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πŸ‘½ 25+ they/them - ENG ζ—₯本θͺž/ESP/IDπŸ“š ⚑VA/art/sing/scream/guitar/drum/program⚑ Carrd:🎸🎨 http://mikitanii.carrd.co ------------- Voice of KUROI and GIN CEO↓↓ Project Futuresight: @futuresight-p.bsky.social Album: 6:11 https://bit.ly/3OFe3df πŸ‘ˆπŸ‘ˆ β›”DONT USE IN AIβ›”

people are losing their minds over Ecosia switching their AI partner, but I'm still stuck on the fact they integrate AI at all, as a business that claims to be fighting for climate and environment, huhhhh

One excuse I keep seeing whenever folks admit to using AI for stuff like game decomps and mods is that β€œthis wouldn’t be able to exist without AI!!” Which A) that’s not remotely true, shit like this has existed long before genAI, and B) Maybe it doesn’t need to exist then? We can survive without it

I genuinely mean this. I cannot imagine a more bleak dystopian notion than the idea of all art being turned into slop designed to coddle my exact perceived intentions. The point of literature, film, music, and art is to be exposed to the interior lives of others. Who are these people.

Bugs, Yaoist@bugsmaytrix.bsky.social Β· 2d ago

maybe i'm old fashion but the coolest thing about video games is being taken to new worlds that i hadn't thought up and experiencing something exciting that the artists behind the game want to show me

Paul Ifeanyichukwu Gabriel @ @...β€’2h
Can you explain to me like a 5 yrs old ?

Nikita Bier
@nikitabier β€’ 2h

Every video game -- and every piece of software -- will be personalized exactly to your preferences.

This one got insanely popular on twitter so I'm sharing it here too. And to clarify again, I'm not saying artists can't take breaks, just communicate and be transparent with your clients about progress and obstacles. Ghosting/lying to them is an easy way to make sure they don't return.

Here’s a thing about LLM code generation that people haven’t mentioned much, even in theory: The thought that open source projects might either close their source or make the bar for contribution significantly higher due to the onslaught of vibe-coded submissions.

Tom, Legally Certified Date Simmelier@iiotenki.bsky.social Β· 3d ago

Also, before anyone understandably asks, Grimdoomer's bona fides are legit and include major contributions to other scenes over the years, including the PS2 as well. And while it's unfortunate the code will remain closed source, it's hard to argue with the reasoning. I'd likely do the same here.

A screenshot from the Github page for Grimdoomer's Xbox 360 softmod that says the following:

Where's the Source Code?

I have decided not to release the source code for this for a few reasons:

    Everything I make and release I do for free in my own time. This is a hobby for me and something I do for fun. Given the state of software development I no longer feel the need to release the source code for everything I make just so people can make a million forks of it and kill any motivation I have to work on it. I make this stuff for myself and not anyone else.
    The world doesn't need 15 "slopsoftmods". It took a LOT of work to not only develop this exploit chain but also package it into an easy to use installer and do testing to try and make sure it wouldn't break someone's console. Making these modifications to your console can cause it to stop working, and I don't see why someone who doesn't understand the risks, work it took to make, or how the OS functions, should be able to clone a turn-key repository, make one change, slap their name on it, and tell people "go download my softmod".

It's inevitable that people will just reverse engineer, modify, and repackage my work as their own. While my work may not be "perfect, bug free, etc.", I have taken utmost care to make sure it's unlikely to cause any harm to your console and that you should always be able to boot into retail mode to recover from anything that goes wrong. Other people copying my work may not do the same. If you don't trust the people making the modifications don't install them.