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Rideshare Stimulator finally gets its genAI disclosure after much Saber-rattling, and it turns out the game also uses the tech for in-game music

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rideshare-stimulator-finally-gets-its-genai-disclosure-after-much-saber-rattling-and-it-turns-out-the-game-also-uses-the-tech-for-in-game-music

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  • Dojan@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ah cool. So they didn’t bother to make a game but want people to buy it. No thanks.

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    • makyo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah I’ll vibe code my own game if I want an AI game

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  • mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Rideshare Stimulator ? 🤨

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    • athatet@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I wouldn’t be surprised if ai came up with the name as well.

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    • mushroommunk@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sybian missed an opportunity here to make this game first

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    • rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      buttplug.io

      It’s open-source, written in Rust, and has plugins from Stardew Valley to Ultrakill.

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      • tpyo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Butt can it do grandmaster level chess tournaments?

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      • Dremor@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        “We were vibe coding before it was cool.” 🤣

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    • tanisnikana@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Guess we’ll be goin’ down together.

      (think unsexy thoughts, think unsexy thoughts)

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      • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Well, this is my stop

        screams see you tomorrow

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  • Corngood@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “Here’s more truth: that statement is remarkably pathetic for the CEO of any company to be making, and combined with the AI use it will do far more damage to Saber’s reputation than it ever could mine. This screed will be many people’s first exposure to the Saber brand.”

    She nailed that analysis

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    • Damage@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, never heard of them before, seems like they make lots of ports? I surely will remember them now if I ever see a game with their name on it

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      • OrgunDonor@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s a shame, because they have been involved in some great games. Especially early on, with games like time shift and inversion (but being pretty good lower budget games), and the World War Z and leading into Space Marine 2 withe their fun horde tech.

        Their stance here though is the nail in the coffin though, well maybe shotgun to the feet. Will steer clear of them now.

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  • artyom@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The game also includes a mix of radio stations featuring human-made music and AI-generated music

    This is probably the wrong audience to ask but if you don’t give a shit at all about the quality of the music, why not just use royalty-free music? Isn’t that easier? And cheaper?

    I just don’t understand this shit at all. You’re Coca-Cola and spend $5 b-b-billion/year on advertising but you’re gonna skimp and save like $1k on paying a human to create quality content and instead just outsource it to shitty AI-generated images? WTF is happening?

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    • Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Stimulator, as opposed to simulator is my guess.

      Also, 100% agree. If something is so meaningless that you could give it to a robot, just chuck $500 at the nearest idiot with a guitar or throw royalty free classical music or make up some garbage song

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  • viral.vegabond@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fucking garbage.

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  • artyom@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So there will be some sort of punishment from Steam for lying about their game on the store, right?

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  • Nouvellalia@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The fact that people are spending so much time in games doing something menial they could be actually doing in real life, bothers me terribly.

    I mean, wasting hundreds of hours in a game isn’t exactly healthy, but I completely understand why you’d want to be a super elf or explorer Big Boobassa or a magic plumber escaped from the drudgery of the poo or any of the others. But, not cleaning your room so you can play “Clean Your Room”, in which you are a regular human and it takes just as long to clean but in the end you still have a baseball hat full of cream cheese under your bed in the real world, speaks to a mind and society of eldrich horrors withering souls to tiny raisins and collecting them like candy for aerernal snacking.

    “Hey heeee! Come on over! Have some fun with CRAZY dead-inside taxi!”

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    • chunes@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The fact that people are spending so much time in games doing something menial they could be actually doing in real life, bothers me terribly.

      Sounds like you’re in the wrong community then.

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      • Nouvellalia@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Oh shit, did I stumble into the boringafphonegames comm?

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    • PieMePlenty@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hey, we’re all broken inside. You don’t need to point it out.

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  • DrPop@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ve bever heard of this game, now I’m seeing multiple articles on it. Could this be a marketing tactic?

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    • SystemDisc@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes, of course it is

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  • itsworkthatwedo@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Rideshare simulator…isn’t this just shitty Crazy Taxi? Or the cab side missions in GTA3?

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    • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Image

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    • growsomethinggood@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Terrible news, that’s not even the name. It’s stimulator. Gross.

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      • itsworkthatwedo@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Haha, I assumed that was a typo. OK.

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