Summer Kit in February
NBDN Jacket
Pronto Slubs

IHM-42
888D

IHD-01od (with some new copper snaps)
Pronto Slubs

Finally some decent weather
526-SL
634-UHR

Attempted some morel foraging. Didn’t find anything, but I had a decent time outside.
Army Hat
16ss
502ib

J-124
Pronto Slubs

Duck if you buck
Untucked
634-UHR

526-SL
634-UHR
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Should have worn another jacket and gloves…

Micro fleece CPO
634-UHR
North Face

Iron Heart handling business during the flurries
526-SL
634-UHR

@FOXY what great news!! Enjoy being them up. We certainly will enjoy the photos along the ride!

@FOXY 2 patches. Red arcs. Gold W. Woah. Crazy cool pair. Please beat these up for the next coming years please

@FOXY let’s go! That’s epic and they’re clean too. Wouldn’t mind seeing a couple of close ups and details of the collab. Time capsule pair

@Oaktavia you are really beating the hell out of this CPO. Well done dude! You’re on summer break soon. Time to bust out the short sleeves

This jacket is having a very awesome time

Hoping for some larger thighs here

@northsouthdenimguy Speaking of construction… my brother is a welder and is working on erecting a data center. Here’s some inside info. 1. They’re chronically behind schedule and what they expect to be done in one year will take at least two or more. 2. By the time the centers are up and running, they’ve got about 2 years before they need upgrades due to obsolete technology 3. There are worker shortages and corners being cut everywhere so the quality of the facilities is not on par with the demands of the equipment.

All of this to say, the big grand ideas of it all happening aren’t realistic in the actual execution. The building of the initial network will be extremely flawed and require constant maintenance and upkeep.

I certainly recognize all the potential risk involved. There are outcomes that are less than ideal for human life. I also believe that by the time that is actually able to happen, the public and companies funding this will realize it’s not as worth it as they initially thought. I’ve seen quite a few articles recently saying that AI work is becoming more expensive than human work. It really just makes me chuckle at this point. Maybe I’m an optimist, but I think this whole thing is going to flop in 10 years and we’ll see a huge shift in culture to less technology across the board. Again, just one dudes opinion.

@Chap Great start! Looking forward to this jackets evo. Should be a fun one!

@endo once it crosses the pond. I’m up for a leg!

My company is developing AI. I can say that AI is very far away from doing all the bad things. It’s mostly a Language Learning Model (LLM) and not a sentient being. I like to tell people that AI can only be as smart as the total of all humans, which speaking within the entire cosmos, isn’t that smart. Humans are flawed, which means what we create as a non-human species will be flawed. While the idea of shutting off power, resources, and so on is feasible, it’s not that big of a reality to me because once the humans die, AI has nothing to do. AI is being designed to do stuff. Any sentient species who has higher intelligence than humans will see that Earth may not be the best place for it. I believe that it would rather leave Earth, than destroy it.

On another note, the only people I see pushing AI are two kinds of people: complete idiots and snake oil salesmen. The highest users are not the most competent people around. The average thinker can, more often than not, tell the difference between a human interaction, art, or piece of media than a generated one. Most folks hold authenticity and genuine interaction higher than a quick fix. I can see my own generation starting to reject technology, the younger generations are openly sabotaging, denouncing, and ignoring AI and “advanced” technology.

I use it for fun mostly, making silly images and seeing how I can push its limits. I also know that my own creativity is more powerful than a computer. AI and computers are tools. They will be used as such.

To me the Big AI scare is just another way mass media tries to influence people to be fearful, doubtful, and emotionally unbalanced in their lives and interactions with others. The universal truths of kindness, compassion, love, and openness are being targeted by opposition to keep people from connecting and appreciating the things in life that cannot be monetized. AI and tech are just another drop in that bucket.

Weapons themselves are not to be feared. The one who wields the weapon is to be the one in question. I would say the fear that most have are what the people with the highest levels of AI are going to do with it. From experience, it’s probably to make money and keep people paying bills and subscriptions to continue financing greed and war. Haha. Just one dudes opinion