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An explanation on why Big Walk isn't available on Xbox. bigwalk.game/xbox

I'm not the first or most qualified to point out that it's deeply offensive to throw around the word "slavery" re: chatbots when there are, historically and presently, actual enslaved human beings in the world

Today is a great day to play a really interesting puzzle game called Tandis store.steampowered.com/app/1297210/...

ODDADA is a very lovely game!

Those arguing for mass-adoption of AI art always seem intent on proving the wrong thing; that AI tech will change beyond all recognition. They seem less inclined to prove their argument's much wilder claim; that human nature, and all previous modes of taste, emotion and investment, will change too.

It's too depressing and obnoxious to write about, but virtually all of the doomy/horny AI hyperventilating is transparently displaced anxiety about our fucked climate and political situation. Even rich idiots know it's bad and being permitted to get worse. They're trying to write their own ending.

Among other things, this post does a great job of disentangling the classic notion of "AI" — how can we use computers to solve problems in smarter and more efficient ways? — from what LLMs are, and do

if you think ai automation will result in ubi you have to say why industrial and then computer automation didnt

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My passion doesn't lie in coding but I find a real thrill in working out a solution to an interesting problem, even (especially?) when I could just look up how it's already been solved. I reject the idea of that work being superfluous, not because it's Good For You (tho it is) but because it's fun

Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.

In both writing and drawing, the struggle of capturing an idea on paper (or screen, or whatever) and how that struggle *changes* the idea is the art. Ideas are easy, the final work is an artefact. The struggle is the art.

Try it here. Can you juggle? experiments.mariov.ch/draw/football/ 🦵⚽️

Cars are famously a great technology to have redesigned civilization around

My theory of why AI sandwiches look particularly horrible: our animal brains are trained to notice if something looks "off" with food (especially meat) and since AI can't get it quite right these images trigger something deeply alarming

Coyote vs. Acme 👍

This is great. Aside from the externalities/ethical issues of AI, we're only just starting to find out what it does to brains and it doesn't look good

Coyote vs. Acme 👍

This guy looks Iike they took him out of the oven too soon

there's a pretty simple connection here 1. humans become good at what they practice doing 2. outsourcing to an AI or even other people, means you have stopped doing the thing 3. if you stop doing the thing, you will stop improving, and, long term, get worse at it (cont.)

stegosaurus statue at town hall, route 64, dinosaur, colorado, 1991

Don't like my chances but is there like a good meaty history of 3D modelling production processes anyone knows about? Something like 'here's how they did it in Battlezone and then here's how they did it in Mario 64 and here's how you do it on a 2026 triple-a game'.

I would sincerely like a content warning for "AI generated food menus"

It is once again Sunday, and (somewhat against my better judgement) I have written some more words about using AI to make games: medium.com/@rickyhagget...

"Certes nat the beste"? I spende my precious ydel houres leevynge behynde invaluable writynges of a passed age, and thou hast the hardynesse to seye it is "certes nat the beste"?? I am so sory for wastynge thy tyme with myn unworthy werkes!

the only real conclusion

the media when the centrist loses by 1% vs the media when the leftist loses by (less than) 1%

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I’ve never seen this Harryhausen quote about why stop motion animation is its own aesthetic form & trying to make it feel like smooth live-action is a category error. ❤️