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Unseen wrote:
You can’t have any sort of ethical system without absolutes. You can make ethical pronouncements till the cows come home, but without some sort of absolute value(s), you have no foundation to build one on.

It seems that with any sort of absolutes there ends up being a gazillion exceptions. Give us an absolute that has no e…[Read more]

I did use AI to help write a song and make suggestions. And then I didn’t care for it, but there is a reasonable workflow if you don’t let it just go hog-wild.

Rather than relying on an ultimate supernatural authority, secular morality can rest on a foundation of shared humanity, reason, and an ongoing commitment to reduce suffering and promote flourishing.

That’s a decent summary.

Unseen wrote:
The aibient Youtube channel puts out hyperrealistic AI-created 11-12 hour long simulated 3D videos like this virtually daily: Imagine how much it would cost and how much time it would take to hire a video artist to create anything like this if the stipulation was “no AI”.

When it comes to music, quantity doesn’t posses a qual…[Read more]

I don’t care about auto tune. At least it’s a human voice. I’m interested in music because of the people involved, their stories and I how can hear those stories in the music. When Robert Johnson sold his soul at the crossroads to play guitar. The day the music died in a plane crash and good ole boys were drinking whisk and rye. When the Beatles…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
My Question to ScholarGPT: Can you write a short essay on the evolution of secular morals and ethics since 1600 to the present day and how it has improved upon the static rules of theistic faith. It’s Answer, 8 seconds later….. The evolution of secular morals and ethics from the 1600s to the present day is a com…

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Spotify is full of AI generated music and fake “artists” already. They had to limit the number of songs that get uploaded per day per account. For years now many people in the music business are now called “recording artists” because they can’t even call themselves musicians. They couldn’t play “Mary Had a Little Lamb” to save their lives. But as…[Read more]

LOL, good one Unseen. Using human shields against HAMAS, LOL. This is so fucking stupid, as if HAMAS would give a damn who they kill. CNN forgot that HAMAS is in the martyr business. It’s like the MAGA/Trump/Nazi playbook. Just accuse your enemies of exactly what you are doing.

Well, Gaza is a pile of rubble. How is that ‘river to the sea’…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:
The Jewish people were looking for a state and a homeland – as are the Palestinians. They have the homeland without the state. It seems like the Palestinians are being used as footballs by all sides. A middle-Eastern homeland and state for a middle-Eastern people seems like a reasonable idea in principle, for both s…

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Unseen wrote:
@ Robert But how many of those baddies would exist except in response to Israel? By your standard the Iroquois Confederacy is a nation-state. Like the European Jews, they were forced off their land and either forced onto reservations (open air concentration camps) or forced into the general colonial population where they are often…

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I answered your question. Yes, the area would be as or more violent if the Jews were not there. Even though the place would barely be worth fighting over.

Look around at all the peaceful Muslims in Sudan, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia, and the Congo that have nothing to do with Israel. Are there Jewish groups complete with suicide bombers…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
@ Jake I asked a simple question with a yes or no answer: Would the Middle East be the tinder box it is had Israel never been created? I haven’t heard you or anyone else say “Yes, it would,” so essentially you all agree with me, or so it would appear.

The Jewish State of Israel is one of the oldest countries in the world. Musli…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Hi Michael……those angels might be the nefarious ones as they seem to have blocked viewing. I hope you kept the original ones on your cellphone.

Luckily, most mundane atheists do understand that folks with such great comprehension of sciences yet undiscovered, can’t be bothered with the tedious mechanics of posting to a forum.