突然ですが生成AIについて少し / Some Thoughts on Gen AI

ご無沙汰しております

字の汚いタカペンです

Long time no write from yours sincerely with a truly bad handwriting!

今回は活動とはちょっと違うのですが

実はずっとちょっと気になってたのと

最近画像生成AIについての論争を

目にするので、自分のお話をさせていただこうかと

I've been seeing a lot of online arguments about the usage of generative AI's so I figured I should clarify my stance.

画像生成AI使ってました / I Have Used Image Gen AI's

YouTubeの動画をご覧になられてる方なら

何を今更って感じでしょうが

タカペン、2024年の1月の動画まで

背景に生成AIを使用してました

If you've seen my older videos, you've likely noticed that the backgrounds were generated using image AI's.

活動始めあたりにちょうど画像生成AIがでてきて

「なにこれ！！　おもしろそう！！」

とミーハーなタカペンは飛びついて

Midjourneyをいじってみたんですね

Right about the time when I started my YouTube channel, the generative AI's came out and I was like omg that sounds so cool! and tried out Midjourney.

生成AIの仕組みはよくわかってなかったのですが

三つ目の動画用に生成したときに

なんか右下にサインみたいなのを生成されて

そのときとてもなんとも言えない気分になりました

I didn't really understand how it worked, just thought it was funny how odd looking images came out. It was when I was generating the image for my third video that Midjourney generated what looked like a broken signature on the right bottom of the image where you know artists usually place their signatures. I don't know why but that just completely turned me off.

「え、何これ、既存の絵を取り込んで切り貼りしてる・・・？」

みたいな感覚だったかと

実際仕組みはもっと複雑らしいですが

とりあえず「なんか嫌だ」となり

ほんとかどうかは知らないのですが

ユーザーの許可を得て作ってます

と言うアドビ製品のFireflyに移りました

I don't know how image gen AI's work really, but it felt like the gen AI put together a broken up signature from copies of existing artwork or something. Again, I don't really know the system, but it really struck home that "wow this sytem really is based on other people's artwork, and without permission." So I turned to Adobe Firefly which supposedly did not use people's images without permission.

Fireflyへ移行 / Switching to Firefly

実際にFirefly試したのは8つ目ぐらいの動画からですね

その間1つはまだMidjourneyを使ったり

アバターアプリの背景だったり

自分で描いてみたりとか思考錯誤してました

Although I didn't actually start using Firefly until around my 8th video. For the in-between videos, I did use Midjourney in one and with the rest, I was using background image that came with the avatar app as well as trying to draw one myself.

その後10本ぐらいの動画では

Fireflyのお世話になりました

And for about 10 more videos or so I was using Firefly service.

Fireflyの後 / After Firefly

でも段々とにかくAI画像に

拒否反応を起こし始めて

フリー素材を試してみたりして

最終的には自分の撮った写真や

映像または自分で描いたものに

移りました

Eventually though the AI generated images just got on my nerves too much so I started trying out free images out there and ended up just sticking to pics or videos I took or pictures that I drew.

と言うのもフリー素材すらも

AI出力されたものが多くて…

なんだかな～となってしまって

The reason I ended up just sticking to my own stuff was because even the free stuff out there was full of AI generated images and I just got really stick and tired of it.

AI全般について / About AI's in General

詳しいことはあんまり理解してないのですが

とりあえずいち早く法整備が追いつけばいいな

と思ってます

I don't really understand the technical details of all gen AI's but I do wish the experts can get together and come up with a fair and comprehensive laws to regulate AI creation and usage.

仕事ではLLM AIに大変お世話になってます

なのでAIの有用性については肯定的です

が、やはり法整備だけは重要かなって感じです

At work, LLM AI's are a great help so I do think AI's can be very useful. Just that again, really, the laws really need to catch up to the times.

以上タカペンとAIのお話でした

それでは次の作品かブログ記事でお会いしましょう

ここまでお読みくださりありがとうございました！

And that's it about me and AI.

Hope to see you next either with a new cover vid or a regular blog entry.

Thanks for reading!

PS

タカペンは古いペンギンなので

太古のSF作品などに出てたような

AIを今でも正座待機しております

I'm an old timer, so I'm waiting for the day when AI's become the real AI's that were imagined way back then in sci-fi worlds.

緑黄色社会 - 冬の朝 - Huyu No Asa - English Cover

こんにちは！

Hellos and welcome!

かろうじて息してるかもしれないタカペンです！
Yours truly here barely staying afloat in the ocean called life...!

動画2025年末にあげましたよ！

I've uploaded an English cover video at the very end of year 2025!

のブログをほぼ一月後にあげてますよ！

And here's a blog about it about a month after the fact...!

動画詳細 / About the Video

www.youtube.com

Credits

以下敬称略

曲：冬の朝
アーティスト：緑黄色社会
作詞・作曲：長屋晴子

オケ音源: @TV-wf4cc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xecL0oAB7-8

カバーMIX：＿Soma
英語歌詞・ボーカル：タカペン

Title: Huyu No Asa (Winter Mornings)
Original Artist: Ryokuoushoku Shakai
Lyrics & Music: Haruko Nagaya

Instrumental: @TV-wf4cc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xecL0oAB7-8

Cover MIX: _Soma
English Lyrics/Vocal: Taka Pen

動画について/About the Video

なんとなく季節にそった曲選びを～

と常々思っていてタイミングをよく逃すのですが

今回は逃すまい！と頑張って冬の曲探しました！

かなり前から探してました（笑）

I try to find songs that are appropriate for the season... and usually end up uploading off-season anyway because I'm so slow, so for this winter I tried really hard to find a song in time so I can upload at the right timing. lol

緑黄色社会さんは色んなアニメを物色してるとき

『薬屋の独り言』のOP見て「何この80年代感おもしろ！」

と覚えたのでした

曲と言うよりOPのアニメーションですが（笑）

I came across Ryokuoushoku Shakai when I was browsing for animes to watch. When I saw the opeaning for "The Apothecary Diaries" the 80's anime vibe left me with a strong impression. Although it might be more the animation sequence rather than the music itself. lol

で、その時から気になってたので

冬のバラード曲、みたいなの探してるときに

「冬の朝」を見かけて「これだっ！」ってなりした

But the artist's name managed to stick in my mind, so when I was searching for winter ballds that were more recent and saw their name, I was like "this is it!" and so started practicing the song. :3

動画の背景描いてるのですが後半に気持ち

仕込んでるのでぜひ楽しんでいただければと♪

Regarding the video itself, I drew the background pics and stuff, and I put in a teensy Easter egg towards the end so please look for it! 

英語歌詞 / English Translated Lyics

Winter Mornings

On winter mornings just a little sometimes I feel like I'm more mature and grown up
The crisp and cold air that's taut and tight that's what makes me come up with that illusion
I don't feel lonely not at all or so I end up making up small lies like that

I'll be just fine all by myself or so I wanna pretend that’s how it is
This room that I should be used to by now
I still have a long long way to go to make my own  
That room that's so distant now, so far away
I'm kind of missing it only for today

Everyone moves on and on by changing bit by bit
Taking in all the bad and all the good things too 
Behind all the scenes where no one can see they’re struggling
Him and her and you and me, all the same for everyone
Even a crybaby like me can find the strength to stand

I'm gonna open the heavy curtains upon which the sunshine quietly
Tucking the cold and trembling fingers up within my sleeves that are too long
The face that's there and the scenery each time I look and compare and give a sigh
Even so then I'll be totally fine or so I forced myself to believe

The brightening sky looking like it's got something to say
What warmth I have in passing it takes away
Maybe it's okay now to the name that's there  
If I were to vent a bit just a little bit

Although I may seem alone but I'm not really alone
The more and more I pour out the more I feel like crying
All the worries that have piled up they're now fading away
As if everything that took place till now were all a lie
Even some loneliness can make me find the strength to stand

On winter mornings just a little sometimes I feel like I’m more mature and grown up
Once in a while I’ll let me be myself and I’ll make and have some sweet cocoa

【四コマ漫画】タカペンがんばる

今更になってしまいましたが

前回の記事（と言うか94日前の記事・・・汗

【四コマ漫画】国際線の悲劇 - タカペン - Taka Pen's Blurt-Log

から続いてます（時系列は退行してますが！）

国際線は冷えることが多い気がします

国外への飛行機の旅の際には

十分な防寒対策をばお気を付けくださいませ

それでは以上突発的四コマ漫画劇場

とりあえず

ストックはおしまいです！

おそまつさまでした<(_ _)>

ungai shoukei - English Translated Cover - 雲外憧憬 - 初心者ギター英語で弾き語り

こんにちは！

Hellos and welcome!

人生アップアップなタカペンです！
Here's yours truly barely keeping afloat in the ocean called life...!

亀の歩み以上の遅さですが、過去投稿の

動画記事を少しずつアップしていきたいと

思ってます＞＜；；

Very slowly backtracking on my video uploads and updating my blog entries...!

動画詳細 / About the Video

www.youtube.com

Credits

[Original]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjgywZJvCog
World Trigger / ワールドトリガー
3rd Season Ending Theme / 3期 ED
ungai shoukei (Aspirations Beyond the Clouds) / 雲外憧憬
Fantastic Youth

[Cover]
Guitar/Vocal: Taka Pen / タカペン
MIX: _Soma

動画について/About the Video

ワートリ、大好きなんですよ

漫画はどこかでお試し読みで1巻だったか読んで

面白いな～って思って、その後アニメみつけて

アニメあるんだ～観てみよ～ぐらいな

軽い気持ちで見始めて、どっぷりはまりました

So I fell in love with World Trigger. I read a bit of the manga and thought it was good, so when I saw the anime on Netfl1x I decided to watch it a bit, and ended up watching the whole 3 arcs. I mean seriously there's not many animes out there with this many fully developed characters and plotline!! Even the anime original in the first season was a masterpiece...!!!

で、3期のED、いいな～と頑張ってみました・・・！

ちょうどこの時期残業祭りや

2月にエアリス強化月間とかやったり

ぶりんばんとか色々やりすぎて、

ギター難しくて通しで弾けなくて

もっとちゃんと練習したかったけど

でも気持ちだけは入ってるギター弾き語りになりました

多分(笑)

So anyway, fell in love and wanted to do something World Trigger on March 30th, so I worked like crazy to try to learn the piece in time, last year. Unfortunately between overtime and doing too much with Aeris and Mashle songs, I didn't have enough time to be able to play the piece through without pauses, but I kind of did it...!

EDのゆーまの落ちてく感じが・・・

ゆーま、ちゃんと、大丈夫だよね・・・！！

タカペンの推しキャラ大抵おなくなりになるから＞＜；

4期、正座待機してます＞＜；

（ネタバレ厳禁です・・・！！）

I loved the season 3 opening to, don't get me wrong. Everytime I watched, I bawled my eyes out. I still get teary thinking about the opening. But the quietness of the ending got to me... with Yuma just free falling in his black trigger... so I just pray that everything's gonna turn out okay for him because seriously... all the characters I like usually end up being unalived... T_T

But yeah, no spoilers! I only watched up to season 3 and I don't read the manga, so absolutely NO SPOILERS...!!! I'm waiting for season 4....!!

英語歌詞 / English Translated Lyics

Aspirations Beyond the Clouds

Beyond the tip of my reaching hand
That your hand would be waiting there for me
Even before touching you I must have known that fact
We touch and I realize 
That you’re actually so big
The dream that’s held by the night holding the stars
Has so strangely become so real
And the words that I was unable to say
While I try to remember
You are already going to the next sky
And swimming there freely

Dazzlingly bright so that it’s almost unfair
and crystal clear color to the point of being lonely
They melted and got stained
Everything and anything is all reflected, can you see?
Small and tiny yet so big
Quietly burning right above the top of your eyes
In your mind even now that scenery of before
Do you consider as beautiful?

If you could live and go on by adding meaning to your life, then that is fine
Even if you had forgotten whose words they were
If you are still standing in the middle of asking why, even so
This place right here, we will claim it as our own, we will claim it as our own

The place ahead where we are going towards
Must be the place we’ve spoken of before
The light that leaked from somewhere above is streaming down in showers
Your back that’s in front of me, I just kept on chasing and chasing
To the night story that was told by the wind
I saw you narrow your eyes and that was when
All the sounds that I couldn’t hear before
They started to pour in a rush
rustle about, are also weaving toandfro

The medal of honor that was entrusted
For such a long time even now on my chest
Resting and pressing so heavily
But that actually feels a bit good and not bad at all
If you’re by my side

On the road that’s passing by
On their sides the billboards
And all the things that are showing on them
Not all of them are just bad dreams or nightmares
To be so gentle to the point of hurting
To be shimmering to the point of sorrowfulness
Every and all those things
mix together and come in contact with me

So many times the door I keep opening and opening and still it won’t end
There are nights that come upon us unexpectedly
If you are still standing in the middle of asking why, even so
We are all right here and are waiting for you

If you could live and go on by adding meaning to your life, then that is fine
Even if you had forgotten whose words they were
If you are still standing in the middle of asking why, even so
This place right here, we will claim it as our own, we will claim it as our own

【四コマ漫画】国際線の悲劇

こんにちは！　タカペン、春の飛行機のお話です

＊ちなみに猛暑の今、空調がなくて逆の問題も起きてるようです？

【四コマ漫画】タカペンの気付き

こんにちは！　引き続きタカペン劇場です！

ちょい旅行したので飛行機乗ってるときとか

飛行場の待ち時間とかにスマホに指で

もそもそと四コマ漫画描いてました(笑)

猫のキモチ（アカペラ英語カバー） / Neko no kimochi - English a Cappella Cover

こんにちは！

Hellos and welcome!

最近少し余裕が出てきたかもしれないタカペンです！
Here's yours truly finally findin a bit of time to actually do something other than work!

ブログの整理をしてたら下書きのまま

投稿してない記事を見つけたので若干手直しして投稿です！

とゆーことで2024年の２月に投稿した動画の記事です！

For some reason I had this entry hidden in my rough draft, so with a bit of fixing, here's me uploading the blog entry about the video I uploaded way back in February of 2024!!

動画詳細 / About the Video

www.youtube.com

Credits

曲：猫のキモチ

出典：天空のエスカフローネ

作詞：Gabriela Robin

作曲：菅野よう子

Title: Neko no Kimochi (A Cat's Feelings)

From: The Visions of Escaflowne

Lyrics: Gabriela Robin

Composer: Yoko Kanno

動画について/About the Video

２月２２日はにゃんにゃんの日！

とゆーことで絶対何かやるぞー！

と意気込んでたは良いものの

FF7Rにつられてエ〇リス強化月間だー

とかやっちゃっててちょっと

色々と間に合わなかった感が（笑）

なのでアカペラワンコーラス分

MIX依頼なし、手書きPV

と言う属性てんこ盛りな動画になりました

February 22nd is the day of cats in Japan because the number two is pronounced "ni" and cats go "nyan" instead of "meow" in Japanese, so 2/22 looks like "ni ni ni (the way it's said is actually different)" so it became the cats' day.

I definitely wanted to do something since all I did in 2023 was a very short snippet of a cat's song in Chinese, because that was the only cat song I could find at the time, but I was so busy with FF7R Aeris related stuff, I was only able to do a cappella and only one chorus.

そして、初の手書きPVとなりました

手書きと言うかマウスぺインタ書きですが（笑）

ウィンドウズに入ってるぺインタって

何気に多機能で落書きするの楽しいです♪

This was actually the first video where I actually tried hand drawing and kind of moving the pictures. I mean it's a mouse drawing and not hand-drawn, but close enough. lol

英語歌詞 / English Translated Lyics

Say if a kitty is able to talk human speech
What could be the first thing coming from her mouth?
The bones in a fish they are way too hard I swear!
And the length of my tail, you always compare them to others but I beg you to stop
That hurts me you know
For you and only for you, I try to look my best, I lick my fur in place
And so won't you please stop rubbing my fur the wrong way

More than even someone who is kind
Someone who is quiet is what I prefer
So I have really a personality that's cautious and sensible

You and me just us two, one sleepy afternoon
Look, the winter sunlight, how long it stretches on
How we are now just the way we are
Till the day we pass away 
If only we could stay just like this