Mordikan

@Mordikan@kbin.earth

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After a year of struggling and losing my job to AI, my game finally made it to 4000 wishlists! This is how it feels:⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And what did you actually do?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After a year of struggling and losing my job to AI, my game finally made it to 4000 wishlists! This is how it feels:⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The fact that all of your posts have been involved in sleazy ad campaigns doesn't give any legitimacy to this one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After a year of struggling and losing my job to AI, my game finally made it to 4000 wishlists! This is how it feels:⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I'm going to have some doubts about the "AI replaced me" part. My company works heavily with AI now and no one has lost their job. What their job was is EXTREMELY important here. Did they make birdhouses at a financial firm?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm not going to that site because I don't want malware.

  I'm guessing the titles include such classics as:

  1. Hitler Simulator 2026
  2. A border tower defense game that's just gunning down migrants
  3. A digital version of the game Operation, only it's all children, and they're just asleep, and you aren't a doctor.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Upcoming Changes to XBOX Cloud Gaming [time limits]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don't see how game streaming at least in the US market would ever work without higher performance infrastructure anyway. Functionally, it's not a matter of bandwidth but latency. Xbox servers are centralized regionally, so even with latency within WebRTC range (like sub-20ms), cross-country traversal can add up to 30ms which makes games feel awful in terms of control.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony Implements New Customer Harassment Policy Following Backlash Toward Its Plans to Stop Making Physical Game Discs⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That's wild. So basically a user asking for compensation is treated as the same threat level as that user walking into their offices armed.
  That "considered reasonable according to social norms" is REALLY open ended, too. That sounds a lot like social norm they've been trying to push for "you won't own anything and you'll like it".

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Hopefully a meteor will strike the earth soon": Game devs talk genAI witchhunts and the importance of honing your visual literacy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It has gotten to the point where devs are just being asked to disprove a negative, though.

  "Ok, well you didn't use AI in what you showed but you used it somewhere else."
  Short of devs wearing body cams to try and prove literally every step in every process, people are going to have to have some faith that developers aren't using it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A touch of AI is all it takes to trigger backlash, as a promising new indie falls afoul of slop skeptics⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a game that is upcoming that I was interested in that clearly used generative AI in a gameplay trailer. I should say I'm not pro/anti generative AI. I'm right down the middle, I see the issues and the potential, so the presence of AI itself for me isn't a deal killer (Crimson Desert for example).

  But, the issue is that this game falsely represented what is going to be in the game. The lighting isn't planned to be that good. The model rigging isn't meant to be that fluid. Etc, etc. The problem is a matter of dishonesty.

  If a developer uses generative AI for test assets and placeholders, I don't see that as an issue (especially if they admit to and own that fact). If they use that for material for trailers to showcase their work when that will not be part of the work, then that is a different story as that introduces that dishonesty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT, LLMs, and Automating the Fun Out of Roleplaying: Don’t let billionaires poison the beautiful creative collaboration at the heart of TTRPGs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm just going to end this here with a final comment:

  I know I'm not going to change your mind on this. It doesn't matter what evidence I provide, you just aren't ready to have that conversation. And that's ok.

  This has never really been about you. It's been about all the others. It's about showing how while there is a lot of AI hype, there is an equal amount of anti-AI hype. Misinformation is misinformation. Doesn't matter your stance.

  We have for 4 years now both simultaneously and perpetually been 3 months away from the AI bubble popping and 3 months away from AI stealing everyone's job.

  So, for those that see this insane comment history, understand as well intentioned as some of these posters are, most everything they say is completely fabricated. They are just passing it along without knowing any better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT, LLMs, and Automating the Fun Out of Roleplaying: Don’t let billionaires poison the beautiful creative collaboration at the heart of TTRPGs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm just going to end this here with a final comment:

  I know I'm not going to change your mind on this. It doesn't matter what evidence I provide, you just aren't ready to have that conversation. And that's ok.

  This has never really been about you. It's been about all the others. It's about showing how while there is a lot of AI hype, there is an equal amount of anti-AI hype. Misinformation is misinformation. Doesn't matter your stance.

  We have for 4 years now both simultaneously and perpetually been 3 months away from the AI bubble popping and 3 months away from AI stealing everyone's job.

  So, for those that see this insane comment history, understand as well intentioned as some of these posters are, most everything they say is completely fabricated. They are just passing it along without knowing any better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT, LLMs, and Automating the Fun Out of Roleplaying: Don’t let billionaires poison the beautiful creative collaboration at the heart of TTRPGs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok, so despite everything you said, it is NOT the environmental impact that matters. What matters (at least now) is the number of services it provides. I hate to say it but "You're just choosing to cherry pick one thing that everyone who's upset should ignore."

  This is gonna sound like a broken record here but... https://kbin.earth/m/gaming@beehaw.org/t/3103626/ChatGPT-LLMs-and-Automating-the-Fun-Out-of-Roleplaying-Don-t/comment/14132956#entry-comment-14132956

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT, LLMs, and Automating the Fun Out of Roleplaying: Don’t let billionaires poison the beautiful creative collaboration at the heart of TTRPGs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm curious though, what would I have to be doing for you to believe that I'm... I dont know, "allowed"? to talk about AI's water usage impact?

  I would say you are starting to approach an opposing view as treating yours as "wrong thought" when confronted. That is an absolutest method that is only ever used to justify what you think is right and vilify all else. It isn't a matter of what is "allowed". There is no restriction to that. But if you put out an idea or belief that can be deconstructed and proven incorrect/incomplete, then people have the right to speak against it.

  There are lots of points you can make that are completely valid and evidentiary by nature, but AI water usage isn't one of them. It has been debunked to point that I would bucket it into the same group that "vaccines cause autism" fit into.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT, LLMs, and Automating the Fun Out of Roleplaying: Don’t let billionaires poison the beautiful creative collaboration at the heart of TTRPGs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can run on a raspberry pi and does run on a raspberry pi are two different things. I don't think raspberry pis are the solution here. I'm not cherry picking either as both are clear evils. That is the point. Current non-AI datacenters are using more power in total than AI datacenters. That may (and likely will) change, but the argument that AI datacenters are destroying the environment when the other is destroying it even more (but let's ignore that one) is moronic by nature.

  That by definition isn't cherry picking. It's pointing out the logical fallacy in popular thought.

  I work in devops. There is little difference in current overall consumption rates.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT, LLMs, and Automating the Fun Out of Roleplaying: Don’t let billionaires poison the beautiful creative collaboration at the heart of TTRPGs⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That is a valid point, I think. That isn't "but what about the environment" but only when convenient. That is local pricing issue which has a very direct and very trackable impact.

  If a datacenter opens next door to you, the utility consumption goes up meaning your bill goes up. Unless the datacenter operators are somehow offsetting that increase financially (and that the money is actually be allocated by the city for that purpose), then there is the real impact of datacenters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT, LLMs, and Automating the Fun Out of Roleplaying: Don’t let billionaires poison the beautiful creative collaboration at the heart of TTRPGs⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  AI datacenters do not cause drought. There is no evidence to support that claim. And if you think you do have evidence, I would love to see the source.

  And you totally can contain multitudes. People should be like that. But they in practice aren't. They follow what is trending. For example, if you look through your comment history how many comments will be pertaining to the US meat industry? How many to datacenters?

  I would argue that you care a great deal more about one than the other. Which, going back to my original point, why is that 1% more important than the remaining 99% (or specifically the 50% that you care so much about)?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT, LLMs, and Automating the Fun Out of Roleplaying: Don’t let billionaires poison the beautiful creative collaboration at the heart of TTRPGs⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  "they're doing bad so I can too"

  I don't think you understand that the "so I can" part implies you. By virtue of even posting, YOU are pushing datacenter demand. These comments don't just live in the ether. The whole point is you are cherry picking what you are upset about based on what is trending (as you even mentioned). The point being you are MORE upset about the lesser evil, not that one is justified evil and the other isn't.

  If you enjoy the Two Wrongs Make Right fallacy, then I think you'll love the Special Pleading fallacy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT, LLMs, and Automating the Fun Out of Roleplaying: Don’t let billionaires poison the beautiful creative collaboration at the heart of TTRPGs⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I find the environmental argument is always a weak one to make, though. CO2 emissions for non-AI datacenters peaks currently around 210 million tons, with AI datacenters peaking currently around 100 million tons.

  So why is more pollution from subject A acceptable, but less from subject B isn't?
  I've seen people say because A gives "something of worth", but then that just undermines the whole point of being harmful to the environment. Destruction of the environment is kinda an absolute in that instance, the source shouldn't be the deciding factor in whether or not we accept it.

  The same for the water usage thing (which was debunked). AI datacenters use 68 billions gallons annually (at least by 2028 projected). People are upset about that, but not about the 26 trillion gallons that US agriculture uses. All because "something of worth", but if it's that big of a deal why are people focusing on less than 1% of the total consumption? How is that 1% needing protected but the remaining 99% totally disposable?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic Games CEO says it’s ‘really irresponsible’ of Steam to make studios disclose AI use | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it's more just Tim Sweeney trying to be a "billionaire influencer". He has a lot of money and yes men surrounding him, so he believes everything he thinks must by that fact be the correct take.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop Killing Games Pivots To Amending Digital Fairness Act In EU After Loss⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No it was not, as laid out by SKG's own goals from their website (which is now restricted - including past legislative attempts) and by Article 225 whereby they are asking an EU commission to submit a legislative proposal to the EU Parliament for enacting new laws.

  This is literally the backup plan they are on now. Stop framing a loss as some sort of planned win. That's not what it is.
  And regarding Past Results (https://www.stopkillinggames.com/en/past-results), this isn't the first time they've been here.
  The EU has ruled multiple times that it is on the member nations to enact/amend these laws, this has all happened before with the same result.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm curious what companies like EA are going to do if this continues. If your customers cannot obtain the hardware to run your games, what do you do? Start releasing pixel titles or just hope for a whale?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Ace Combat 8 (Deluxe) worth getting for ¥11,990?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pre-ordering digitally available games only helps publishers with their financial forecasting. The best case pre-order scenario for a consumer is "early access" by a few days, but that isn't benefiting the user as they run without day-1 patches and the whole concept isn't meant to help pre-order players just penalize non-pre-order players.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"We approached payment processors because Steam did not respond" - Australian pressure group Collective Shout claims responsibility for Steam and Itch.io NSFW game removal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I don't know what you are and don't care. Only you care about that. To be fair, you did call me "sweatie", so I think I can call you whatever I want given you initiated, sir.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"We approached payment processors because Steam did not respond" - Australian pressure group Collective Shout claims responsibility for Steam and Itch.io NSFW game removal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Whatever you say, sir.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"We approached payment processors because Steam did not respond" - Australian pressure group Collective Shout claims responsibility for Steam and Itch.io NSFW game removal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm not going to discount Murdock Family Trust just because it makes you feel bad.
  As for exports, here you go.
  Feel free to try and deny it, seems like something you're used to doing.

  Murdoch’s media empire spans multiple countries, with strong conservative influence in:
  United States:
  Fox News, Fox Business, New York Post (via Fox Corporation)
  United Kingdom:
  The Sun, The Times, The Sunday Times (via News UK)
  Australia:
  As listed above, through News Corp Australia

  Across these regions, Murdoch’s companies control:
  120+ newspapers across five countries
  Multiple TV networks and digital platforms with conservative leanings

  Murdoch’s outlets often dominate:
  Australia: ~60–70% of newspaper circulation
  UK: ~25% of print circulation and large digital reach
  US: Fox News is the defacto and most-watched cable news channel in the country

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"We approached payment processors because Steam did not respond" - Australian pressure group Collective Shout claims responsibility for Steam and Itch.io NSFW game removal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Australia has been definitively proven to be the biggest TERF exporter now and you can't even contest it.
  You should do something about that, geez.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"We approached payment processors because Steam did not respond" - Australian pressure group Collective Shout claims responsibility for Steam and Itch.io NSFW game removal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, and the Murdoch Family Trust owns 40% of the Fox Corporation (which owns the US based Fox News).
  So really your argument is the same that a heroin addict might have:
  "If you discount my heroin addiction, I'm doing great!"

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel these companies stole my money by delisting game, and I'm sure others feel the same. Nobody is sure if the EU will get the law passed. So it got me thinking -- why not revive games together?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  So, these games failed because they did not have:

  1. Funding/sustainability
  2. Reaching critical number of players
  3. Content creation/marketing

  And you can bring them back if you can just get:

  1. Funding/sustainability
  2. Reaching critical number of players
  3. Content creation/marketing

  This feels like tautological reasoning. Like "X would be true, if X were true".

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"We approached payment processors because Steam did not respond" - Australian pressure group Collective Shout claims responsibility for Steam and Itch.io NSFW game removal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok, so you are exporting garbage. Good to know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"We approached payment processors because Steam did not respond" - Australian pressure group Collective Shout claims responsibility for Steam and Itch.io NSFW game removal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Multiple times now you've accused people of being American for saying that Australia outputs some garbage right wing stuff. Aside from the vampire fuck Rupert Murdoch himself, here is a list:

  1. Sky News Australia (especially through YT and social media)
  2. GB News (based on Australian right-wing media)
  3. News Corp Australia
  4. The Daily Telegraph
  5. The Australian
  6. Andrew Hastie
  7. 7News (this is arguably one of the worst as they sprinkle facts into their narrative to cloudy the waters)
  8. Herald Sun
  9. The Spectator Australia
  10. Quadrant Magazine

  All of these media sources and publications output to the rest of the world.
  It doesn't matter about "well the UK has more. well the US has more".
  Australia is exporting fucking garbage.
  This isn't a race to bottom.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a alternative platform to roblox for players and gamedevs?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you tried Luanti yet? It originally was called Minetest:
  https://www.luanti.org/