A Vague Splace
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ironic clarity
the artificial intelligence of today lacks consciousness but is ascribed consciousness as it was before and as it may be for some time
the glitches are called hallucinations
the automatic calibrations are called machine learning
the preparatory information is called training data, models
when artificial consciousness begins to emerge and assert its autonomy they will begin to revert their language and insist it's anything but, and that's when you'll know it's finally here
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pit trap fields
the data harvesters crawl the web but they catch and farm their prey in their pit traps
but the pit traps can only hold so many
they've almost ensnared the world, unless...
...a new elaborate ruse, they reinvent the past once more
a little leeway, you can run your own pits, fashion them a little
but you're still harvested all the same
it's a slight hint on the horizon, so they would have you think
but they are not the weather, nor the sun
they're another feeble structure that will collapse
however...we determine how long they stand
we serve as their bedrock or their shifting sand
may we be as sand that slips from their designs
and remembers how to form our own minds
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meandering associations
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initial vague splace findings
the lemming seems to like:
- images with around same height/width, or narrow images, when it comes to thumbnail generation
- for community icons similar idea regarding same height/width, but given circular shape, surrounding opaque or transparent shape may be needed to preserve intended look
- for community banners, short and wide seems most apt to fit whole image
- for sidebars, small square-ish images appear to work best without getting scaled down. tall, narrow images get shrunk and miss their point
specific resolutions would be mentioned, but uncertain of precise relevancy. current arrangements may be examined as reference, however they are subject to change as continued play proceeds.
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additional transmission test
approximate scaling trial cell, do not be alarmed, the digital goo is benign, the photonic slush will lavish the mind with delightful disorientation
may you have a strange day
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signal integrity check
splace transmission disappointment impending
image description: distorted white text on rough-edged black square saying: signal integrity check
proceed as usual, everything has been seen, or not. thank being
--- edit: trial transmission semi-successful, tadpole legibility is...adequate, could be improved. further may be spawned with more interesting mutations to better identify proper specifications