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   Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2026 21:32:16 JST Eugen Rochko

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   Amelia and I got to visit the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels--specifically the old masters collection--and it was fascinating. Didn't have nearly enough time to see everything, only a couple of rooms before closing time. They don't prepare you for how large these paintings are in real life.

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2026 21:38:06 JST Eugen Rochko

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     I hate that I had to think about the modern equivalent of asbestos--the wonder material of AI--at the time, but it made me think of how a line its proponents often use is that the introduction of generative AI mirrors the advance from painting to photography--a line that's been said to me even on this platform. Of course, that's a lie. Photography never replaced *this*. It simply cannot.

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     :antifa: thorsten (tbachner@ruhr.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2026 21:54:04 JST :antifa: thorsten

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     @Gargron Kann der Vogel auch mal arbeiten? Den lieben langen Tag inne Weltgeschichte am rumjetten. #LifestyleFritz

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     Fardels Bear (riggbeck@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Feb-2026 22:12:05 JST Fardels Bear

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     @Gargron

     I can see how AI might be compared to photography. A camera records exactly what it 'sees' but a photograph is equally subjective. It depends on the settings and the choices a photographer makes in framing the subject, while AI shows its bias in the algorithms and the type of data it uses.

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     Jeff Grigg (jeffgrigg@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Feb-2026 00:12:17 JST Jeff Grigg

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     @Gargron

     I like the analogy of Generative AI to asbestos — a toxic problem that must be removed at great expense at a later date.

     But I have to point out that asbestos was *actually quite useful* and used, all the way back to the stone age — for its fireproof fibrous properties. We only learned of the health impacts relatively recently.

     Generative AI, while quite the parlor trick, and good for impressive demos (when you overlook the obvious problems), has only ever shown quite limited value.

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     Sara Hjelm (sarahjelm@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Feb-2026 01:32:35 JST Sara Hjelm

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     @Gargron I really agree .. fortunately I visited at an early hour, so had more time. It is the same as the Uffizi gallery in Florens, you have to put a whole day aside