I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.
The negative effects of private equity on businesses is well documented at this point. It wasn't the only factor in the collapse of Toys R Us, but private equity is not blameless here.
If you're doomscrolling, guess what? So far there are 51 kΔkΔpΕ chicks hatched and thriving this season, the same number of birds as we had in TOTAL in the 90s! Only one chick has died and there are still fertile eggs waiting to hatch!
If you're a developer ignoring your long-term goals just to shoehorn AI into your product don't forget to add this button for the majority of us. Thanks! πββοΈ
New generative AI statement for @hinterland.bsky.social's games, being added first to the Episode Five build launching at the end of March.
(Needs some formatting tweaks for widescreens apparently...π
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I don't care how he looks, I'm too busy being upset by his cartoonishly evil opinion. Such a bleak view of the value of human life.
I hate that Altman doesn't seem to understand that. Yet another reason to never use AI. And another reason to understand this as a fundamentally anti-human technology.
Like, think of the most important things in your life. What are your most treasured memories? There might be some achievement in there, sure. But I'm sure there will also be time with friends and family, beautiful things you have seen, art you have experienced...
All that has real value.
Every human life has inherent value. Your lived experiences, your capacity to feel, to shape your own life, and the lives of those around you. All of that is important. Just the fact that you are here is important. You don't have to do anything to earn that.
I don't know why I'm surprised to hear this view from an AI CEO. It honestly explains a lot if this man holds his fellow humans in such low regard. The implication is that your life is worthless beyond the money you make for Altman and his peers. That you are replaceable.
I refuse to believe that.
Just casually implying that human life has no intrinsic value; that the only important thing about a human is the work they will do. What a horrific way to understand the world.
Survey: tell us how you're using AI GamesIndustry.biz is running an editorial survey (with no commercial involvement) to find out how the industry is using AI, how you think it should be used, and how it should be presented to players. It's quite short, simple, and anonymous, although there's the option to give your email address if you'd like to talk more. Please note this survey is only for those working in the industry, not the general public. You can fill out the survey here. The survey will run until Wednesday 25 February, and we'll be reporting the results as part of a run of coverage on GamesIndustry.biz, in an effort to look past the controversy and judge the impact AI is having on how games are made and marketed.
Gi.biz have a survey up about genAI usage, you know what to do comrades
survey.alchemer.com/s3/8679343/b...
if you asked me to diagnose the western game industry's current problem it would start with "landlords have absorbed basically all disposable income"
For those of you who, like me, didn't know about this, it reopens closed tabs (one at a time)
"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
A sign saying "I'm not interested in competing with anyone. I hope we all make it."
*taps sign*
"It doesn't work, and you shouldn't use it." Seems like a short training session to me. I can understand why it's free.
Kermit the frog sitting on a log surrounded by flowers Text: "what radicalised you?" empathy bro, literally just wanting people to be treated like human beings
TODAY'S THE DAY
It's Earth Must Die Day. Unlocking at 6pm GMT, your purchase on the dot will HUGELY help us out with Steam ranking etc, so if you're around to grab it as soon as we press the button, please do
Until then, pls contribute to wishlist and share
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
One of the points of Altemeyer's research on authoritarian personality types is that they tend to exhibit much higher degrees of social conformance sensitivity. They really care about what's normal and they really care about both feeling and being perceived as normal.
Please don't use ChatGPT. Even if you think you're immune to its damages, you're convincing its creators that it's popular enough to keep pushing on everyone, and therefore indirectly harming others.
Thinking about the underlying notion of truth this morning. π§΅
RT if you don't even know how the hell to open a ChatGPT tab
Burnout is genuinely life-destroying and I really can't say, on this website, what I think should happen to managers who not only let it happen to one individual worker but who systemically make it happen on large groups of workers.
We're not subtle with all our sassy skeeting about it, but it's probably time for a persistent, official statement about our stance on AI.
TL;DR: we know what we're talking about. GenAI is harming creatives. There will be no AI features in Yarn Spinner. yarnspinner.dev/blog/why-we-...
A screenshot of the luxe game engine website stating: No Gen "Al" We reject the current version of generative tools for code and art. They are not welcome in our engine, or our community as they are not compatible with our ethics, standards or goals. We focus on human centered creativity and empowerment. (Like this art, by Gabriele Pala)
Weβve updated the @luxeengine.com website to include an additional section about our philosophy and standards!
Generative βAIβ is not welcome in our game engine or community, their current incarnation is not compatible with our ethics, standards or goals. We donβt compromise and donβt need to β¨
A timeline visually representing the advice from my post, emphasising how dramatically and reliably having more time, with a testable build, converts to your game being better and your studio being safer.
I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best. It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence lies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't. By magicmosshka, yesterday's
the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
