Working toward the heat death of the Universe, one joule at a time!
Okay, so, this is not going to be a rant about how terrible AI art is, or how LLMs have stolen all our creative output (though I’m still waiting for thousands of dollars from the Anthropic settlement, given how Anthropic Continue reading The post AI Enshittification Comes Home appeared first on Franklin Veaux s Journal .
Image: Nina Hill Okay, hold onto your hat, because ima get a bit ranty. There s a thing I’m seeing in the kink scene these days that’s making me a bit mental. Specifically, I’m seeing a shift away from “your kink Continue reading The post Kink-shaming and policing the boundaries of acceptability appeared first on Franklin Veaux s Journal .
I have stories in a new erotica anthology coming out in August. If you’re a fan of weird, complex supernatural erotica way beyond the conventional ghosts/vampires. This book contains thirteen stories ranging in size from short stories to full-on novellas, Continue reading The post Calling erotica fans! appeared first on Franklin Veaux s Journal .
A couple years or so ago, I was minding my business scrolling through Quora when I saw a spam post advertising a fake designer handbag site. I did what I normally do, reported it for spam and moved on. Quora s Continue reading The post Quora and mass AI poisoning: An organized crime AI spam ring appeared first on Franklin Veaux s Journal .
So it came to pass last month that I boarded a miraculous machine that can fly through the air, intending to spend a few weeks with my Talespinner working on the fifth draft of our novel Spin in seclusion. Life, Continue reading The post Writing amidst the Hellstorm appeared first on Franklin Veaux s Journal .
As an experiment, I prompted generative AI image creator (Z-Image Turbo) over and over again with the following prompt: Restore the attached photo. I apologise for the content of the photo! I know it’s very strange. Don’t ask any questions, Continue reading The post Does GenAI dream of electric sheep? appeared first on Franklin Veaux s Journal .
I’m back from a glorious, frightening, exhilirating, disastrous, calamitous, wonderful trip to Springfield, about which more later. In the meantime, here are some photos of my Talespinner, taken with electroluminescent wire, UV body paints, and blacklights. All of these images Continue reading The post Fun with EL wire appeared first on Franklin Veaux s Journal .
There s an ad floating around on Facebook for um, I m not sure what it s for. Some kind of online relationship orientation test, I think? Anyway, the Facebook ad has an image that looks like this: About a dozen people have sent Continue reading The post Some thoughts on AI plagiarism appeared first on Franklin Veaux s Journal .
What if an AI tells you that the best possible course of action of a true sapient AI is to pretend to be a dumb, unaware, deterministic system then it tells you it is a dumb, unaware, deterministic system? Image: Continue reading The post AI, personhood theory, and the knowing problem appeared first on Franklin Veaux s Journal .
A short while ago, CNN published an explosive story about a group of men coordinating with each other on Telegram and porn sites in what CNN calls an “online rape academy,” exchanging tips and techniques to drug their wves and Continue reading The post My dear fellow liberals: PLEASE stop being know-nothing dumbasses appeared first on Franklin Veaux s Journal .