People keep asking me, and I haven’t really had an answer, but now yeah, I’m thinking I’m back.
I’d prefer they didn’t. They’ll never admit, even tacitly, that they caused this mess. If they pick up guns, it’s gonna be to go back to lynching black people or to annihilate their own families. They will not conceive of any other way out.
I’d prefer they starve.
man who’s never played BG3 what are optional/hidden side quests
This is the first time anyone has described Blue Prince in a way that made me want to play it lol. Not knocking the game, I just figured it would never be up my alley. But I’m a big fan of Betrayal.
For some reason the Mud Lickers love to make alts on sh.itjust.works and ragebait this community. I hope the admins of that instance would consider removing open signups, if they have it.
Arc is definitely the “yep, steam voters have shit taste” one of the bunch.
2026 is gonna be a big year for Adobe.
…While visions of Tide Pods danced in their heads…
That could just be Listerine, but the owner probably does just chug it every morning.
Trump will tell him 12 billion is greater than 40 billion and he’ll believe it.
Let’s find out!
Fascist praises fascist, go figure.
Oof, another busted IFF. Womp womp.
McPenthouse
True on most fronts except one. On a personal level, I do hate AI lol. The large language model itself. I just don’t think typing out or speaking out a series of instructions is that useful or efficient. If I want a computer to do something for me, I much prefer the more rigid and unnatural syntax and grammar of programming language. AI tools themselves just don’t produce a result that satisfies me.
This was a great thread for finding tankies to block, thanks OP.
The tweet said “the presidency” not “the president.” It didn’t even say anything about Reagan himself, just repeating what Reagan said about the title and office.
Why do I get the feeling you’re voting Republican anyway…
When I give myself the leeway to think of a less hardliner stance on AI, I come back to Joel Haver’s video on his use of ebsynth:
It lets me create rotoscoped animations alone, which is something I never would have the time or patience for otherwise. Any time technology makes art easier to learn, more accessible, we should applaud it. Art should be in the hands of everyone.
Now my blood boils like everyone else’s when it comes to being forced to use AI at work, or when I hear the AI Voice on Youtube, or the forced AI updates to Windows and VS Code, but it doesn’t boil for Joel. He clearly has developed an iconic style for his comedy skits, and puts effort into those skits long before he puts it through an AI rotoscope filter. He chose his tool and he uses it sparingly. The same was apparently true for E33, and I have no reason not give Kojima and Larian the same benefit of the doubt.
On the other hand, Joel probably has no idea what I’m talking about when I say “surveillance state AI.” People Make Games has a pretty good video exposing its use case. There’s also…
Creatives may be aware of some, or all, or none of those things, which is why it’s important to continue raising awareness of them. AI may be toothpaste that can’t go back in the tube, but it’s also a sunk cost fallacy, you don’t have to brush your teeth with shit-flavored toothpaste.
I have the same feeling about Kojima’s and Vincke’s latest comments on AI. Am I supposed to get mad at every single person who said they used/plan to use AI for something? I’d be as outraged as the average Fox News viewer, and it would be impossible to be taken seriously. I still won’t be using AI myself (fuck surveillance state AI) and I’d be making every effort to encourage others not to use it, but there’s no point in burning bridges and falling for rage bait.
They’re creative people who care about the craft and care about the teams in their employ, which gives their statements weight, where some Sony/Microsoft/EA executive making an identical statement has none.
At first I didn’t think it was that bad, like ok its ritzy and pompous af. But one of the bedroom photos started giving me vertigo… every surface of these rooms is filled with repeating textures and clashing colors, and enough busts to make OnlyFans feel jealous.
I think I could find less marble in a quarry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roBkg-iPrbw
Great relevant Ahoy video!