There is no valid ecology unless it takes naturism into consideration. It should not be considered as a simple place of escape, an island outside of human society. The naturist project is universalist. We are finally beginning to consider the earth as a living organism that defends itself and maintains invariants (constants of CO2, methane, temperature, albedo, etc.) Marc Alain Descamps [ref]NATURISM AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT[/ref]Eco naturists believe if more people adopted a clothes-free lifestyle, such waste could be reduced, thus, lessening the human impact on the planet, not to mention that going nude makes people more closely connected to nature.
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Ecological Naturism
The rise of deep fake nudists - AI generated nudist personas online
The December 2022 edition of the Naturist Education Foundation newsletter featured an article on AI generated nude photos and paintings. If you are unfamiliar with the rise of AI online google Chat GPT Midjourney and DALL-E (Stable Diffusion). They are all emerging proprietary and Open AI algorithms that seem able to generate written and visual content that seems human and real. Bare Oaks Naturist Park put ChatGPT to a naturism test. They found that the algorithm generated reasonably good responses to questions about naturism and nudism. It even wrote a poem about naturism.
Naturism, a way of life Where the body is free and wild Where the sun touches every inch And there’s no need for a stitch Where the grass is our bed And the sky is overhead Where we shed our clothes and our cares And just be, without any fears Where we embrace our natural form And let go of any social norms Where we are one with the earth And let go of all that we’re worth Naturism, a path to peace Where we can find true release From the chains that bind us tight And let our spirits take flight.Pretty good huh?
AI generated photos are showing up all over.
AI isn’t just generating text and writing. AI generated photos are showing up all over. AI is found in a variety of apps, including ones that generate fake nudes. Some apps proudly state that using them you can see anyone naked in a matter of seconds. Problem is that isn’t really the person, it a AI generated image facsimile ,a fake. Houston we do have an image problem.
Soon it may be hard to distinguish between real nudist accounts based on photos or text posts. I believe I already spotted one such account on at least one nudist site site already overrun by fake account, I also think a recent follower on Instagram is one of these fakes.
Why does it matter?
Nudist historian Evan Nicks wrote about some of the issues created by one of the AI algorithms Midjourney in a post on his Planet Nude newsletter/blog. The issue is the creators of Midjourney seem to have an anti nudity bias. The result of this bias is images generated by this platform related to nudity portray the body in a distorted way. It is perfect example of the old coding maxim bad input equals bad output. Said another way the output of these AI algorithms is dependent on the sensibilities and perceptions of the people who code them.
This isn’t a news to anyone who understands algorithm and coding. Algorithms have been in use for many years now. Algorithms drive the Google search engine. A few years ago it was discovered that a Google search of apes returned images of black people, a result attributed to coder bias. AI is also used to filer nudity of social media platforms like Instagram. Some AI ethicists have been warning that there is an issue of built in bias in AI algorithms that can do great harm.
Some of the potential harm comes from AI removing any last vestige of privacy or bodily control when it comes to a persons image online. One app is accused of creating nudes without any request or explicit permission from the user. Another that I will not link here can use existing clothed or unclothed photos to create explicit sexual images. Do you see where this is going? People already skittish about sharing nude photos online have even more to worry about. Web sites that use photos as a means of verification will no longer be able to rely on credibility of that process. With a Gmail email address and a few AI nudes an online persona is a reality. The self described naturist content creators could easily find themselves the subjects of pornography.
https://twitter.com/mikesington/status/1144217014367506432
Additionally, the current focus on looking that permeates nudism online may be fed by a deluge of fake images that do not reflect the variety of bodies that exist in naturism. Big bodies, disabled bodies, black and brown bodies, old bodies may not make the cut. AI generated images that reflect the male gaze more than reality may become the norm. This will further distance the naturist way of life from its ethical, philosophical and communal values.
where do we go from here?
To be honest I am not sure where we go from here. The technology is here and it isn’t going away. All segments of society will have to deal with the ramifications not just naturists. I think it’s more of a question of how we go from here. How do naturist engage online in the age of the AI nudist? It is critical to get educated and not stick our heads in the sand. Now is not the time to pretend there isn’t a problem or abdicate any responsibility for the problem. We are consumers of of this AI output. I think we need to listen to AI ethicists and join them in calling for ethical usage of the technology. I think we need to resist the current wave of thought that promotes naturism as nudity and looking. Instead we should refocus on naturism as a way of life with all that entails beyond mere nudity, photos and looking. What do you think bear your thoughts in the comments. https://clothesfreelife.com/2023/01/the-rise-of-deep-fake-nudists-ai-generated-nudist-personas-online/?_unique_id=63d28b23223b7The rise of deep fake nudists - AI generated nudist personas online
The December 2022 edition of the Naturist Education Foundation newsletter featured an article on AI generated nude photos and paintings. If you are unfamiliar with the rise of AI online google Chat GPT Midjourney and DALL-E (Stable Diffusion). They are all emerging proprietary and Open AI algorithms that seem able to generate written and visual content that seems human and real. Bare Oaks Naturist Park put ChatGPT to a naturism test. They found that the algorithm generated reasonably good responses to questions about naturism and nudism. It even wrote a poem about naturism.
Naturism, a way of life Where the body is free and wild Where the sun touches every inch And there’s no need for a stitch Where the grass is our bed And the sky is overhead Where we shed our clothes and our cares And just be, without any fears Where we embrace our natural form And let go of any social norms Where we are one with the earth And let go of all that we’re worth Naturism, a path to peace Where we can find true release From the chains that bind us tight And let our spirits take flight.Pretty good huh?
AI generated photos are showing up all over.
AI isn’t just generating text and writing. AI generated photos are showing up all over. AI is found in a variety of apps, including ones that generate fake nudes. Some apps proudly state that using them you can see anyone naked in a matter of seconds. Problem is that isn’t really the person, it a AI generated image facsimile ,a fake. Houston we do have an image problem.
Soon it may be hard to distinguish between real nudist accounts based on photos or text posts. I believe I already spotted one such account on at least one nudist site site already overrun by fake account, I also think a recent follower on Instagram is one of these fakes.
Why does it matter?
Nudist historian Evan Nicks wrote about some of the issues created by one of the AI algorithms Midjourney in a post on his Planet Nude newsletter/blog. The issue is the creators of Midjourney seem to have an anti nudity bias. The result of this bias is images generated by this platform related to nudity portray the body in a distorted way. It is perfect example of the old coding maxim bad input equals bad output. Said another way the output of these AI algorithms is dependent on the sensibilities and perceptions of the people who code them.
This isn’t a news to anyone who understands algorithm and coding. Algorithms have been in use for many years now. Algorithms drive the Google search engine. A few years ago it was discovered that a Google search of apes returned images of black people, a result attributed to coder bias. AI is also used to filer nudity of social media platforms like Instagram. Some AI ethicists have been warning that there is an issue of built in bias in AI algorithms that can do great harm.
Some of the potential harm comes from AI removing any last vestige of privacy or bodily control when it comes to a persons image online. One app is accused of creating nudes without any request or explicit permission from the user. Another that I will not link here can use existing clothed or unclothed photos to create explicit sexual images. Do you see where this is going? People already skittish about sharing nude photos online have even more to worry about. Web sites that use photos as a means of verification will no longer be able to rely on credibility of that process. With a Gmail email address and a few AI nudes an online persona is a reality. The self described naturist content creators could easily find themselves the subjects of pornography.
https://twitter.com/mikesington/status/1144217014367506432
Additionally, the current focus on looking that permeates nudism online may be fed by a deluge of fake images that do not reflect the variety of bodies that exist in naturism. Big bodies, disabled bodies, black and brown bodies, old bodies may not make the cut. AI generated images that reflect the male gaze more than reality may become the norm. This will further distance the naturist way of life from its ethical, philosophical and communal values.
where do we go from here?
To be honest I am not sure where we go from here. The technology is here and it isn’t going away. All segments of society will have to deal with the ramifications not just naturists. I think it’s more of a question of how we go from here. How do naturist engage online in the age of the AI nudist? It is critical to get educated and not stick our heads in the sand. Now is not the time to pretend there isn’t a problem or abdicate any responsibility for the problem. We are consumers of of this AI output. I think we need to listen to AI ethicists and join them in calling for ethical usage of the technology. I think we need to resist the current wave of thought that promotes naturism as nudity and looking. Instead we should refocus on naturism as a way of life with all that entails beyond mere nudity, photos and looking. What do you think bear your thoughts in the comments. https://clothesfreelife.com/2023/01/the-rise-of-deep-fake-nudists-ai-generated-nudist-personas-online/?_unique_id=63d28af08ebb1'People think I'm part of a sex cult - I'm a normal guy who likes being naked outdoors' (via www.mirror.co.uk)
A man who has been a naturist for more than 45 years has defended why he likes to take his kit off outdoors after he was accused of being part of "a cult of raving sex freaks".
Tony Graham, 65, argues naturists are just "normal people who like to take their clothes off" and says it reduces his stress and improves his mental health.
The dad-of-one turned to naturism - where a person enjoys being naked to connect more with the natural world - aged 18 after going skinny dipping.
Now, Tony, from Alton, Hampshire, takes every opportunity to strip off when the weather is warm enough, but thinks naturism has a bad reputation with it being misunderstood.
Continue to source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/people-think-im-part-sex-29054784
https://clothesfreelife.com/2023/01/people-think-im-part-of-a-sex-cult-im-a-normal-guy-who-likes-being-naked-outdoors/?_unique_id=63d284333d5b9
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
do you go bare outdoors in winter?
Someone asked on a web site do you walk barefoot in the snow. With one hemisphere in the winter season and another in the warm season we wondered, do you go bare outdoors in winter?
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Catholicism and naturism
There is an tenuous relationship between Catholicism and naturism. Throughout its history there have been several people of faith in the Catholic church who have practiced ascetic nudism.
Pope John II in his book Love and Responsibility wrote about the compatibility between simple nudity and the Roman Catholic Church's teachings on modesty.
Unchanged:
Sexual modesty cannot then in any simple way be identified with the use of clothing, nor shamelessness with the absence of clothing and total or partial nakedness. There are circumstances in which nakedness is not immodest. .. Nakedness as such is not to be equated with physical shamelessness. Immodesty is present only when nakedness plays a negative role with regard to the value of the person ... The human body is not in itself shamefu4 nor for the same reasons are sensual reactions, and human sensuality in general. Shamelessness (just like shame and modesty) is a function of the interior of a person.
naked saints
Some of the fervent religious practitioners of ascetic nudism were saints of the Catholic Church. Examples include.St Ethelflaeda
St Ethelflaeda, lived in the 11th century, she was born of a noble house. When she came of age she became the third Abbess of Romsey Abbey a Benedictine order, where she had been educated. [ref]VENERABLE MEREWENNA AND ETHELFLEDA OF ROMSEY [/ref] She followed in the footsteps of her mentor and teacher [ref] Records of Romsey abbey: an account of the Benedictine house of nuns, with notes on the parish church and town (A.D. 907-1558)[/ref] She prayed nude nightly in secret in a river Test near the Abbey. [ref] Nick Mayhew-Smith[/ref] St. Ethelflaeda sang psalms and prayed while in the river. One one occasion the queen Elfrida followed her and was distressed at witnessing this saint's expression of ascetic nudism. [ref] St Ethelflaeda of Romsey[/ref] Icon: annasicons.co.uk
https://twitter.com/nickbhp/status/1611161955984896001
https://clothesfreelife.com/naturist-wiki/catholicism-and-naturism/?_unique_id=63d016ef4359a
Sunday, January 22, 2023
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