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Ms. Toad

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12. I understand that you saw the acronym AI and reacted.

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Reply #10)

Sat May 30, 2026, 02:14 PM

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I'm encouraging you to open your mind to the possibility that people who have artistic abilities - which they cannot physically implement - might be one of the extremely positive uses of AI.

You might want to at least listen to his before music, and his after music, before you assume that using AI as a tool makes it "shit and generic."

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Uhhhh? gulliver Saturday #5

His music must be pretty shit and generic SamuelTheThird Saturday #4

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Yes, I read the article SamuelTheThird Saturday #10

I understand that you saw the acronym AI and reacted. Ms. Toad Saturday #12

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