Culture & Tech

By Garrett V. The answer to this question isn't very straight forward, instead it relies on many different opinions, and beliefs. This article’s purpose is to shed some light on this controversial subject. To start, how does an AI image generator work? AI, Otherwise known as “Artificial Intelligence” is a program that tries to replicate the learning brain patterns of a human. When you type something into the image prompt, the AI takes the words that you have submitted, and uses its programming and memory to make an image of the words that you have typed into the program. Ever…

By Thomas Schwarzel Video games have made major graphical leaps over the past few generations. However, the most culturally significant games tend to be arcade games. Everyone on our planet can tell you about an experience with Pac-Man. Donkey Kong is fondly remembered, and Asteroids' unique look is well remembered.  All of these and more have remained cultural icons of the era.   Finding a definitive version of these classic games to play in the modern era has become difficult; buying an original arcade cabinet isn’t something that the average person can do.  Many releases of these games are the versions…