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#91
Off the Record / Re: Who's Hottest (Renaissance...
Last post by Norgy - December 05, 2025, 01:25:13 PMSimonetta gets my vote. 
#92
Off the Record / Re: Who's Hottest (Renaissance...
Last post by Jacob - December 05, 2025, 01:21:45 PMI love this thread 
... I haven't voted yet. I'm still deliberating.
I've been searching for some other renaissance portraits and (unsurprisingly in these times) found a whole bunch of "renaissance style" portraits being pushed. It's interesting how easy it is to distinguish the modern takes on renaissance from the genuine articles (and, I think, how easy it is to distinguish AI generated "renaissance style" from work done by actual humans).
I'm assuming, Sav, that one of the criteria for this "hotties" vote is that it must be a named person and not some "portrait of a young woman" or Madonna painting?
... I haven't voted yet. I'm still deliberating.
I've been searching for some other renaissance portraits and (unsurprisingly in these times) found a whole bunch of "renaissance style" portraits being pushed. It's interesting how easy it is to distinguish the modern takes on renaissance from the genuine articles (and, I think, how easy it is to distinguish AI generated "renaissance style" from work done by actual humans).
I'm assuming, Sav, that one of the criteria for this "hotties" vote is that it must be a named person and not some "portrait of a young woman" or Madonna painting?
#93
Off the Record / Re: Who's Hottest (Renaissance...
Last post by Savonarola - December 05, 2025, 12:49:11 PMIt looks like la bella Simonetta has a commanding lead, Languish shares the tastes of Lorenzo il Magnifico.
Usually, due to my sig, I'd be inclined to pick Lurezia Borgia, but asking her out for una tazza di caffè would be a phenomenally bad idea. Even if her brother didn't kill you, her family still had that magic ring which could turn you into a dog if you weren't careful.
A version of the Bronzino Portrait of Elanora di Toledo is in the Detroit Institute of Arts (there's another in Uffizi.) The version in the poll (taken from the BBC) doesn't really due justice to it. She's both looking down and sideways at the viewer (as is Lucrezia Borgia) but in the actual portrait the effect is much more pronounced. When standing in front of it it's hard not to think of Dennis the Constitutional Peasant: "What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior!" (I didn't know the part in the BBC article about how her style combined the Spanish and Florentine styles. While there is a lot of commentary at the Detroit Institute of Arts, it usually focuses on the projection of wealth and power.)
Isabella d'Este was one of the most remarkable women of her age. Due to her efforts small and perpetually broke Mantua not only survived (in an era when everyone and the Pope was beating on each other) but also managed to become a leading art city. Unfortunately the portrait here makes her look cross-eyed. (It's probably one of those portraits where the eyes seem to follow you around, but loses something in the smaller size.)
Usually, due to my sig, I'd be inclined to pick Lurezia Borgia, but asking her out for una tazza di caffè would be a phenomenally bad idea. Even if her brother didn't kill you, her family still had that magic ring which could turn you into a dog if you weren't careful.
A version of the Bronzino Portrait of Elanora di Toledo is in the Detroit Institute of Arts (there's another in Uffizi.) The version in the poll (taken from the BBC) doesn't really due justice to it. She's both looking down and sideways at the viewer (as is Lucrezia Borgia) but in the actual portrait the effect is much more pronounced. When standing in front of it it's hard not to think of Dennis the Constitutional Peasant: "What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior!" (I didn't know the part in the BBC article about how her style combined the Spanish and Florentine styles. While there is a lot of commentary at the Detroit Institute of Arts, it usually focuses on the projection of wealth and power.)
Isabella d'Este was one of the most remarkable women of her age. Due to her efforts small and perpetually broke Mantua not only survived (in an era when everyone and the Pope was beating on each other) but also managed to become a leading art city. Unfortunately the portrait here makes her look cross-eyed. (It's probably one of those portraits where the eyes seem to follow you around, but loses something in the smaller size.)
#94
Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread
Last post by Jacob - December 05, 2025, 12:47:41 PMQuote from: Josquius on December 05, 2025, 12:46:37 PMNo. It's honesty. It cannot express how sorry it is.
It totally could. It could write "I am incapable of emotions, therefore I am not sorry in any meaningful sense of the word."
#95
Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread
Last post by Josquius - December 05, 2025, 12:46:37 PMNo. It's honesty. It cannot express how sorry it is.
#96
Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread
Last post by Jacob - December 05, 2025, 12:45:34 PM"I cannot express how sorry I am"
A piece of software performing a pastiche of human emotion to bamboozle end users when the software does harm.
A piece of software performing a pastiche of human emotion to bamboozle end users when the software does harm.
#97
Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread
Last post by The Minsky Moment - December 05, 2025, 12:38:19 PMQuote from: HisMajestyBOB on December 05, 2025, 11:51:45 AMLike in so many things, AI here is just doing something we already have good tools for, but in a worse way and burning far more resources.
But at least it apologizes.
#98
Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...
Last post by Jacob - December 05, 2025, 12:30:35 PMWhat's happening in Quebec?
#99
Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...
Last post by Grey Fox - December 05, 2025, 12:08:22 PMEh, I'm fucked too. 20 years of QS voting down the drain because it's all pro-religion bullshit nowadays. I miss GND.
#100
Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread
Last post by HisMajestyBOB - December 05, 2025, 11:51:45 AMQuote from: DGuller on December 05, 2025, 10:15:42 AMQuote from: HisMajestyBOB on December 05, 2025, 06:39:43 AMDon't give a clanker root access to your computer.The whole point of agentic AI is that you don't need to do such rote tasks, it will do them for you.
The whole point of permissions is to avoid deleting all your data accidentally.
And the whole point of scripts like cron jobs is to automate rote tasks in a predictable and safe way.
Like in so many things, AI here is just doing something we already have good tools for, but in a worse way and burning far more resources.