Bonnie Patterson

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Lead Narrative Designer on UNANNOUNCED CONSOLE SHOOTER. Yes, we finally get to shoot all those unannounced consoles! She/her. Former cyberneticist.

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Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Apr 24

Here is a picture of a leopard to say thank you:

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Mar 16

@espressocat.bsky.social As you are dead, I brought you some restful and amusing pictures:

A picture of a British King's Guard in his red jacket with his arms at rest. He is wearing his tall and furry black bearskin hat. But wait! It is not a hat, but a very surprised looking black cat with its eyes open wide in alarm. He is appalled at the indignity with which he has been treated.

Painting: "This Sucks" by Poschini. A Nihonga style painting on canvas. A woman in a red kimono with a gold and ivory obi, her black hair neatly pinned into a bun and her face fashionably painted white, is picking up a cat.

The cat, naturally, resists this appalling indignity - at the hands of a human, no less! It struggles to push itself away from the woman and in the process, sticks both its front paws firmly into her eyes.

One suspects that the artist knows cats.

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Mar 16

Uh huh.

A screenshot of AI Overview text reading "The correct UK English spelling is gazetteer (double "z", double "e", double "t"...

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Feb 3

I might have just made a good point in the AI debate, so posting it here to increase the chance of someone being able to weaponise it to protect the rights of real creators.

Too many people seem to think that if they run their AI locally, they're not using other people's content. That's not true, as I explain in the following post:

I do have to argue the point on ownership, because of how AIs work. The AI must be trained on vast amounts of input. Each positive input increases the weight placed on the neural inputs it triggers, multiplying their likelihood of triggering a neuron to fire, and diminishes the threshold that must be reached for that neuron to fire.

Without that training, there is no intelligence. There's no such thing as an untrained AI.

Thus, whether the agent is local or operating from a third-party data centre, the copyright issues are the same - the AI was trained by parsing the internet, including vast amounts of copyrighted material.

All works are the copyright of their creator(s) automatically. Most governments have issued a free pass to AI companies for training on all that work, but the question of copyright over the AI's *output* remains. Governments are debating the question:

"Can someone claim copyright over material made from a mathematical translation of multiple other people's work?"

AI users don't half think some weird things make them the creators of an AI-generated work:

Also, you say that authorship lives in "the intent, the constraints, the selection, the iteration, and the responsibility taken afterward."

As a professional writer, I have to say "No, the order the words go in is really important." If you want someone to read your work from start to finish, you have to pick the right words and put them in an interesting order.

That's the act of creation. That's what turns a list of words into art, and the absence of that is why short story publishers have closed their doors to AI generated submissions - because no amount of intent, constraints, selection and iteration matter if the words aren't being chosen and put in the right order by someone who knows what that is.

And that's why copyright is a big issue for AI output, regardless of where you stand on how it got trained in the first place. The AI's user isn't the one picking the words and ordering them; the AI is. So who owns it?

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Feb 1

There is a delightful typo in that article: I'm not complaining, I'm just letting you know in case anyone wants to frame it.

An image of text from the article that says "Chen tells Chenistry World...".

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Jan 30

My Jae won't just bite me, she will purr at the same time.

A very dainty little grey and white cat with HUGE EYES AND PUPILS DILATED SO FAR THEY LOOK LIKE PENNIES is outlined with a judder effect and displayed against a psychedelic background.

She will bite you, because love.

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Jan 24

John's original joke was so horrifying that Endless Screaming was compelled to respond :P

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Jan 22

It might also be a duck. A very pouty duck looking up. I added a few black lines in an effort to force you to share my visual delusions - I'm sorry about that. (It is, however, a beautiful picture, and I love that your colour choices trigger the thirst reflex)

An image of a deep red sun or giant planet being orbited by two small dark moons or planets, seen decorating the sky of a different, forested planet. A random shape formed by bleeding inks might possibly be considered to kinda, sorta possibly suggest a rabbit or upward-looking duck with collagen implants giving it pouty lips.

Maybe kinda sorta a rabbit but don't bet your house on it.

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Jan 13

Ah, but Blakes Seven had Phil Collins

This is definitely Phil Collins playing Vila in Blakes Seven

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Jan 13

You lightweight, Gail! Behold, the wonders of the BBC's 1978 technology! Yes, those are all household items covered with paint and paper. Hung on a fishing line.

The Liberator, the ship used by the band of rebels from Blake's Seven. If you were my age and lived in the UK, you will have seen several episodes of Blue Peter where they taught you how to make your own B7 props, including the Liberator. Fairy liquid bottles, pipe cleaners and yoghurt pots were all involved, connected through the magic of "blue, tacky substance"

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Dec 22

It's not a bad photograph, she's just a blurry cat.

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Oct 12

(by Tee & sympathy)

Available on Redbubble from Tee & Sympathy

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Oct 2

Headphones, I'm sure, are the modern version of the holy gold pointy hat. When we put them on, we can work magic.

The "Berlin Gold Hat" - a bronze age gold artefact made of thin gold leaf. At the base, it has a smallish brim, perhaps 4-5cm wide, then a concave foot, and then a tall conical section taking the height of the whole thing up to just short of 1m tall. What looks at first like a pattern of bosses and dividing lines has since been revealed to be a calendar - because those bronze age europeans just put calendars EVERYWHERE. The hat largely resembles a wizard's hat.

A pair of gold-ornamented over-ear headphones.

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Aug 31

This is the list of games that AI thinks use cnc-ddraw. AI does not work. Though I would play Fallout: Theme Hospital if it existed.

The following games have been tested and supported by cnc-ddraw, which helps them run smoothly on platforms like WINE:

Command & Conquer Gold
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Carmageddon
Carmageddon 2
Warcraft II
StarCraft
Diablo 2: Age of Empires
Age of Empires II
Fallout: The Theme Hospital
Populous: The Beginning
Outlaws: Dungeon Keeper
Dark Reign: The Future of War
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
Atomic Bomberman
Dune 2000
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Commandos: Red Baron 3D
F-16 Multirole Fighter
F-22 Raptor
Nox

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Aug 24

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Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Aug 4

And let's not forget the mythical Alot, a much-loved creature. "I like this Alot".

The semi-mythical nature of the Alot has not stopped this brown, wooly, horned beast being liked, loved and cared about by the human population.

It doesn't really know what to make it of though, which may explain why the human hugging the perplexed Alot is wearing a red shirt - a legendary symbol of impending death noted for being more accurate than a banshee's wail.

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Aug 4

Uhhh... what?

A message from Bing saying that they can only deliver search results in the UK that comply with the "Strict" safe search settings.

For context. I was trying to look up the real name of the politician everyone calls "Craftywank" now.

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Jul 1

If you are a little bit green and live in the Midlands of the UK, would you be willing to give nature a hand? The Chequered Skipper butterfly used to live everywhere but has been hiding in Scotland for a long time. Now it's starting to spread south again. (how to help next)

The chequered skipper butterfly is a warm brown shade with bright yellow spots, and the end of each antenna looks like it has a pompom on it.

Favourite plants for it to lay eggs on or eat nectar from are the Bugle (aka. Ajuga plant), Bluebells, Hibiscus and Hollyhocks. If you can pop a plant or two in your garden or even in a pot on your windowsill, it will help the Skippers' numbers recover.

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Jun 14

Current mood:

A Potoo chick. It is basically a sphere of white fluff with a very wide beak and two very judgemental red eyes.

It has no discernable body parts - it's just round.

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Apr 20

The Aberdeen Bestiary agrees.

A picture of three... probably cats, from the Aberdeen Bestiary - an illuminated manuscript. Two of the... probably cats are painted in deep indigo with wavy lines covering their bodies to indicate fur... maybe. They have bat-like ears and bird-like feet.

One is posed semi-standing, with its back feet on a low rock, also painted in blue, and its front feet on a higher one. Its body seems long and stretched and its tail seems to be a flap that starts halfway along its back.

The second indigo cat is posed as if pouncing or begging for treats, atop a red rock. Its hind legs are bent beneath it and its front paws extended. Its tail looks fairly normal and is attached to its hindquarters in a plausible manner.

The third cat is orange, so naturally it is curled over to stick its head as far up its anus as possible as it washes it with its tongue. Its legs are everywhere.

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Apr 20

People are saying that Kilmar Abrego's knuckle tattoos say "MS-13" is a convoluted and inconsistent code. Here is the correct translation for his tattoos, from left to right in the image. "I like weed" "I get high" "Jesus, watch over me" "Santa Muerte, watch over me"

An photo of Kilmar Abrego Garcia's left hand being held up by Donald Trump. The letters "M" "S" "1" and "3" have been photoshopped onto the image to "translate" his tattoos into the gang name.

His tattoos, from left to right in the image, are a marijuana leaf, an x-eyed stoner smiley face, a crucifix and a skull.

My suggestions as to the actual meaning of these tattoos are in the attached post.

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Apr 17

A smiling man in a white coat with a stethescope is posed within a pink area of background in a typical manner for a healthcare advert.

Next to him, in white text inside a dark blue box, is the bold heading "Republicans", followed by a number of points that mirror RFK Jr's statements on autistic people.

"These are businessmen who will never pay taxes"
"They'll never do a real job"
"They'll never play Blaseball"
"They'll never read a poem"
"They're all out of date"
"Many of them will never change their diapers unassisted"

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Apr 10

Don't panic! I have the gif! Hang in there! *gasp gasp* Got it! Here it is! Discord fell over.

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Apr 7

Share the last movie you watched.

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Mar 20

Image from the Aberdeen Bestiary. Jesus tells an elephant to fuck off, horrifying a nearby squirrel. A lion and a bull are awe-struck by his panache.

Page from an illuminated manuscript (the Aberdeen bestiary). A vibrantly-coloured picture of Jesus faces three smaller panels containing an elephant; a rabbit, a squirrel and a cat; a lion and a bull. A wide panel beneath jesus's feet shows goats and antelopes gamboling.

Jesus is sticking two fingers up at the elephant. The rabbit looks shocked and the squirrel covers its face in dismay, but the cat has been distracted by a fly. The lion and the bull look very impressed, though, having never seen anyone do something so edgy before.

Goat does not care.

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Mar 14

My cat has special educational needs and is unlikely to be able to cope with a fully grown raptor. Could we request a Potoo? They could have fun together hitting things with their heads.

A tawny-feathered Potoo. It has large yellow eyes with massively dilated pupils, as if it is trying to look cute or perhaps hit its head a bit hard on the eggshell on its way out.

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Mar 13

@theguardian.com Hey, what's this in one of your articles today? I've yet to see anything discrediting the Steele dossier. Plenty of commentaries from intelligence agencies seem to rate it rather highly. And Trump's actions only conform more and more tightly to its predictions by the day.

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Mar 11

Here, have an example of just how awful AI dialogue is. Originally posted *with pride* by Ubisoft, whose AI marketing division has evidently never spoken to a human.

Image from a future Watchdogs game, released by Ubisoft to show how their system of Narrative Deigner-refined prompts used with generative AI can make "great" dialogue.

An NPC, Bloom, stands in what appears to be an office building's kitchen, looking at a large screen showing a black and white image.

"Yes!" Bloom exclaims, plausibly. "Shadow has found the laptop on the small desk in the corner of the room. Hack can proceed." Note how exquisitely the abbreviated "Hack can proceed" blends with the excessive detail of the inhumanly phrased "small desk in the corner of the room", which is essential because - as you know - what any rebel would be worrying about at that point is "Great, but how big was the desk?"

The original release of this image was accompanied by a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of writers cried out in agony and were suddenly silenced by mass layoffs.

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Mar 2

Still true today.

Bonnie Patterson@bonniepatterson· Feb 27

As someone who once lived in one of these dorms, I think that looks absolutely real.