Blender stepped straight into a blender, and they should have known better.
It’s not just that generic “AI is bad” sentiment is so strong in FOSS or with the general public. It’s that AI companies are specifically targeting the livelihood and self-worth of artists and designers — Blender’s primary customers.
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Blondshell:
🎵 Heart Has to Work So Hard
#Blondshell
https://blondshell.bandcamp.com/track/heart-has-to-work-so-hard
https://open.spotify.com/track/4wwOje67xW4mPCf8JvmWYK
Ah, they have this explicitely written:
> The Blender Development Fund is a donation platform. Individuals and organizations contribute to support Blender's development without acquiring decision-making power over the project's direction.
https://fund.blender.org/funding-policy/
Contrary to Elon Musk's claims about Neuralink Blindsight, ReVision Implant admits about their V1 implant that it will not work for congenitally blind adults, i.e. "blindness contracted from birth as then the visual cortex does not develop normally" https://www.revision-implant.com/faq
A timeline of Steelers' quarterback blunders in ongoing journey to find Ben Roethlisberger's successor
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/timeline-of-steelers-…
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Blender/116482997785333001
Hey, Blender, I hear Palantir also has some blood money to invest in whitewashing their reputation. Want me to put you guys in touch or are you already talking?
A few days ago, I read about PGBackRest's (#Blender #Anthropic
If you compare the challenges that a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant for restoring vision still has to overcome with the challenges for The vOICe (sound-guided mental imagery)... https://www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm Supporting independent and open science