Ciaran aka husband of the clones

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Amir's mom needs help. I've long known how amazing Amir is, & when he was briefly sick I got to talk to his mother directly too, so I can tell you these are special people who deserve support. Her eye condition is dangerous & getting worse. She needs $120 urgently for treatment. Boost & give.

Micheeel@micheeel.bsky.social · 2d ago

Om Amir: I'm in hospital afraid of losing my remaining sight due to retinal disease My other eye has bleeding and blurred vision The doctor prescribed urgent drops painkillers and medicines My life is on hold until we raise $120 Every $5 helps protect my sight Help here 👇🏻 chuffed.org/project/help...

Selfie of Amir with his mother wearing a patch on her left eye

The Devs of #SpiritCrossing REALLY don't like to hear opinions on their AI useage, hiding it and defending it with "everyone else does it" using a sus report from an AI company as a basis. @steampowered.com There's nothing that breaks TOS here.

You have been banned from Spirit Crossing Community Hub
You have been banned from Spirit Crossing Community Hub by a Spirit Crossing developer for your post in "AI usage":
This is just sad at this point. Yall are going down in gaming history as liars who use AI & then defend it by saying "everyone else does it!".

This is a moral issue and you've failed every chance you've been given to at least admit you were in the wrong. Instead you've quadrupled down. It's a really vile look when talking about something that uses Drinking Water, has a huge death toll already and is destroying communities all over the world.

This is one of the hardest self-owns Ive seen in a while & yall should rethink your stance on both AI and continuing to make cozy games, because there's nothing cozy about using a fascist machine that's fueling genocide worldwide.

Originally posted by WyldWish:
Justifications can't unring a bell.

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🎃 HalloWylder 🏳️‍⚧️♿@wylder.myatproto.social · 2d ago

This was a #SpiritCrossing dev explaining why the #CozyGame doesnt contain an AI useage label despite using it to make the game & having stated it would not have released without AI usage. "Everyone does it" is not a reasonable reason to engage in helping the torment nexus feed on our suffering.


Chedd [developer]
Oct 28 @ 11:04am
  
I will repeat: Valve has explicitly stated that the AI disclosure is for user-facing content like art, sound, etc. The disclosure is explicitly NOT intended to be used for things like code editing. If you believe the latest reports, 94% of studios are using AI in various ways[www.videogameschronicle.com]; nowhere near 94% of studios are using the Steam disclosure, precisely for this reason.

As we have also said before: unfortunately, many people do not understand the Steam disclosure rules, and consequently, if you DO use Valve's disclosure, many people will immediately assume that your game incorporates genAI content (again, things such as art, sound and narrative writing.) I would genuinely prefer if Valve did require our limited usage of AI to be disclosed. Then many other developers would need to disclose as well, and then maybe, just maybe, there would no longer be an assumption that an AI disclosure == AI content. But that is unfortunately not the reality of the situation today.

The accusation that we are "hiding", when we are literally one of the only developers publicly discussing our AI usage DESPITE not being required by Valve to do so, is simply unfair. I understand why people who are vehemently anti-AI wish that everyone using it would use the Steam disclosure. But that's not how the disclosure is intended to work, and if you are telling us you don't like it, you are telling the wrong people. We don't make those rules.

I spend the majority of my time helping folks survive & encouraging others to do good. Let me make this very clear: If you use AI & push it's worth or use as though it's a good thing, inevitable, or fine because 'everyone else is' - FUCK YOU. You're contributing to the fascist takeover. Do better.

Today's quick update [Oct 30]: - RSF drone strike on the city of Shendi, targeting military bases and destroying a power station, which has caused widespread outages. - This is the 11th RSF hit on power infrastructure in the last two weeks. #KeepEyesOnSudan

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