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Delete?! Man with the algorithm in control that is the only way to get traffic nowadays.

@richardmurray I'm not sure what you mean, but I don't think use of the avatar I have chosen will be a problem. Now if I wanted to get exclusive use of here for branding purposes I imagine I could pay for this too. Maybe I can even create my own custom AALBC AI generated spokesperson. Thought that would probably be a Black woman around my age. @ProfD there probably has not been a working day that I have not used AI for one reason or another; writing and editing content, creating social media graphics, generating JavaScript, Phyton, HTML, PHP code. I believe the benefits will be relatively short lived. AI has the potential to completely upend the WWW as we know it. It will allow a small number of ultra-powerful corporations to complete their take-over of the web. It saddens me to see this happen; when the web became available to the public it held so much promise. Black media been eviscerated both online and off.

CEMOPTAP is a New York City based grassroots organization that works actively to support Black people. Your probably know some of the revered speakers below: SANCTIONS MUST BE IMPOSED When you Attack the Ancestors, When You Attack the Babies, When You Attack the Community Sanctions must be imposed on Seth McFarland and Netflix. McFarland got away years ago with that terrible image of Harriet Tubman with a nude white woman draped around her, but not this time. They can't and don't do this kind of thing to other people, they can't do it to us. What kind of sanctions must be determined. But if we were to let this type of insult go by and let these images and concepts be consumed by our own children without a response from our people then we have given our historic enemy, permission to exterminate us. Our Elders and Organizations can advise us at the meeting, but we must do something. I'm doing an event that directly conflicts with this Zoom call, but if I can get away from it for a few I will try to connect. My initial reaction after watching this trailer, is not to ban the creation of this type of material, but it definitely should not be made widely available to young people -- of any color. Unfortunately, adult material like this, and far worse is widely and easily available to kids. Near pornographic music videos and actual porn is easily accessible to anyone with a smart phone. I think this is bad. The only thing we can do is shield our kids about this type of media and help educate them about the nature of this content, understand why it is created, and why it is damaging.

Well, you know this is how those conspiracy theories often start 😉

I originally posted this in the Black Literature Forum but am also posting it here, with an expletive (where people will see it 🤨) Anyhow, this is the first AI generated video that I created. With the learning curve of using the software, it took me all of two to make the following video. I even let AI write the script. I picked the young sister from about 20 different avatars. I don't know if she is real, or AI generated.

When I was picking schools one of my requirements was a school with a D1 Gymnastics team. No HBCU qualified. I have NEVER seen this many female Black female collegiate gymnasts at one time -- Ever!

If you are looking for excellent Graphic Novels featuring Black characters visit the African American Literature Book Club. It took about two hours to go from discovering this software to creating the video. I don't know who the sister is in the video. She may be a generated from AI.

Does this suggest that things are predetermined? Sounds like further proof. I’m curious @Pioneer1. How many prophecies were made, roughly? Can you describe three of the most impressive (impossible to predict) that have been fulfilled?

Sounds like you are from my old neighborhood @Wendy Jones I was accepted into Dalton. My daughters went to Nightingale.

Accepting Christ and being brought up by Christian parents are mutually exclusive.

I wonder if there will be a forum in 20 years. For those of us who live long enough and have our marbles the time will go quickly. What happens in the next 20 years will be far more interesting than any solar eclipse.

“If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go” —Curtis Mayfield The only consultation, and it is a fu-ked up one, is that the young man did not die, and he now has $28M. One can argue that he is better off than he would have been... sadly.

Interestingly, I never did aggressively promote the book to Booksellers. I do have some in a few stores most notably The Dock Bookshop in Fort Worth, Texas, and Community Book Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, and a few others. You can find copies offered by third parties on Amazon. however, I’m not sure how those copies have been secured. At the time I created this video I’m sure I was still boycotting Amazon. I not boycotting Amazon today. I got tired of telling Authors I can’t promote their book because it’s only available through Amazon. Besides, they never was a great deal of support for boycotting Amazon. @Wendy Jones that video is only four years old, but it seems like decades ago.

for a second there @aka Contrarian I thought you were dropping a clue and revealing your alter ego as @harry brown 😉

Yeah I thought he was good in creed III too, given what he had to work with.

I was in path of totality in 2017. I drove to Clemson, SC. For the event or was partly cloudy during the full eclipse the sun dipped behind a cloud. In my neck of the woods it was 66% coverage. I donned my glasses from 2017 the sun looked like a crescent moon. If I were going about my normal day I probably would not have noticed the partial eclipse.

@Pioneer1 Do I believe there are beings so advanced of us that they are essentially indistinguishable from a God - almost certainly. Do I believe such a being is preoccupied by us doing their bidding, absolutely not. Is that any clearer? If not, ask a better question.

Point taken 🙂

As far as puff Daddy is concerned, I can’t offer an opinion I don’t know the man I have no idea what he’s been doing, and therefore can’t offer an opinion on how he is being treated by law enforcement. I can say, in general, it is possible that he is being treated more harshly than a white person engaged in the same activity, but that has nothing to do with puffy it’s just the legacy of white racism Now we know they will put white boys in jail, Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein, etc. I can only assume that puffy under suspicion of doing something illegal. I could not watch the Tariq Naseed video. To me, it is just idle gossip. I see no indication that he’s done any investigation or deep research into the subject, and it simply just the expression a largely uninformed opinion. Now I appreciate many people find that appealing. However gossip about people I don’t know is boring to me. No Black people are not on code and we never will be. White people have never been and will never be on code either the idea that being on has hindered our unity is flawed in my opinion. I think some people are extremely greedy, and will do anything they can to enrich themselves. White people will come up with crazy financial instruments which caused millions of other white people to lose their homes. Other white people will create a highly addictive drug and cause millions of other white people to die from overdoses. rich white people sent hundreds of thousands of other white people to die to support the institution of slavery. White people will even kill other white people because they worship God in the different manner. Being on code is not our problem. A failure to love each other is our biggest problem and that transcend race.

If you mean some omnipotent being that sits around daming people who don’t follow a prescribed set rules, promises 72 virgins to those who kill infidels, etc. No, of course not. Do you?

The body language of Umar and the other guy was off. They both were shaking their feet, like they were nervous or something made me a bit wary. when I was a lot younger, and you could still smoke anywhere, I would occasionally have a cigarette because it would give me a quick buzz. But now I don’t smoke at all seems like a dumb expensive habit. my mom still smokes. I brought her a pack of cigarettes the other day and they cost 15 bucks maybe more. Supposedly they text the heck out of them to discourage use. but it’s just very regressive tax. They need to ban these products as they so bad for your health. i’ve tried a variety of weed products over the years, especially after they became legal. They have had variety of effects on me from euphoria to lethargy, and no effect at all. If I could get to euphoric effect consistently, I probably would use weed more often, but I don’t so I don’t mess with the products nowadays. I drink barely regularly. I’ll have a glass of wine or two with dinner a few times a week. I’m hanging out depending on my mood I have a beer, wine or whiskey. My cocktail of choice is a Manhattan. I will occasionally have a cigar, but it is a social activity that I engage in when playing poker with the fellas and then I may only do that once a year is about the fellowship of ritual of sorts. @aka Contrarian it is always a pleasure when you post. I’m always anxious to hear what you have to say and have a special affinity for you. I’m sure if you just tag @Mel Hopkins and @Chevdove they will respond next time they are on the boards. I went away for a few days because my daughters were in town and we were hanging out. @Pioneer1 yeah I think social media was the biggest thing to impact this forum and forums in general. Like cigarettes those platforms are designed to be addictive and keep the users engaged there. People have a fixed amount of times in their lives, and social media comes at cost. Attention is a zero sum game. The more time we spend on social the less time we will spend playing outside, participating in discussion forums, reading the book, making love, etc. @frankster and @ProfD continue to make the forum interesting. If it were not for them and Pioneer, I don’t know where would be.

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Where did you learn about the NDE experiences of these people a book, YouTube? Did they also explain why people would come back to be beheaded starve to death, die in infancy, and be raped and tortured? Did they explain what these experiences would provide them?

Being born of Christian parents is not sufficient to make you a Christian, you know that man don’t try to play me @Pioneer1 😉 So the Old Testament, Moses, pharaoh, and all those cats mean nothing to you regarding the origins of Christianity?

@Pioneer1 no I do not think most meaning more than 50% of Black people know how to farm but I don’t think 50% of any demographic living in the United States in 2024 knows how to farm with the exception of actual farmers. As far as fishing, I would be willing to bet 51% of Black people have some experience fishing. even if they don’t they can learn in 30 minutes or so. But you never needed “most” people to know how to farm or fish you just need enough people to support the rest. But the point I’d that I agree with ProfD statement: I was surprised that you would reject that statement and supported by saying that most Black people don’t know how to fish.