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tapestry - Word of the Day - Wed Jan 24, 2024

Myr

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tapestry - (noun) - a heavy woven cloth with decorative designs and pictures used as a wall hanging, etc

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Medieval manors and castles adorned the walls with tapestries to hold in heat as much as to decorate.

 

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drown
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It’s a good word for fantasy writing. I have overused it though I think 😂

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drpaladin
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The most famous one is the Bayeux Tapestry. It is 230 feet long and depicts the events leading to the Norman Conquest of England.

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drpaladin
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Though my first thought was the name of Carol King's best album.

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JamesSavik
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Every good book or movie is a rich tapestry of character, setting, and plot skillfully woven together. AI may emulate the process, but can never give it soul.

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drpaladin
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2 hours ago, JamesSavik said:

Every good book or movie is a rich tapestry of character, setting, and plot skillfully woven together. AI may emulate the process, but can never give it soul.

Yet...

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10 hours ago, drpaladin said:

Yet...

Never. Until an AI can laugh, cry, love, hate, be irrational, and feel its mortality, it can only emulate a soul.

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drpaladin
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35 minutes ago, JamesSavik said:

Never. Until an AI can laugh, cry, love, hate, be irrational, and feel its mortality, it can only emulate a soul.

There are people incapable of those. Does it make them less human?

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JamesSavik
3 hours ago, drpaladin said:

There are people incapable of those. Does it make them less human?

Our flaws define us as human.

What a piece of work is man! :the Bard.

He's old enough to know what's right
But young enough not to choose it : Geddy Lee

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16 minutes ago, JamesSavik said:

Our flaws define us as human.

What a piece of work is man! :the Bard.

He's old enough to know what's right
But young enough not to choose it : Geddy Lee

 By your logic, even machines are human.

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