The question or issue is that no amount of genAI use in any way is acceptable because the tech at its core is based on actual theft. Not some abstract Marxist "exploitation of labour" type theft, but actual literal wholesale massive industrial theft.
Archie Yates - Charity Stream this Saturday
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Game Programmer | Speedrunner | Occasional Twitch Streamer pfp @loobydoodles.bsky.social My Work: https://archieyates.co.uk/ My Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/reicha7 All views are my own
holy shit imagine paying multiple tens of thousands to unity for /this/
Big Walk used AI in 'the final stretch' of development, kicking off intense awards debate: aftermath.site/big-walk-ai-ig...
Part of what we're struggling with right now is the games industry (and the wider world) does not have a coherent campaign or strategy for tackling AI. Telling people to boycott it is exceedingly difficult when it's pushed down our throats and people perceive it's fulfilling some need of theirs.
On the 14th of November, my friends and I will be doing our annual 24 hour charity gaming marathon raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support. As a team we've managed to raise nearly £25,000 since starting in 2017 and we're hoping to continue in that mission 💜 Hope to see folks there (links below)
On the 14th of November, my friends and I will be doing our annual 24 hour charity gaming marathon raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support. As a team we've managed to raise nearly £25,000 since starting in 2017 and we're hoping to continue in that mission 💜 Hope to see folks there (links below)
I was tempted to pirate HP, curiosity and all that. But @jessiegender.bsky.social is right - think of the amount of times HBO commented on GOT leaks and downloads, just as an example. They DO track these things, and even that drives interest. Let this show die. Trans people deserve better.
the worst policies against trans people in the UK came under Labour.
In order to better control what you see, we're adding Generative AI disclosure filtering to few more places on the site where it was critically lacking, including our search results page
i've replaced the licensing terms for the cute fox no AI splash screen with a clean new license: eniko.itch.io/cute-fox-no-... it clarifies the images may not be used for hate speech, and that ensloppified 3rd party tools/dependencies which don't produce slop don't disqualify you from using them
Thanks to the artists who've helped bring this together! Comic and Gen 2 design/ref sheet: @loobydoodles.bsky.social Modelling: @paositive.bsky.social Rigging: @axchuart.bsky.social Art Pieces: Chlo 💜💜💜
And of course I got some art to go with it from my pal Chlo who did both a summer piece this year and a Halloween piece commemorating the old and new gen of Rei designs!
Over the last year though I had been casually trying to get it sorted with no real expectation until it suddenly started coming together :) Some final rigging work is still being done before it can debut (info soon) but I can finally show the design!
So over a year ago I had started a tease towards my next Vtube model. Unfortunately that fell through due to the model not being ready at the time so all that was left with was my reveal comic.
turn this shit off on your discord account new invasive feature enabled by default, thanks discord...
Sweeney tries to make out he's saying this in defence of the beleaguered indie devs who want to use AI, but remember that his company laid off 1000 people earlier this year before pivoting to AI. He's taking this stance for one reason: he loves money
Epic's Tim Sweeney Doesn't Think Gamers Have a Right to Know When GenAI Is Used
You might have seen the original "no genAI seal" by @kanaratron.bsky.social. I've made the icon into a set of assets in both PNG and vector formats that can be more widely used in different contexts. You can find them here: www.joramwolters.com/no-gen-ai-ico/
I feel it's important to share this again. The internet is so hostile toward creators nowadays. I've seen people have their work stolen, and no longer feel comfortable sharing their creations. We can do better. Let's be supportive to the people that make this a better place! 💞
This is private equity, this is what it does. Buy up businesses, run them into the ground, and rip them apart for short-term profit. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
RIP BioWare: EA has shut down the legendary RPG developer
Bloomberg also reports that EA is cutting "around 400 jobs" across the company.
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BREAKING: Electronic Arts is cutting 400 jobs and shutting down BioWare, the legendary development studio behind Dragon Age and Mass Effect. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Electronic Arts to Cut 400 Jobs, Shut Down BioWare
The next ‘Mass Effect’ will be canceled as part of the layoffs
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Literally every problem developers owned by giant publishers face is caused by the giant publishers and if you try and find some reason this isn't the case you're the video game equivalent of a useful idiot
Preserving speedrunning history Since 3 weeks, runs submitted to SRC are no longer openly licensed. If you ever go inactive, they can only be copied with SRC's explicit permission. You own your runs, but you have to act asap to keep them open. Please act now!! thread🧵
I needed to keep quiet about this but this is what I was working on earlier this year. My publication “Harming Children: The Effects of the UK puberty-blocker ban” was evidence used for this! I had to submit a lengthy affidavit via NZ local trans group PATHA. Let’s hope we can overturn more now.
New Zealand High Court rules puberty blocker ban unlawful
QNews LGBTIQA+ News
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📣 INDIE GAMES DEVS! 📣 If you have a demo in Steam Next Fest and do not use gen AI, drop it in the comments below. I will repost! Let's create a thread where players can actually find our games! (Image courtesy of @kanaratron.bsky.social)
Psst, if you're checking out Steam Next Fest but you don't want to wade through all the slop, here's a handy browser extension: github.com/seeeeew/aiwa...
GitHub - seeeeew/aiwarningforsteam: Browser extension to increase the visibility of AI Generated Content Disclosures in the Steam store.
Browser extension to increase the visibility of AI Generated Content Disclosures in the Steam store. - seeeeew/aiwarningforsteam
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