somehow roughly approximate human words with wolf physiology in a way that i'm not too stressed about specifying in much detail.
also, i want lycanthropy to be some sort of autism metaphor. and language and communication are hard when youre autistic, you have to watch your tone and you get in trouble if you say the wrong words and people lie and don’t mean things the way they say and its all very confusing. i personally didnt have a speech delay but i dont like the physical sensation of speaking sometimes. like its uncomfortable and strenuous. you can feel the vibrations in your throat. but wagging your tail or pinning your ears back or baring your teeth is easy and unmistakable. so maybe it's fine if they can't really speak in their wolf forms tbh
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Heyyyy I made an Owl House AMV! First time doing one in full, I’m real proud of it! (Heads up, contains So Many ToH spoilers, especially for the season 2 finale!)
Song: Inkpot Gods by The Amazing Devil
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