At NeurIPS this year, I was invited to talk about my perspective on generative AI. I spoke on the parallels between AlphaGo’s impact on professional Go, how that connects with what’s happening in creative industries today, & a bunch of musings on art, AI, and meaning. 1/🧵

I wrote about how someone released a deepfake model of me recently. And while it’s illegal to post graphic deepfake images of someone, it’s not yet clear if it would be illegal to publish & distribute deepfake AI *models* of someone. These are things states can look into now.

State level bills get passed more quickly—as we’ve seen the revenge porn law which arrived 21 years ahead of federal. So while it’s not perfect, it’s the best thing regular people can hope for in terms of protection right now. 6/.

Imagine today, without AI-specific regulations, if you come to new harms due to AI that’s not yet in the law books, you might have no recourse as a victim because whatever happens to you may not yet be considered illegal, as was the case for revenge porn victims in the past. 5/

This means that up till now, depending on the state you live in, it was legal for someone to share explicit photos of you, and there would be nothing you can do if it destroyed your life. 4/.

An example: the US recently criminalized revenge porn. This federal law comes 21 years after the first state passed protection in 2004. Twenty-one years later! 3/.

While regulations at federal level is ideal so that laws can be standardized nation-wide, in reality, it takes an extremely long time to happen—sometimes decades—which could leave people with no recourse if they experience new harms due to AI in the meantime. 2/.

The US was proposing a ban on AI regulations at state levels in a new bill—it’s been officially struck down. This is good news because now states can pass regulations to protect people from potential Al harms quickly, which we all need today. 1/

It was interesting to see og Gundam kept pliable in design and animation like in the original series. I thought they would get rid of the bendiness, but it was surprising to see it depicted! . #GQuuuuuuX.

Petition to give Tekkadan the GQuuuuuuX universe ending please 😭

GQuuuuuuX was an interesting take on Gundam. It didn’t go how I expected, but I loved them giving some characters their happy endings. Was very charmed by a lot of the designs, & quality of the animation was so gorgeous. Thank you to all the staff for your hard work!. #GQuuuuuuX

Also writing down community discussions into a Google doc?!! Adorable lol

People are sharing their 1 year experience on Cara under the hashtag caraversary, and it’s so incredibly cool to read how it’s changed their relationship with social media!! I hope we can continue on in this (imo) very cool direction

So it’s very cool that he was allowed to do this arc for a whole 4.5yrs. Maybe he fought tooth & nail for it, maybe he had the chillest editor/editorial dept supportive. But end result is they got to do something I think was probably perceived as unpopular & I respect it so much.

It’s hard for well-established creators/series to do unpopular things, cuz even if author wanted to, they know there’ll be pushback. Both potentially from existing fans, as well as stakeholders with say & interests in project longevity/financial consistency/worries about fan hate.

4.5 years since World Trigger started on this 7-day arc and it’s finally coming to an end 🥹 . Mad respect to Daisuke Ashihara for turning this into a most unexpected educational manga, & an editor-san who didn’t force him into moving on to battle phase!!

Nightreign matchmaking 😭.

TIL misophonia is a thing and I’ve never felt more seen in my life than scrolling through the subreddit omg

Mushroom foraging is like irl gacha.

Early sc2 participation is an interesting indicator of something.

I know where I’ll be going with modeler friends next time I’m back in Japan 😆.