Moderate obesity reduces lifespan by an average of three years. So no, that’s not remotely true.

Sure, but give a human expert a photo of a mushroom without enough information for a positive identification they’ll tell you what it might be, why they’re not sure, and, most importantly, not to eat it. An AI is much more likely to confidently tell you the wrong information.

The randomized study linked in the article attempts to address that. The two groups were given diets with similar macronutrients, one minimally processed and one heavily processed. The group offered the processed foods chose to eat more, and thus gained weight and body fat, suggesting that the key difference may be…

The training models do contain a heavily compressed version of the art used as training materials. This is easy to prove; if you prompted Midjourney to create a picture of a green eyed Afgani woman, it spat out something clearly close enough to the National Geographic photographic to constitute copyright infringement.…

That is what the company prefers. But many style guides, including AP, say not to use all-caps for company names and products unless the letters are individually pronounced.

There are absolutely some fantastic art channels on art, may of which have good reason for depicting non-sexual nudity. I’m sure they’re a minority, but they absolutely exist.

In Valhalla you fight all day, get resurrected if you die, then party all night. Sounds like a fantastic narrative justification of a rogue like to me.

To make matters worse, the patent almost certainly should not have been granted in the first place. Various strategy games had similar systems, Shadow Over Mordor’s only innovation was putting them in an open world action game. If the patent was challenged in court, it would probably be overturned. But small game…

I think it’s intended more as a self-discipline/self-reward tool (e.g. you can use your Switch as long as you can charge it).

I enjoy those channels, and they definitely do offer more depth, but they don’t have the same access to behind the scenes footage and interviews with designers.

I thought The Imagineering Story was great, in large part because it was willing to be honest about the times they struggled. I don’t think I was able to get through a single episode of Behind the Attraction: it had less depth, more annoying editing, and much more of a corporate propaganda feel.

I don’t think it’s actually that hard, at least for big-centralized services. Just require a license for all images used in the training data. The reason why the AI can reproduce images of Mickey Mouse is that it’s trained on a data set that includes a ton of images of Mickey, and it’s storing that information.

“Now the devs can start a new studio and make the games they want without any publisher breathing down their necks about having to make the shareholders happy every 3 months.”
That’s only an option if you’ve got enough money on hand to support yourself for years. Which I assure you, most Volition devs do not.

The parts visible to guests were perfectly well themed. The entrance is themed as a shuttle pad, then you’re “flown” up to the starcruiser in a “shuttlecraft” (actually a simple motion simulator). You only see the bland showbuilding if you look for it—which is true of a whole lot of Disney attractions.

I don’t think they do--I’m pretty sure they moved to a new table not created by Wyrmwood when they moved to their current set.

Part of it is that nerdy stuff like D&D is on the short list of things Mormon teenagers ARE allowed to do.

So I enjoyed Elantris, but it really shows that he was still developing his craft. The prose is very clunky. I’d only reccomend it if you’re read the rest of his fantasy works and want more.

Yes, that. If you pass a certain subscriber not only will your support tickets automatically get bumped in priority, you’ll have a designated human rep you can contact directly.

I definitely do get sick noticeably more often while traveling than at other times. I suspect airports and airplanes are the main culprits, but I can easily believe wiping down the TV remote and other frequently-touched areas housekeeping doesn’t regularly clean makes a meaningful impact on your odds of catching…

Wait, parents stay for every practice these days? When I was a kid it was just becoming the norm for parents to attend every game (instead of just the highlights of the season), and my parents rightfully rebelled against that.