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    https://www.deviantart.com/dualmask/art/Open-For-Commissions-994984533
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    @aMhayes well am*zon allows for free excerpts, link them. I think a a collaboration will be cool. I have thought about the writers on aalbc doing a book together, each making one story. We can make it free and publish it across platforms, thus we each can highlight aalbc and carry our fanbases to each other. but I have only considered the all
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    Where do you share your stories? if possible share them here?
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    Kobo plus has expanded https://kobowritinglife.com/2023/11/14/rakuten-kobo-launches-kobo-plus-in-norway-sweden-finland-and-denmark/
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    @Pioneer1 Exactly , exactly. The point is whomever is the producer, can override directors /actors or anyone else... the money is in control. I comprehend your point completely. If I was the producer of the upside I still would do what i said. but, in parallel, as producer, if I had five movies that I was certain to finance and begin preproduction in 2024, none would be like the upside. My five would be: 1) a high john the conqueror film[you will not want to produce this] - animation +fantasy 2) a fantasy film concerning ancient nubia- fantasy+history+live action 3) I admit, a science fiction film of my own writing:) 4) a film copying the basic idea of blood syndicate of milestone [you will not finance this film and will probably speak against it in media:) ]- superhero+action 5) and while I don't care to remakes in general. I am a big fan of three the hard way, not a fan of dolemite, so we can co produce, a new three the hard way. action film, live action In things I would like to produce I have preferences. And i prefer, more positive depictions of black people than in the upside than in white produced media. What you have to comprehend is I grew up with positive black images in media. I realize you and most black people sadly didn't, but I did. And I would oppose financing a film where a black billionaire helps a white felon. Not my money. well, to the films that involved black people in the 1970s. first, most of those films were written or directed by whites. I made whole post in this community, But from a fiscal perspective, most were what we will call today independent films. What i think you miss is that as black wealth in the usa increased, the larger studios made black films, but larger studios come with a less genre based style. You talk of three the hard way, that movie wasn't made by paramount or disney or mgm or universal or 20th century fox or columbia pictures. Sweet sweetback independent, distributed by small distributor. Cotton comes to harlem, samuel goldwyn, small producer Shaft which is from a white author which black people seem to not realize, was small too, mgm distributed. but they didn't finance. foxy borwn, american international pictures, again small uptown saturday night produced by first artists cooley high, american international again corn bread earl and me, american international Even the wiz was produced by motown , distributed by universal sparkle was independent like sweetback superfly was independent produced, warner bros distributed. So I hope I proved my point. You speak of the 1970s films usually financed or written by whites that involve black characters, but most of the post 1980s films that have black characters are not produced by small studios, these are major studio films and with that comes a different angle. Major studios are not going to make films like small independent studios. That has always been the truth. And to be blunt, black movie goers, don't help. whereas black movie goers in the 1970s were willing to see superfly. They were not as interested in low budget meteor man I think no less quality than foxy brown but had an epiphany with black panther. So independent films don't resonante with the modern black film going audience as in the 1970s. @ProfD I have been fortunate to learn a little bit about the film industry. The blunt truth is, Oprah/Pioneer or anyone black could produce that movie. I know it could be produced in NYC 100%. 100%. Now would it be circulated in theaters, advertised all over the world? that requires far more money than making the film in a lot of cases. Making films is in parts. Getting the money to finance to make a film is doable, even for black wealth. But getting the movie advertised plus shown is .. expensive. The barbie movie for example, spent more money on the advertisement and campaigns than the movie. And, to the OWN network, well, networks work by advertisers. The OWN network is a poor example to use. But, online their are film hosting sites for nollywood or owned by black people. They could easily host the film. But will it get advertised. Will people buy subscriptions for this one film. I don't know. BUT, the film, black billionaire+ white felon, can be made. Remember, white man's burden 1995 is functionally in the same zone as the film pioneer1 talks about producing. MAking films is not as hard as people think but it is the adveritising, the showing all over the world which is very expensive, really doubles the money and for non special effects laden films, most producers/advertisers/accountants will oppose as the revenue on return is usually calculated as not good enough
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    @Pioneer1 It's funny, in the movies that move we review, Nike seconds your sentiment. This is based on a true story, which was made into a french film and then a usa film. In france as in the usa, labor is designed to place people based on phenotype into a solid form, a stereotype. In the real story, the french film or the usa film a key plot point is that he is an exconvict who through opportunity , a rare thing given to exconvicts the world over, is lifted. If you ask me, does the upside film continue the stereotype of financially downtrodden black men in white european produced film, not all media,not all types of produced film, but white european produced film? yes. Now I could argue black people need to stop watching white produced film if they don't like how white money usually accepts portraying blacks but... I find all the black images i need in black produced artwork: books/music/graphical representatons/film I don't require white produced art to show black people positively. Sequentially, for me, black excon's isn't a stereotype in the media that matters most to me. If you ask me, if I was the producer , would I demand the story plot point remain the same? yes. I would not accepted writers making kevin hart a construction worker recently laid off or a college drop out. Not my produced film. Maybe cause in NYC I know fully well what incarceration has done to the black community in NYC, I like a black man from prison, getting opportunity, and using it successfully to a positive end. If a writer says to me, the producer, the money, they want to change kevin hart's characters background to a college dropout or construction worker laid off, I will reply no way. A white excon is able in real life but in fiction a black excon can't? I don't like that messaging and not with my money. If you, Pioneer1 are the producer of said film, based on your words, and with the only change left you can make to manipulate kevin hart's characters background, you demand writers make kevin hart a construction worker laid off or college student dropped out, am I correct? your answer in comments please my evidence cause I know among black people in the usa, this is always needed. https://www.gala.fr/stars_et_gotha/abdel_sellou
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    Black Lion and Cubs An animation series, an online game. Enjoyed it. How far did you get in the game?
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    I played the game, here are some shots. I enjoyed the trailer. Couldn't embed, so you have to use the link below. Official site https://www.blacklionandcubs.com/ Video game http://valleyofthekings.blacklionandcubs.com/ On the blackeducationstation https://www.blackeducationstation.com/black-lion-and-cubs-cartoon Season 2 trailer https://www.blackeducationstation.com/black-lion-and-cubs-cartoon/videos/blc-season-2-intro more information info@blacklionandcubs.com
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    @Pioneer1 I quote what you said that was wrong... in my opinion
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    My R&A - response and articles

     

    The article title is terrible. Bill gates didn't say everyone will have an AI powered personal assisstant. He said , and I quote:" anyone who’s online will be able to have a personal assistant powered by artificial intelligence that’s far beyond today’s technology"

    Human beings who are fiscally poor are somebodies. And the people who are online are not a measure of humanity. Again most people are not online. 

     

    Bill Gates predicts everyone will have an AI-powered personal assistant within 5 years—whether they work in an office or not: ‘They will utterly change how we live’

    Chloe Taylor

    Fri, November 10, 2023 at 7:58 AM EST·4 min read

    Artificial intelligence might be dividing experts when it comes to its potential to destroy mankind or force people out of their jobs—but according to Bill Gates, it’s going to land us all with our very own executive assistant in less than a decade.

    In a post to his official blog on Thursday, the billionaire Microsoft cofounder said that even in 2023, “software is still pretty dumb”—but he predicted that this would “change completely” within the next five years.

    Instead of having multiple different apps on our devices to carry out different tasks, he said, users would simply need to tell their device, in everyday language, what they want to do. That’s where so-called AI-powered “agents” will step in, Gates said.

    “In the near future, anyone who’s online will be able to have a personal assistant powered by artificial intelligence that’s far beyond today’s technology,” he wrote. “Agents are smarter. They’re proactive—capable of making suggestions before you ask for them.”

    These personal assistants, capable of carrying out different tasks across different apps, will continuously improve over time as they get to know their users, according to Gates. For example, if you were planning a trip, existing chatbots might only be able to identify hotels that fit within your budget—but an agent will know what time of year you’ll be traveling and whether you always seek out new destinations or prefer to return to the same place.

    “When asked, it will recommend things to do based on your interests and propensity for adventure, and it will book reservations at the types of restaurants you would enjoy,” Gates said. “If you want this kind of deeply personalized planning today, you need to pay a travel agent and spend time telling them what you want.”

    AI agents will also drastically overhaul our productivity, Gates added.

    Microsoft and Google are among the plethora of firms already competing to develop productivity-boosting AI with their virtual assistants Copilot and Bard. But according to Gates, the AI agents of the future will “do even more” than those productivity tools.

    “If you have an idea for a business, an agent will help you write up a business plan, create a presentation for it, and even generate images of what your product might look like,” he predicted. “Companies will be able to make agents available for their employees to consult directly and be part of every meeting so they can answer questions.”

    Since the phenomenal rise of OpenAI’s generative AI chatbot ChatGPT, billions of dollars have been poured into the development of artificial intelligence.

    But while the likes of Microsoft, Google, Baidu, and Elon Musk’s xAI are all competing to produce the most disruptive artificial intelligence model, Gates speculated that no single company will dominate the agents business. However, he noted that most of the AI agents of the future would likely be something individuals will have to pay for.

    “[But] if the number of companies that have started working on AI just this year is any indication, there will be an exceptional amount of competition, which will make agents very inexpensive,” he said. “Today, agents are embedded in other software like word processors and spreadsheets, but eventually they’ll operate on their own. Whether you work in an office or not, your agent will be able to help you in the same way that personal assistants support executives today.”

    Ultimately, agents will be able to assist their users with “virtually any activity and any area of life,” Gates insisted.

    “If your friend just had surgery, your agent will offer to send flowers and be able to order them for you,” he wrote. “If you tell it you’d like to catch up with your old college roommate, it will work with their agent to find a time to get together, and just before you arrive, it will remind you that their oldest child just started college at the local university.”

    Gates has previously spoken about how he believes the AI revolution will lead to everyone having their own “white-collar” personal assistants—and he isn’t the only technologist to have made that prediction.

    Earlier this year, internet inventor Tim Berners-Lee told CNBC’s Beyond the Valley podcast that AI would be able to access our data and step into the role of personal assistant.

    Meanwhile, Google DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman said in a September interview that he believed everybody would have their own AI-powered personal assistant within five years.

     

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    https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bill-gates-predicts-everyone-ai-125827903.html

     

    Basically the Murdoch clan to increase evaluation of their media kingdom, a fallen empire, is selling their data to the computer headmasters for a fee. As Murdoch owns dow jones and other institutions with a century of content, I can see how vital this is to the headmasters.

     

    News Corp beats Street estimates, touts generative AI efforts
    Chavi Mehta
    Updated Thu, November 9, 2023 at 5:40 PM EST·2 min read

     

    By Chavi Mehta

    (Reuters) -Media conglomerate News Corp beat Wall Street targets for first-quarter revenue and profit on Thursday and said it was in advanced talks to strike deals on the use of its content for generative artificial intelligence(AI).

    The company's Chief Executive Robert Thomson has been a vocal proponent of having generative AI companies pay for using its content to train their large language models. He has also touted the technology's potential to help reduce costs.

    "We are actively working to make the most of our premium content for AI and are engaged in advanced discussions that we expect to bring significant revenue to the company," Thomson said in a statement.

    These efforts add to the company's push to improve profitability and grow key assets such as Dow Jones.

    Thomson said that News Corp, which is a part of media baron Rupert Murdoch's empire and includes the Wall Street Journal and Sunday Times, is "assiduously" reviewing the company structure.

    The company faces renewed activist investor pressure to restructure itself, including a push to spin off some of its assets, following Murdoch's retirement from News Corp and Fox Corp boards in September.

    Murdoch is the majority shareholder of a Reno, Nevada-based family trust that owns 39% of News Corp's voting shares.

    "Investors clearly do not like (the company structure) as the stock has an estimated 35%-40% conglomerate discount embedded in the current stock price," said Craig Huber, analyst at Huber Research Partners.

    Revenue in the quarter ending Sept. 30 was $2.50 billion, compared with estimates of $2.49 billion, according to Visible Alpha. Adjusted profit per share was 16 cents, above estimates of 12 cents.

    Revenue at the Dow Jones business grew 4% to $537 million, boosted by a 14% rise in professional data services, while revenue at its Digital Real Estate Services unit, which operates Realtor.com, fell about 4%.

     

    URL

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/finance/news/news-corp-beats-quarterly-revenue-212051188.html

  11. richardmurray
    @Chevdove it is in the fiscally rich man meets the fiscally poor man mold. It is meant to be a feel good. I can tell you without unveiling the story that in the end, all the main characters and the subsequent characters are happy, deservedly. @ProfD yeah, well it's a feel good film. It isn't mean tto show much hardship but really overcoming with a happy resolution for all @Pioneer1 This film isn't a comedy. this is a feel good film. There are comical moments but even those are in an unfunny premise. Your wrong, the subtext of the film is how people going through different struggles can help each other. In the end of the film, Hart has reversed his fiscal level from the beginning of the film absent any illegal or criminal activity. Did you even see the review?
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    MORE MOVIES THAT MOVE WE ON AALBC https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?&q="movies that move we"&type=core_statuses_status&quick=1&search_and_or=or&sortby=relevancy
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    I missed it, hope it was fun
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    topics Cento poetry series, round 25 Lee and Low 2024 titles Kobo independent book cover contest Ask a N.A.S.A. agent a question Dates with astrology or astronomy or history, see the newsletter to find out If you made it this far: do you know about female snakes, Legend film soundtracks, the music of Vi Redd, Angelique Noire dress code https://rmnewsletter.over-blog.com/2023/07/11/12/2023-rmnewsletter.html
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    @Pioneer1 I don't recall the series well enough:) I will have to see it again.
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    my pleasure @Troy please check your inbox
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    On Blacktube, I don't know if the site is black owned
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    Who is the First Woman? Meet our new graphic novel hero!
    Artemis [ https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/ ] is the first step in the next era of human exploration. This time when we go to the Moon, we’re staying, to study and learn more than ever before. We’ll test new technologies and prepare for our next giant leap – sending astronauts to Mars. 

    With today’s release of our graphic novel First Woman: NASA’s Promise for Humanity [ https://www.nasa.gov/CallieFirst/ ; free to read: ] you don’t have to wait to join us on an inspiring adventure in space.

    Meet Commander Callie Rodriguez, the first woman to explore the Moon – at least in the comic book universe.

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    In Issue No. 1: Dream to Reality, Callie, her robot sidekick RT, and a team of other astronauts are living and working on the Moon in the not-too-distant future. Like any good, inquisitive robot, RT asks Callie how he came to be – not just on the Moon after a harrowing experience stowed in the Orion capsule – but about their origin story, if you will.

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    From her childhood aspirations of space travel to being selected as an astronaut candidate, Callie takes us on her trailblazing journey to the Moon.

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    As they venture out to check on a problem at a lunar crater, Callie shares with RT and the crew that she was captivated by space as a kid, and how time in her father’s autobody shop piqued her interest in building things and going places.

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    Callie learned at a young age that knowledge is gained through both success and failure in the classroom and on the field.

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    Through disappointment, setbacks, and personal tragedy, Callie pursues her passions and eventually achieves her lifelong dream of becoming an astronaut – a road inspired by the real lives of many NASA astronauts living and working in space today.

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    Callie''s official page
    free to read or listen
    https://www.nasa.gov/CallieFirst/

     

    Video Trailer

     

    First Book Audio
     

     

    URL
    https://nasa.tumblr.com/post/663314232247549952/who-is-the-first-woman-meet-our-new-graphic-novel


     

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    Episode 2 cover page, use links above to read or listen to more

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    Ask Mission Control agents a question
    https://nasa.tumblr.com/ask
    more about them

     

    https://nasa.tumblr.com/post/733440614660767744/whats-it-like-to-work-in-nasas-mission-control

     

     

     

     

     

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    Know any black programmers experienced in the stated tools https://automattic.com/work-with-us/job/systems-engineering/
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    @Dee Miller haha fair enough I could had said, the usa populace is a collection of peoples that all need to go their own way, but whenever i say something that simple people refute it
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    @Troy can you add the two companion books to the game to aalbc's list Book1 https://www.am*zon.com/dp/B005LIMMWK Book2 https://www.am*zon.com/dp/B00HRZCGO4
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    When the secrets of the military combat suit known as WEAPON are exposed to the public, before long they flood the streets and it seems every civilian is using a power suit for crime, chaos or their own selfish ends. To avert the possibility of civil war, General Patricia James, amid dissent from both superiors and subordinates, sponsors a tournament to encourage the "WEAPON-wielders" to compete for fame and fortune, and to inspire the populace. But just as the world begins to embrace the WEAPON as the wave of the future, a dark secret about the origin of the technology emerges, threatening to destroy everything Patricia sought to build. WEAPON Combat League; an action-packed tale in a world of fantastic technology, with stories of action and conflict, of drama and heartbreak, of love and loss, of rivalry, of haves against have-nots, of the balance of power, of the ripple effects of past sins thought buried. Weapons Combat League Book1 https://www.am*zon.com/dp/B005LIMMWK Book2 https://www.am*zon.com/dp/B00HRZCGO4 This project is a prototype ‘battle’ game based on my WEAPON Combat League concept, initially planned as a multimedia project with comics and prose novels. (If you are interested in reading the stories of WEAPON Combat League, you can find links to them here: https://jonathanpriceart.net/products/ ) I do not consider it a ‘fighting’ game because it’s not strictly about martial arts or weapon-based duels (despite the name). This project was meant to mimic the versus modes in classic games such as X-Kaliber 2097, Guardian Heroes and Streets of Rage 2; allowing the core game’s playable characters to duke it out in a versus mode for fun. It’s not a game designed to be in the same genre as a Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat, as that was never my intent. The original design philosophy of the project is "King of Fighters meets Mega Man". More on the Mega Man side. Characters control in platformer style, rather than fighting game style. Some characters have melee attacks, others use projectiles. It has two functioning modes: Team Versus and Team Edit Versus. Both function similarly, but the difference is one focuses on the story’s default team lineups while the other lets players choose their own team members. There is also a database of information about the game and the characters within. However, the versus mode got the lion’s share of my development efforts as I became obsessed with making all the characters ‘feel’ the way I envisioned them. Time passed and I realized that the project’s large number of characters and underdeveloped single player concept made it far too ambitious for me to complete. I realized that I was never going to finish the game under the circumstances, and thus halted development. I’m uploading it here as-is for no required charge, to allow anyone who’s interested to play what I made. Some important notes: There are likely to be glitches as I haven’t balanced or bug-tested all that thoroughly. Much of the art assets are placeholders (such as the arena background and HUD). The game can ONLY be played in two player versus mode. There is no AI single player mode at all. The first player can control with either keyboard or gamepad. Player 2 can only use a second gamepad. However, if one player just wants to mess around, Player 2’s team or characters can be chosen and selected with the Numpad on the keyboard. Inputs can’t be changed, but the controls should be simple enough to understand. The middle segments on the Team Edit screen were for planned characters that were never finished. There is no way to unlock them. Same characters cannot be chosen by either the same player or the opponent. I intend to resurrect WEAPON Combat League with a different approach in the future as I learn new tools for game development. However, this project as it stands is at an end. That said, feedback is fine and welcome, as I'm always eager to learn how to improve my craft. Thanks! url https://dualmask.itch.io/weapon-combat-league-demo
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    I am willing to review, how do i get your book?
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    on facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/162792258578547/permalink/717314409792993/?mibextid=oMANbw
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    The problem is the question, what do you want the USA to be tomorrow? Rubio doesn't want what Amhayes want. Dee Miller doesn't want what amhayes or Rubio want. Richard doesn't want what Rubio, Amhayes or Dee Miller want. A multiracial blend, the racism based on future of the usa, not phenotype. But when a multiracial gathering of people live under one government, the collision of wants is a natural problem. Cause someone has to not get their way, they have to lose. But more than that, they have to lose with a smile. That is the nonviolent mantra or wish that government agents or various advocates in the usa utter all the time. And why does it fail, because what people , all humans, forget at times is people can be very happy in negative scenarios for other humans. The simple truth is the souhern states in the usa were never as fiscally wealthy or militaristically potent than pre war between the states. And every year after is a reminder of the south that was lost. Am I happy said south was lost? yes 100% but that doesn't mean a white person of said south , living today is. People don't hate change in itself, they hate change when they lose with the change. And the usa has a history of people losing moe with change than they could possibly gain, and this energy is getting stronge rby the day but has been growing since the 1960s.
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