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Dec 16
Sat with Ted Chiang at @NeurIPSConf lunch ytd & someone in AI brought up democratizing art-making.

It was a candid chat so I was like, hey, can I just say something?—I really hate the word "democratize" used this way. Just say "automating art-making." It’s more accurate. 1/ Image
Ted put it better than me and asked, "Do you say we should democratize marathon running? Why not?

"If you want more people to run, you don’t give them mopeds." 2/
We had an interesting conversation about the impact of word choice and then went to his afternoon talk, which was a full house!

Took notes on some points I really liked: 3/
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Aug 3
So which studio will be making the Olympics shooting anime? Pls call me to consult! 😂

I can give info for:
- Born at Olympic shooting range
- Represented team Singapore
- Trained in China & Korea
- Competed in World Cups
- Grew up w Olympians in diving & other stuff like Go 1/ Image
I know my equipment, training camps, the dynamics of travelling to international competitions, and all the stories and romance that come with. 2/
I know long tales of aspirations and the underdogs, of painful injustices, but also badassery.

Need an OP shonen arc? I got you.

Need some chuuni and a broken dream? I know that one well. 3/
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Aug 2
A thread on some Olympic shooting equipment from a retired shooter: 1/🧵
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Misconception that our sights or glasses have super zoom built in:

There’s no zoom or magnification. We wear glasses if we’re short sighted. We don’t wear glasses if we aren’t. 2/ Image
To not tense our faces while aiming, we use a blinder/card to block our non dominant eye.

This can be attached to the rear sight on a rifle, stuck under a headband, or worn on shooting glasses frames.

How an athlete does it in the end is for comfort & personal preference. 3/

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May 10
I won. I won my appeal.

The Luxembourg court has ruled that Jeff Dieschburg infringed upon my copyright when he used my work without consent.

Using a different medium was irrelevant. My work being 'available online' was irrelevant. Consent was necessary. 1/ Image
This win means a lot—not just for me but also for artists & photographers everywhere.

It’s a reminder that copyright protects individuals from those that try to profit off our work without consent.

It reaffirms that our work being online doesn't mean we give up our rights. 3/
For 2 years I’ve been harassed for fighting this because of my gender, my race, my being a photographer.

My home address was doxxed, I was told they'd put me in jail, that I’d kill myself soon. I lost out on work cuz of how it ate away at me. But I didn't want to give up. 4/


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Mar 20
8 years ago, Google Deepmind created AlphaGo—an AI that defeated the best human Go player in the world & it shaped how I see art & AI.

In a new interview, Lee Sedol says he wouldn't become a pro again if he had known of AI today. This is heartbreaking— 1/ blog.google/around-the-glo…



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Go has always been the most beautiful game to me. The sound of a stone on board, the simplicity of its rules and design. A person's playstyle is an expression of themselves—like seeing an artist's style in a painting—it's personal and meaningful. 2/ Image
Today, no human player has a chance of defeating any of the top AI Go programs. AI is used religiously in professional training, and like it or not, our relationship with Go as an art form has been changed forever. 3/


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Mar 9
Words can't describe how dehumanizing it is to see my name used 20,000+ times in MidJourney. My life's work and who I am—reduced to meaningless fodder for a commercial image slot machine.
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My art is who I am. It’s dehumanizing to have it fed into machines where my background, history, & why I create lose all meaning.

And because I don’t want to see gen AI work made w stolen content, I built a platform to filter out gen AI images. What’s wrong with that??

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@TheGlazeProject is from @UChicago and is free. @Cara_HQ is made by volunteers, also free.

We integrated Glaze into Cara cuz I wanted auto glaze, so that more people can protect their images, more easily.

What’s the grift here? Artists protecting our work from being stolen?
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