Looking for some help from folks, potentially. With Twitch going to AI, we had intended to set up the option for OwnCast servers for clients. Well, turns out, OwnCast is pro-AI. It both accepts vibe coded submissions and uses slop generators for documentation. Anyone know of any alternatives?

"This is not the place to debate AI morals" in that final image, from who I assume is a mod/dev/whatever for Archipelago. *Any* place that sees AI use or any level of AI acceptance is the place to debate AI morals. Because it is objectively a terrible thing. You don't agree? Too bad.

Berugi 🛡 Vtuber EN/FR@berugi-vt.bsky.social · 2d ago

Lots of the same names here because I didnt scroll massively far, but some examples here. I saw other archipelago users complain about the AI chud vibe, and the announcement channel acknowledge the flood of AI slop that doesnt even work.

Looking for some help from folks, potentially. With Twitch going to AI, we had intended to set up the option for OwnCast servers for clients. Well, turns out, OwnCast is pro-AI. It both accepts vibe coded submissions and uses slop generators for documentation. Anyone know of any alternatives?

If you use AI to generate code, you are an AI user. It's no less problematic than other forms of AI use. It's just easier to hide.

If you're a #StateFarm insurance holder, you may want to consider swapping insurance agencies fast. Their new model is AI driven and their IC reps are being forced to focus more on new sales rather than retention and renewals.

State Farm overhauls agent contracts, mandates AI use

The insurer is cutting pay and benefits while requiring agents to adopt new AI tools, after losing its top auto insurer ranking to Progressive

finance.yahoo.com

I try not to do this often, as I know everyone is in a rut, but this week has been disaster after disaster and tomorrowI find out how much worse it gets If you have enjoyed the art and want to throw a few bucks my way now would help more than anything ko-fi.com/cadmiumtea

Live streamers be aware.

Zach Bussey 🍁@zachbussey.tos.gg · 5d ago

Twitch and Amazon are apparently planning to use streams to train Generative AI. Multiple sources tell me it will be announced in the coming months, despite some internal friction against it. Creators may be able to opt out of some training data.

Being anti-AI isn't enough. You should be pro-art, pro-artist, pro-writer, pro-worker. Don't expend all your energy tearing people down. Spend it lifting people up instead. Make their voices so loud, their art so visible, it drowns out the slop.

I just stare at the one furry who keeps going to clients of mine trying to convince them to leave my services and move to Shopify. If you're reading this, THIS is who you're trying to poach my clients to have them move to. You feeling good about yourself now?

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last wk.

Very cool that Shopify’s CEO thinks the poor should have far less of a vote than the rich. Still worth that ad read money, folks?

Mozilla are pathetic, Firefox is back to posting on X/Twitter.

It appears that Reddit has locked down the old.reddit.com domain to accounts only; no anonymous browsing. We would like to remind everyone that Reddit has long since now sold out and that any account will be mined for personal data with posts being fed to AI. Please be careful out there.

I know personally RTing stuff has high power. Sharing someone's work can change the trajectory of their day. and add comfort to how they feel about sharing. it seems very trivial but the concept of like "hey this is great im going to show literally everyone I know on here" is actually very strong

hopskipandthechewtoys.bandcamp.com/album/in-the... Got a new collection out on Bandcamp!! This time we're targeting a specific family pet with our month's sales: Lucy the Cat. If you follow @craftypillar.art, you might have seen that their cat Lucy is deal with a health crisis. That's where we-

In The Spotlight Vol. 1, by Hop-Skip & The Chewtoys

16 track album

hopskipandthechewtoys.bandcamp.com

Never, EVER sell yourself short. It is the fastest way to burn out and to end up destroying something you love to do. Not to mention, the "race to the bottom" pricing harms OTHER artists as well! They have to lower THEIR prices to compete and it spirals down to unsustainability.

Titan Wolf 🔜 FWA, TFS, MFM@titanwolf.bsky.social · 4w ago

You, artist reading this, are you turning work away because your queue is full? Raise your dang prices already.

Hey! You know what! CALLING ALL INDIE GAME DEVS! Do you HATE genAI? Do you swear your game does not use genAI INCLUDING using genAI like Claude? SHARE IT HERE! I will share them! I will check them all out! I will definitely play some of them! Many if I can afford! SHARE! YOUR! ART!

I hate that everyone got boned by Adobe here. If you'd like your alt text shining and thoroughly reviewed (by a human) prior to every digital release, accessibility consultants are a wonderful part of the digital publishing process you may consider including. DM me for rates and availability :)

Chaosium@chaosium.bsky.social · last mo.

Working on the personal website has given us a huge lift in spirits. If you have a creative endeavor, consider working with it today! ❤️

We would once again like to remind everyone: With the age assurance / age verification coming down the pipe, Bluesky is not going to be a safe haven for anyone. (It already isn't.) Try Mastodon! social.bear-den.org is waiting, or there are many other instances as well to try and find your home! 💖

We would once again like to remind everyone: With the age assurance / age verification coming down the pipe, Bluesky is not going to be a safe haven for anyone. (It already isn't.) Try Mastodon! social.bear-den.org is waiting, or there are many other instances as well to try and find your home! 💖

Anyone who owns or operates LLM AI services, especially ones that are constantly scouring the internet this very second ruining literally everything for everyone, should be banned from the internet forever. There are other things too, but I've been advised to not say that part.

70% of their money this year is from Daniel Berntsson's €450,000+ donation. He is the reason that they have been able to fully organise on a national basis this year. People and organisations who use Mullvad have financed this outcome unknowingly. #Mullvad #Racism

Uilliam Mac G ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ@uilliammac.bsky.social · last mo.

Mullvad's boss Daniel Berntsson donates to the fascist Örebro Party which wants all non-whites removed from Sweden. www.flamman.se/techprofil-g... Mullvad replied to this story being posted on Mastodon that those who don't like it should take their custom elsewhere. mastodon.online/@mullvadnet/...

Tired of seeing accounts suspended for arbitrary reasons when a right-winger is offended, but other accounts left up while they are wishing death on LGBTQIA+ folks? There's a solution to get away from the mess! Join the fediverse! Signups available at social.bear-den.org or many other instances. ❤️

Tired of seeing accounts suspended for arbitrary reasons when a right-winger is offended, but other accounts left up while they are wishing death on LGBTQIA+ folks? There's a solution to get away from the mess! Join the fediverse! Signups available at social.bear-den.org or many other instances. ❤️

Not a business post, but heads up to US veterans: news.va.gov/press-room/v... The VA just became much more unsafe for us all.

VA fixes police force, boosting safety for Veterans, families, staff - VA News

Changes made to the VA police force improves safety for Veterans, families and staff.

news.va.gov

So yeah if you use genAI in any capacity for any reason you should be ashamed. You are using a bad tool made & owned by some of the worst people ever to exist to make boring dogshit & actively becoming a dumber & more awful person. What's NOT to be ashamed of, you fucking losers?

Doing a little work on setting it up better but in case you get sick of Bluesky for the VERY many reasons lately, I also have a mastodon account: social.bear-den.org/@gendenelith I double post everything so unless it's a strict reply/repost of something on bsky it's all the same content. #vtuber

Happy Pride month. Always remember: You are loved, supported, and cherished. Never let anyone dim your light - shine brightly and never be afraid. The world is a better place with you in it. 💖

decided to update the page a little

i've also asked fedi to compile a list of advice for getting started over there, which you can find here mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/11666... more replies are gonna keep coming in though so check back later

i shut my trap for a while on here about mastodon because every time i talked about it people would literally shout me down but fuck it. this place sucks. it sucks more every week. come to mastodon