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dupsikon How I use AI (Oct 2026)

It was about a month, putting time into it almost every day. But a lot of that was learning how to use the platform/tools and learning how to write prompts for Seedance.

dupsikon How I use AI (Oct 2026)

Yeah there are definitely things that don't feel quite right. Part of that was my own shortcomings and the time limit on the project... but I think the tools are at the point now where with enough time and attention they can make something that feels totally real.

dupsikon How I use AI (Oct 2026)

You might like some of the ones in that list better than mine!

dupsikon How I use AI (Oct 2026)

The "Art & music & video" section is really puzzling to me. On one hand, the author mentions liking some AI music, and then links to low-effort songs that at best you could call sort-of catchy... and on the other hand, the author writes about AI video: "Has it ever been used for good?"

Gen-AI can and is being used to make real, worthwhile movies. The best video model available, Seedance 2.5, can't produce clips longer than 30 seconds. The human artistry comes from which clips/shots you ask for and how you edit them together to tell a story. Plenty of people are doing good work here.

Here are some examples. Even if you don't like these personally, they aren't slop. You can feel the creator's intention behind them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2__VhU7_3lw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl3oob03rdE

https://higgsfield.ai/@nue_nue/projects/listen-to-meh

https://higgsfield.ai/@sssacccade/projects/hunger-ai-short-f...

(This one is mine, just FYI) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8XUH2OXXfA

dupsikon The Importance of Limitations for Creativity and Learning (2023)

> I think the lack of limits in the form of structure is what makes people’s dreams (generally) so boring to hear about - there’s no limits and no structure and no rules. It’s just seemingly-random events.

I wonder why our own dreams are so fascinating, then.

dupsikon Meta's Vision for Superintelligence

>Over the last few months we have begun to see glimpses of our AI systems improving themselves. The improvement is slow for now, but undeniable.

Does anyone know what this is referring to?

dupsikon Grok: Searching X for "From:Elonmusk (Israel or Palestine or Hamas or Gaza)"

That quote was not from a conversation with Tucker Carlson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nBx-37c3c8

dupsikon The ingenious design of the aluminum beverage can (2015) [video]

I have a memory of this, too. I remember the first soda I encountered with the larger opening being Surge.

All the other sodas I saw at the time had this opening: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/POE_Stay...

Then, not long after Surge, I started seeing the larger opening on everything.