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Month: December 2022

How AI image generators work – From Washington Post

How AI image generators work – From Washington Post

AI image generators are in the news. And they are fun to play with and can create some incredible images. But of course there are ethical questions that arise.

Here is a good article from the Washington Post regarding how AI image generators work:

How AI image generators work, like DALL-E, Lensa and stable diffusion – Washington Post

An Inside Job

An Inside Job

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The following is part of a “shared storytelling event” over at I Saw Lightning Fall , Advents Ghosts 2022. We were tasked to write a scary story of exactly 100 words in length. I don’t know how much this counts as a “story” but this is my attempt at an entry. As far as “scary” your mileage may vary.

An Inside Job

1659, the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony deems it a criminal offense to publicly celebrate Christmas.

January 6th 2045, the Freedom party gains control of all three branches of government, repeals the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, and declares Christmas a secular holiday, banning it on the basis it’s never mentioned in the Bible.

December 25, 2047 Cynthia Bowman is arrested for having houseplant greater than 48 inches of height indoors in the twelfth month of the calendar year and adorning said shrubbery with a star.

The War on Christmas always was an inside job.