George Orton
@georgeorton.bsky.social
Senior Designer @RareLtd creating pirate adventures for @SeaOfThieves. Ambassador for @SpecialEffect. He/Him.
‘I asked Grok, I asked Chat GPT’ ok well I asked Michael Owen and he said ‘tremendous by the way’
It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities.
Lying is bad unless you do it via AI. False advertising is bad unless you do it via AI. Plagiarism is bad unless you do it via AI. Losing billions of dollars for no good reason is bad unless you do it via AI. Robbing cities of water is bad unless you do it via AI. You’re just embracing the future.
Ah shite, I need to subscribe to TNT. HA'WAY THE LADS ♥️⚪♥️⚪
This. God, this. It is such a manufactured panic and it started the moment they lost the fight over gay marriage. Support trans rights because it’s the right thing to do and also because this is all just a fascist push
Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
Lovely, fascinating thread — the crucial takeaway is how incredibly chaotic the act of artistic creation is A film requires hundreds of people, each making hundreds of daily choices, and the iconic final product is often born from collaboration/compromise/improvisations AI does none of this
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK was released 46 years ago today. One of Hollywood’s most popular films and most anticipated and acclaimed sequels, the making of story is as huge as you’d expect. 1/39
Imagine a world where people who made money from music and art liked music and art, people who ran government liked government, people who invented machines to help do work liked and understood the work that needed doing, and what didn’t… Just a bit of fucking skin in the game.
Spot on. You can’t respond authentically to art with your arms folded and a sneer on your lips. It’s impossible to be a good audience.
I despise with the heat of a thousand suns the way I have to be suspicious of all art I see now while I investigate it's authenticity, because this couldn't be more diametrically opposed to the state of mind one should be in while taking in all art.
Fall for your friends' jokes, it will make them happy.
Once again, it feels very strange to be making videogames with all this insane stuff is going on. Selfishly, I'd like world peace, not just for everyone else, but so that I can just, you know, enjoy my day and make nice things for nice people.
Big yes. Broken Veil is a phenomenal thing wonderfully crafted and has stuck with me since the first listen. Cannot wait for II.
#BrokenVeil BROKEN VEIL II Only on Patreon. Coming soon.
a man wearing a yellow shirt and suspenders is standing in front of a rock
Alt: Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey), climbing a rock face, turns to camera a powerfully enunciates the word "loser".
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Breaking: Disney Exits OpenAI Deal After AI Giant Shutters Sora
[doctor hitting my knee with their little hammer] where are your precious apples now?
a resource-intensive feature that nobody asked for which solves no known problem AND is functionally not just useless, but actively makes the product worse? SOLD! 100 BILLION TO OPENAI, NOW!!!
This is such a misunderstanding of why writers, artists, and designers do research to begin with, which is to find something unexpected, not capture the average or find reference for the default. And, as always, the biggest misapprehension: We don’t want to NOT do this part. It’s fun to learn shit
Anyone who supports this is an embarrassment. "Instead of typing it out they'll generate their idea"? Are you insane? Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
This year has been absolutely astounding for SpecialEffect, and we'd love to take this opportunity to give our most heartfelt thanks to you, our amazing supporters! Our team are taking a well deserved rest over the holiday season, and we'll be back on Jan 5th. Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!
While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
Impossible to listen to Shuhei without falling in love with videogames anew. What a bloke.
Our next guest is one of the most beloved figures in the video games industry. Please welcome, @yosp-jp.bsky.social . The Former President of Sony Interactive's Worldwide Studios helped oversee the development of landmark titles across generations. Don’t miss this exciting episode: bit.ly/43RMgx9
The only safe place to use LLMs is in a field where you are already skilled enough to know you would never trust AI. So you might as well not. We’ve got to start insisting on this Catch 22 being understood in all workplaces: AI only replaces workers too incompetent to notice it doesn’t work.
The veneration of Books As Objects misses the point entirely. If you're reading a book, turn the corners down, break the spine, spill soup on it. It's your book, go nuts. A pristine, unread book is a tragedy in a way that a beloved, much-read book that looks like the dog's been at it could never be.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
Wow, what a fantastic #OneSpecialWalk! Thanks so much to everyone for braving the rain and (literally) going the extra mile for us, you're all stars! Keep an eye out for an update on how much you've raised, and the date for next year's event 🧡💙
This is important and good. Brilliant work.
It’s time to wake up — if you aren’t using ChatGPT to optimize your work (and your life!) you’re getting left behind. Watch this for 5 simple, lesser-known ChatGPT prompts that geniuses use! youtu.be/IS65dBNlng8