You still don’t get it.

You don’t need to eat Lettuce to be healthy, you’ve been taught to think that way but it’s not even close to the truth.

Do you think that people 100 years ago had fresh produce all the time? That’s not how it worked for most of human history and they definitely ate healthier than we do now.

Frozen vegetables don’t have extra salt. Canned sometimes does but a) salt isn’t unhealthy and b) you can rinse them to get most of it off if you wanted.

Juice is not healthy. That’s pure marketing bullshit. It’s almost as bad as soda.

Your mindset is wrong. You expect what society has told you to to do. That’s expensive because our society is built around selling you shit you don’t need.

This is only true if you have fallen into the trap of not understanding what healthy means.

Eating healthy can actually be very cheap, you just won’t get to eat the things that societies thinks are exciting or the most delicious. You won’t be getting “I can’t believe it’s not meat” and the latest type of chia seed detox bullshit.

You can eat rice, lentils, onions, carrots, potatoes, oats, chickpeas, beans, tomatoes, bananas, and some dairy products and keep your meal prices down to less than a dollar while filling all nutritional requirements.

A basic Indian Dahl on rice works out to significantly less than a dollar per serving if you buy the ingredients in more than single use packages, 500 calories, 17 grams of protein, 8 grams of fat, and 80 grams of carbs for $0.75 is pretty fucking healthy.

Two servings of oats and a banana for breakfast? 50 cents, for again around 500 calories, 17 grams of protein (mostly the oats), and 7 grams of fat. You could splurge on a bit of yogurt and keep it under a dollar easily.

In terms of “effort” if you consider cooking 10 portions of Dahl for an hour and then freezing them individually to be too much effort, you don’t actually care about the cost of eating, you’re just too lazy.

That last thing could be said for most humans, especially those in the lower salary brackets. We still employ them in droves, and supervisors to supervise them too.

Many hours a day. I have kids that still need my attention, we all eat dinner together, watch shows or play games together, I drive them to their sports, etc.

Just look at the data, there are historical records going back a century in many locations around the US. Find one close to you and do some digging.

The simple answer is that crazy does happen, and has happened historically, but it’s much more common now than it used to be.

Good movie, good acting, and even though the tech was absolutely silly the core concept is still as valid today as it was 30 years ago.

The Net (1995)

Your analogy is bad.

The human brain doesn’t need a massive data center, but neither does the compute to run a single agent.

We build entire cities to apply multiple human brains to problems.

Lots of AI hatred driving these. All emotional though rather than objective.

The question itself is also pretty stupid. My kids do “art” and it’s absolute slop. Most human made art is terrible, and never sees the light of day. It’s thrown in a recycle bin, forgotten by the mind, or sung to a shower wall.

A bunch of Art contests with AI winners (unknown by judges) have shown AI art can be as good or better than something done by an artist. This isn’t just for visual art either, they have been popular at producing songs too.

It feels like a lot of people are trying to reframe “art” as only things that have intentional meaning or an emotional story, rather than things you enjoy seeing and or hearing (or other senses).

AI songs can make me feel just as good as something from a musician. I don’t need all the “I saw them in person and got the t-shirt” bragging rights to enjoy them. I haven’t heard an AI song that’s as good as the best human made songs yet, but I’ve definitely heard AI songs that are far better than some of the worst human made songs (Anyone remember Rebecca Black?)

I have real paintings up on my walls, from artists I’ve never heard of, with images of things I have no connection or knowledge of. I didn’t buy them, they were purchased by someone else. They still look nice. Would I even be able to tell if they were AI? Probably not.

Does that mean that I can’t also enjoy specific pieces of art made by specific artists? Absolutely not. I will continue listening to Sandstorm by Darude until I die. I love a good Keanu Reeves movie. An Anne McCaffrey or Terry Pratchett Book.

AI art is a reflection of human art, so it must have some good parts. Will it take over all art? Never. Does anyone want it to? No.

Just like recordings of music didn’t kill live music, AI art will not kill real artists. It will definitely shake up the financial side of it though.

Using paid help from a third world country to tie them for you as their only job.

It aint just academia.

Also had our AC die, leaked and needed a piece replacement. Was fixed under warranty though so not really a problem.

Love my kia Niro ev. Looks like any other normal car. Fun to drive.

Poem - Robert Frost - Stopping by woods on a snowy evening

Short story - Kurt Vonnegut - Harrison Bergeron

Movie - Life is Beautiful (do not watch this if you don’t want to cry)

Book - Carl Sagan - Contact (it’s much better than the movie)

Anime - Serial Experiments Lain

Honorable mention, Paper Tole - an ocean scene my grandmother did when I was a boy. She has written my name on the back of it for when she passes away. It’s the only thing I want. I hope I don’t get it soon, but she’s not young anymore.

Remove all humans other than yourself.

Because people will abuse information about you that they find out.

My personal one that’s not overrated. Hiroshima in Japan.

It’s a wonderful city to visit even after you’ve been to the Museum, which should be a bucket list item for everyone.

I did not enjoy Venice personally. You’re right that it’s unique, but I preferred the walkable areas of other European cities more.

Also, fuck the mosquitos.

Revolvers don’t have magazines…

I don’t even own a gun and I know this.

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