Tassie Dave’s Comments (group member since Mar 27, 2011)

Tassie Dave’s comments from the The Sword and Laser group.

and we have been using it, for real, as a slingshot now for over 50 years.

That's a different issue. Making deep fakes to make nude images, revenge porn, ruin reputations etc is already illegal. If they can be caught, then they should be punished.

We are talking about using AI for legitimate entertainment purposes. Is that ok without the person's wishes made known before they die.

The legal uses are still to be fully ironed out. How long does the estate have rights to the celebrities image? 70 years from death? Forever?

How many generations should that extend to? Children? Grandchildren?

and what should be allowed? Should the estate be able to endorse the uses for something the person would not have supported while they were alive?

I have no problem with using AI to recreate someone's voice or image (as long as that person pre-approved it before death) or their estate approves it.

As long as it is clearly marked as AI and not presented as an actual creation by that person.

I mean it's not much different than having an actor/impersonator do a pitch perfect performance as that person.

There are already plans in place for an AI Elvis concert next year. We've already had the ABBA concerts (Not AI, but a similar concept using motion capture. Which means they can continue to perform after they all die)

M.L.Wang is a she. Maya Lin Wang.

I'm loving the writing. I was into the book from the first page.

That's the thing about books. They affect us all differently. Good thing there are millions of books.

Tamahome wrote: "I understand it takes place in present day and has things in common with Avatar: The Last Airbender."

It is a modern day setting, but on another planet in a parallel dimension separate from our own.

The other books in the series feature people travelling between our dimension and this other dimension.

This book is a stand-alone that doesn't rely on pre-knowledge of the other works.

Mark wrote: "What have we done to our doggos?"

Phil wrote: "No. No we don't.
Just as much as Australians for English, Irish for Scottish, and Koreans for Chinese."

I was being sarcastic. 😉 Canadians are quick to correct you and their, usual, stereotypical politeness quickly goes out the window. 🤣

Us Aussies don't really care if we are mis-countried (that's a real word isn't it 😜), but try calling a Kiwi an Aussie and it's a different matter.

Emily Wilde's Book of Veronicas:





(view spoiler)[Veronica Belmont, Veronica Lodge, Veronica Lake (Actress),
The Veronicas (Australian pop duo), Veronica Roth (Author) (hide spoiler)]

Oaken wrote: "especially the tendency of some people to use the term ‘Americans’ to refer to members of Canada "

I have found that Canadians love to be mistaken for Americans. 😉 😜

Trike wrote: "They’re going to milk these books now."

The milk from this cashcow is a bit off. 😜

I've never read "The Galactic Milieu" books.

I still have the 4 "The Saga of the Exiles" Books (As the series is know here) on my book shelf.

Which I bought and read in 1984. 40 years ago 😕

I may need to do a re-read.

Phil wrote: "I think this would be a really interesting group read leading to some good "what if" discussions."

I am surprised we have not read anything by her yet for the group.

I loved the "Saga of the Exiles" series

James Bond British?

Yes, Apart from the Australian one and the Irish one 😉

Bad Batch will go down as one of the top Star Wars series ever.

I would only have the original Movie trilogy slightly ahead of it. It is superior to all movies since.

I would put it up there with Andor, Clone Wars and Rebels.

Trike wrote: "Tassie Dave wrote: "Trike wrote: "That poor kid. I assume he’s 39 by now."

Early 40s. "

I originally said 42 but thought 39 sounded funnier. :p"

Like how your profile says you're 59 😜

I think the counter has got stuck 🤣

I noticed you had added the Book and made the Folder, I thought you may have got busy.

For anyone who notices the shortened name, Folders have a 32 character limit (including spaces)

The May Book Pick is Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

This was the runner-up in this years March Madness competition.

Synopsis: (view spoiler)[ A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and discovers dark fae magic, friendship, and love in the start of a heartwarming and enchanting new fantasy series.

Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on the study of faeries. She is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world's first encyclopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people. She could never make small talk at a party--or even get invited to one. And she prefers the company of her books, her dog, and the Fair Folk.

So when she arrives in the hardscrabble village of Hrafnsvik, Emily has no intention of befriending the gruff townsfolk. Nor does she care to spend time with another new arrival: her dashing and insufferably handsome academic rival Wendell Bambleby, who manages to charm the townsfolk, get in the middle of Emily's research, and utterly confound and frustrate her.

But as Emily gets closer and closer to uncovering the secrets of the Hidden Ones--the most elusive of all faeries--lurking in the shadowy forest outside the town, she also finds herself on the trail of another mystery: Who is Wendell Bambleby, and what does he really want? To find the answer, she'll have to unlock the greatest mystery of all--her own heart. (hide spoiler)]

Any of the following words/phrases.

"Banned in British Columbia"
"Lem"
"Check the Wiki"
"AnyHoo"
"When you put it that way"

Sean Lookielook wrote: "Veronica mispronounces a name."

Sean loves a quick game 😉

I expect to see Book 3 of "The Kingkiller Chronicles" before we see "The Winds of Winter"

Tamahome wrote: "I'm 57% in Death's End, the third book. I would definitely put Cixin Liu in the top scifi category."

Not top 3 though. 😕

In Fantasy I'd be picking from Brandon Sanderson, Tad Williams, N.K Jemisin, GRR Martin, Stephen King, Robin Hobb, , Naomi Novak and Neil Gaiman