Infynis

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[–] Infynis@midwest.social 16 points 5 days ago

YouTube continuing to advertise to children while claiming otherwise

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As long as the Clown episode doesn't come on 😨

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The other people interviewed answer those questions if you keep reading

“It really weighed on the creativity of my role, and again, spat in the face of my expertise”, [Ricky says]. “It wasn't just this though; the tool itself lacks the intent, context, and limitations of what we're doing. It doesn't have other aspects of the project, influences, references, or personal experiences in the back of its mind, because it doesn't have a mind. Whenever we design something for a game, it's drawn from somewhere, influenced by other things, and filtered through our own experiences as a human. These AI ideas lose ALL of that..."

“What follows from these discussions is me explaining why, usually over hours rather than minutes, that these tools have no place in a professional game development pipeline or production and actually hinder the development of visuals”, Francis says. “I also find myself explaining to them how the iteration and 'idea' phase of a project is where the best stuff happens, how exploring things through artistic labor is where your best ideas come to fruition, and why would we want an AI (that we don't even own) to do that for us with art that isn't ours to use?”

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[–] Infynis@midwest.social 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

If he's not arguing to improve it, he's arguing that it shouldn't exist at all, which is worse.

We must move away from binary tales of catastrophe, not towards naive utopianism that ignores problems and risks that comes with change, but hopeful solutionism that reminds us we can solve and mitigate them...

I don't like Black Mirror, but I would never say that there's no place for it. It obviously resonated with a lot of people, and it was probably an entry into the genre for a lot of new sci-fi fans. Very 'Old Man Yells At Cloud'

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It definitely reads like a criticism of Black Mirror to me

Black Mirror fails to consistently explore the duality of technology and our reactions to it.

Absent is the plot twist of Pandora’s box that made it philosophically useful: the box also contained hope and opportunity that new knowledge brings.

Black Mirror didn't fail to do those things, it wasn't interested in them

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 10 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I don't like Black Mirror. I think it's generally lazy and sensational. But what this person is saying is not a valid criticism, it's like saying the Bee Movie would have been better if there had been an extended car chase. Louis doesn't want to improve the show, they want something else entirely.

If you want a contemporary forward-thinking scifi, check out author Becky Chambers!

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 7 points 2 weeks ago

I work for an ISP, and this is a common practice among my peers

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

I think the US have certainly shown that we are not a reliable ally, and for Ukraine specifically, I don't think it would be unfair to say we're straight up your enemy, now that our president is a Russian asset.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 18 points 2 weeks ago

It's just another way to bribe him

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 15 points 2 weeks ago

... Meta's security systems were unable to identify...

I think you mean incentivized to ignore

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