Laine ๐ŸŒผ

@shinenite.lainesdesigned.com

Freelance book designer Video editor for somanygames.co.uk i love xenoblade chronicles (2010) talking about my favorite things and occasionally sharing stuff i make (see #lainesdesigned) ๐Ÿ”ธ https://lainesdesigned.com/ โœ‰๏ธ hello@lainesdesigned.com

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Absolutely hate how searching for stuff these days is like just doubting whether something is just lazily AI-generated and bullshit or just on a vibe coded website which doesn't really inspire confidence but like, idk, maybe the info is not AI slop, but hard to say really!

I truly feel for kids growing up now who will have to unlearn using AI, but if you've been writing for more than 2 years it is the easiest thing in the world to just Keep Doing The Thing You Did and ignore AI tools!! It makes me feel crazy that people act like this isn't the case!!!

Maddy Myers ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ@midimyers.com ยท 5d ago

it's actually sad as hell to use AI for research when research is the fun part. you can just email people and call them on the phone and ask them questions about the thing that they have expertise in. you can read documents & learn cool shit. ok now i'm just talking about how being a reporter is fun

It's probably pulling at straws to be thinking of my two beloved niche rhythm (adjacent) games to be referencing one another but every time I saw "rhythm alien" in rhythm heaven groove I was like heh ... like commander video from the bit trip series ....

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The saddest part about Google becoming so enshittified is that I don't even feel like making funny jokes like "hey Google how do I stop caring about my job so much to improve my mental health" bc like theoretically if I DID I'd get an ai answer to that and. Ew.

I just saw a meme that said โ€œget in losers, weโ€™re reclaiming the emdashโ€. People. PEOPLE. Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be โ€œget in, losers โ€” weโ€™re reclaiming the em dash.โ€