Vic "Loxley" Collins

@satyricorner.live

Voice Actor & Vtuber | Queer Neurodiverse Londoner | he/him | 37 | 🔞 18+, Minors DNI https://www.satyricorner.com/ https://twitch.tv/satyricorner Design: Francesca Dare Model Artist: @superhumanfoods.bsky.social PFP: @lokiphantom.bsky.social‬

It's both fascinating and deeply concerning to me that a senior manager of a major corporation has been in (at time of writing) a seventeen hour crash out, triggered by finding a post made nearly two weeks ago

Spent this afternoon at a board game cafe, where it occurred to me, I've not seen anyone try a fusion of one of my favourite solo board game mechanics (roll & writes) with my beloved roguelike deckbuilders So now I have a working title of Rogue & Write and I need to work out what that means...

My in depth rebuttal to this: No they don't. The "people actually like it" argument is the weakest one AI-stans use, as they wouldn't need endless studies that say they do if people did. Nobody's funding "do people even like chocolate?" studies because fuckin' duh.

Podnews podcasting news@podnews.net · 3w ago

Listeners prefer AI voices, claim two studies: They don't like the idea, but after hearing an AI voice they are twice as likely to like it

While we're on the topic of corporate shitweasels funding dodgy research to drive profits at the expense of people, this summer I'm recording the second season of Dakota Gold with @lawofnames.com Series 1 is one of the best things I've ever been a part of, proudly human made and well worth a listen

Law of Names Media@lawofnames.com · 2y ago

When a beautiful woman with a thorny problem walks into his office, Cloud City's finest private investigator must decide exactly how much trouble he's willing to get himself into. And how much he'll charge for it. --- Cloud City Sonata, part 1: Duet for Three shorturl.at/pExcN DGM

An utterly worthless article about two utterly worthless studies The first study looks at AI audiobooks vs human narrators, is funded by an AI audiobook company and compares a single narrator vs AI generated multi-cast So the actual conclusion is that people might prefer multi-cast audiobooks

Podnews podcasting news@podnews.net · 3w ago

Listeners prefer AI voices, claim two studies: They don't like the idea, but after hearing an AI voice they are twice as likely to like it

So you may have noticed I've not streamed in a little over a month Shortly after the last stream, I was declared medically unfit for work, due to worsening depression I've been recovering slowly and there's still more to do, but I'm hoping to be back streaming before August

At first glance I assumed this was a "like Subnautica but-", then saw it was a city builder and became curious, then saw that the narrative is done by Rihanna Pratchett!! Dismissive to checking out the demo in less than a minute, a roller coaster of emotions!

Mx. Fee@mxfee.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I had a lot of fun playing @lifebelow.net last night. One of the devs hung out for a while and gave me some helpful tips and tricks, and it was a great opportunity to share my experience (as well as make a lil accessibility request)! If you like chill city builders with a twist, check it out! 💖

The animation chat has me thinking one telling thing - in the years since AI arrived, there's not been a ground-up indie phenomenon, like we saw with earlier tech (Flash, etc). It hasn't unlocked anyone's creativity. For all the anti-gatekeeping rhetroic, nothing anyone cares about has been born.

Nobody loves unmagical Trevor Because the things that he does are inconsistent and dull Look at him now disappearing a cow He didn’t mean to do that it’s just the ai doesn’t have object permanence