Apparently they wouldn’t have been allowed to use that character name, except between writing the script and the studio approving it, the name had already been published by the press. So they had their community reaction to it already known, and the public expected it when the film was to be released.

lol thanks for the original original

You’re a moron.

Made some good underlying points in there, said this business-tech degree holder. Guess things got a little heated in the moment?

Not bad to have a chance to borrow a Disney Lucas gif though 🙂 Am interested in responding to some of your thoughts.

Hehe yes indeed now that you mention it!

I do imagine in a world of verifiably ethical, open source, local software, the choice to click five times in one tool or another would be viewed all but equally.

“Ethical” being probably the most important descriptor there. A local open source tool that only siphoned up public domain art from consenting artists? Why would that be a big deal?

Meanwhile if you hear that spirited away guy say he hates AI and then you see his art imitated by it, that’s certainly going to rub many folks the wrong way.

Raised a question:

How much longer until it requires a forensics team to determine whether a meme was handmade or of synthetic origin?

And we’ll never know, selfishly speaking, the possible extent of his further contributions to society. Died at 26 after an incredible life already.

Besides his life, what else did they steal from us?

RIP Aaron

(Reposting my comment from last year)

“No, no… the robbery’s far too far to walk”

Or

ConAir.avi

vs… wait, abort, abort!

TIL MIUI as in Xiaomi User Interface

Wife not fren, fren?

Dang mr. two steps ahead over here

Or… Ms. Mr. Ability to trace back from one step ahead without knowing where the first step came from, OK gotta workshop that one