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AI and the Performing Arts

Posted by Pikes Peak 14115 User icon on September 26, 2026, 3:14 pm
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In the AI video above, I expressed my opinion about AI and the performing arts. AI is proliferating exponentially on You Tube. Much if it is either stupid, misleading, or outright wrong. Consider these two questions from an AI generated quiz. Can you spot the glaring stupidity?

On my piece on election security, the AI speech to text mistook the German word König for "cruel nick" and Führer once as "fear" and another time as "Pharoah."

Aspen on the lower slopes of Mt Sherman

First sticking snow of the season on Mt. Sherman

Not much snow, but it's a start

The cloud ocean covering South Park, with a wave lapping up onto the beach of Mt. Sherman's lower slopes.

The SCOTUS ruling Friday paved the way for the red states to comply with the demand for voter roles to the Federal government for control and oversight, if they didn't already. It put the 34 states that sued and won 34-0 at risk- either they comply or defy.

We have the worst POTUS in US history, the worst SCOTUS, the worst Congress, House and Senate, and the worst political party (GOP) all enjoined in a perfect storm of assault on our democracy.

The battle lines are drawn eerily similar to those of the 1861-65 Civil War; the deep south and sympathetic midwestern states, with the 34 blue and purple states. SCOTUS lit the match, and if the felon declares a "national emergency" to reject the vote and pass control over seating legislators to the Mike Johnson GOP led House... I predict if that happens, all hell will break loose and the 6 Jan Insurrection will look like a firecracker in comparison. The conflict won't be confined to the Capitol, and with ICE and DHS deployed to potential battleground locations, we may face a very dangerous period in history. I certainly will not accept that. Will you?

You can look away from a painting, but you can't listen away from a symphony

Most of your pix or videos show up as little boxes with X in them for me

Posted by Sia User icon on September 26, 2026, 9:41 pm, in reply to "AI and the Performing Arts"
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So it's impossible for me to properly respond.

Just saying so you don't think you're efforts are being ignored. For some reason, it doesn't display for me and maybe others too?

In a world where you can be anything, choose to be kind.

I used the upload images tool in the tray

Posted by Pikes Peak 14115 User icon on September 26, 2026, 10:14 pm, in reply to "Most of your pix or videos show up as little boxes with X in them for me"
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The pix display OK for me.

I'll link them again below.

You can look away from a painting, but you can't listen away from a symphony

Thanks, but only the last one came through. the others are little boxes.

Posted by Sia User icon on September 26, 2026, 10:36 pm, in reply to "I used the upload images tool in the tray"
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You might need to use a different format? Anything that comes off our own computer or phone shows up for us, but not necessarily for anyone else.

I'll look within the admin function software to see if I can identify the problem.

In a world where you can be anything, choose to be kind.

Okay, i checked out the html code you used . Were those stock photos or your own?

Posted by Sia User icon on September 26, 2026, 10:50 pm, in reply to "Thanks, but only the last one came through. the others are little boxes. "
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Your link=

The actual stock photo link it took me to when I snagged just the link out of the html you used:

Next time, try using the BBCode rather than the html code. Iow, use [ ] with IMG and /IMG inside instead of the html with the < >

In a world where you can be anything, choose to be kind.

If our tool in the tray isn't working, that's Boardhost's problem, no?

Posted by Pikes Peak 14115 User icon on September 26, 2026, 10:48 pm, in reply to "Thanks, but only the last one came through. the others are little boxes. "
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Lis, I see them fine.

I dropped Boat-o-fuckit a long time ago when they required a paid subscription. That nickel and dime app stuff can add up to combined major expense in no time flat.

You can look away from a painting, but you can't listen away from a symphony

Try going to ibb directly. Bookmark this link to use from now on

Posted by Sia User icon on September 26, 2026, 10:57 pm, in reply to "If our tool in the tray isn't working, that's Boardhost's problem, no?"

https://imgbb.com/

It works much better than Boardhost's connection at the bottom of the text box for posts. Plus you can choose size and html, BBCode, or user links. Use BBC as much as possible because Boardhost is based on BBCode, not html.

Using the website directly also means you paste the link given directly without needing to use the optional tools below the text box either.

In a world where you can be anything, choose to be kind.

Oh, and it is free. Just make an account and it will save all of your images to be reused any time.

Posted by Sia User icon on September 26, 2026, 11:01 pm, in reply to "Try going to ibb directly. Bookmark this link to use from now on"
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In a world where you can be anything, choose to be kind.

Posted by Pikes Peak 14115 User icon on September 26, 2026, 11:28 pm, in reply to "Oh, and it is free. Just make an account and it will save all of your images to be reused any time. "
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I did that before. Have an account

Does this work?

You can look away from a painting, but you can't listen away from a symphony

Yes. Perfectly. B&W, no color, yes?

Posted by Sia User icon on September 27, 2026, 12:58 am, in reply to "OK"
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In a world where you can be anything, choose to be kind.

Barely color. Drab day

Posted by Pikes Peak 14115 User icon on September 27, 2026, 3:53 pm, in reply to "Yes. Perfectly. B&W, no color, yes?"
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You can look away from a painting, but you can't listen away from a symphony

Then your pix came i. perfectly!

Posted by Sia User icon on September 27, 2026, 4:52 pm, in reply to "Barely color. Drab day"

I don't think it takes videos though. So keep using what we were using for videos.

In a world where you can be anything, choose to be kind.

My vids are all You Tube

Posted by Pikes Peak 14115 User icon on September 28, 2026, 2:50 pm, in reply to "Then your pix came i. perfectly!"

Prolly some glitch in the IMB system or with Boardhost, or both.
Maybe it was Chinese internet laundering, or Trump.
He and Xi just summited.

South from La Plata summit

West from Castle Peak summit

East from Wetterhorn summit

Castle Peak with new snow

Dull aspen on way to Uncompahbre

Uncompahgre and dull aspen

You can look away from a painting, but you can't listen away from a symphony

Your pix came up perfectly this time.

Posted by Sia User icon on September 28, 2026, 7:03 pm, in reply to "My vids are all You Tube"
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Are you using the link I gave or? Or still using the upload feature within the posting window? Whichever it was, it's all good now!

In a world where you can be anything, choose to be kind.

It was the regular way

Posted by Pikes Peak 14115 User icon on September 28, 2026, 9:56 pm, in reply to "Your pix came up perfectly this time. "
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Must have been their glitch.

I wonder how Kite Lake got its name?
Sits in the bowl between Mt. Democrat and Mt. Bross.
The tail here is a road.
The stream is the line of darker green to the left, and then to the right of the road.
It becomes the South Platte River.

You can look away from a painting, but you can't listen away from a symphony

Perfect name for it!

Posted by Sia User icon on September 28, 2026, 11:10 pm, in reply to "It was the regular way"
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In a world where you can be anything, choose to be kind.

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