If there was an AI that licensed every bit of art/code/etc that it trained on, then I think I would be fine if they used it. BUT, I’d never think their final product was ever a more than just a madlibs of other people’s work, cobbled together for cheap commercial consumption. My time is worth something, and I’m not spending a minute of it on AI generated crap when I could be spending it on the product of a true author, artist, coder, craftsman. They deserve my dollar, not the AI company and their ai-using middle man who produced shit with it.

The timing is impeccable isn’t it?

Welp, there goes all of my enthusiasm for the next game. Will have to check out other actual game developers and artists instead of whatever Larian and their genAI prompt monkeys have become.

Government surveillance tracking device you mean? Enrich the local cops devices? Over half of violations monies collected goes to the corporations that market them to local and state officials with lavish dinners and vacations devices? Financial incentive to calibrate them to flag innocent drivers knowing there is little to no recourse against the company devices? 5.5 lbs you say?

Thank you

Elsevier has a 3 billion dollar income, while most of its research is publicly funded. You are paying for the research, then paying again to access the results of the research that you already paid for. The executives can hang.

So Microsoft is the pig whose committed to the AI chatbot ham. There’s no going back now for windows scanning my personal files for their own use. It’s that or nothing from Microsoft from now on.

I drive a sports car with a giant engine and ridiculous lack of utility. I like driving it a lot. I take every chance to drive it. BUT I appreciate every cyclist I see on the road immensely. I applaud every time a bike lane is built - even if it takes away a car lane I could use. Am I really part of a minority?

Remember, gifting is a shared experience, meant to be appreciated by the giftee as well as the gifter. It’s obvious that your partner put thought into the gift, and that should be appreciated. Giving thoughtful gifts is not an easy task. Just because you have a new item does not diminish the value of the old sentimental one. But demanding the new one be returned could easily sow resentment in your relationship that will be revisited every gifting season.

I had always questioned when game developers complained steam took an unfairly high percentage of their income… Then I see this and it all makes sense now.

It’s murder for political optics plain and simple.

You are correct. It is drilled into every us gov employee that you can’t even hint to political messaging on any official documents presentations or social media for public service. The us gov resources serve the American people, not the politicians. It’s strictly illegal, there are no grey area for interpretation.

Why are you taking up nice clean desk space with a big generally ugly box and lots of cords? Keep things tidy that under that desk.

I was thinking how to use a special application to the windshield to fix this - apparently I completely missed the point.

One (1) library card. No purchase necessary. Can do it online in minutes and with a free app like libby have access to more interest than you could ever satisfy.

By “crime,” he means homeless and people who look like immigrants.

Sooner they left, the less chance of underpaid employees getting hurt. Of course they held the door.

I wonder what kind of data about your location and bedtime activities are these beds collecting and selling?

It seems like some AI bots with contrarian comments in order to drive engagement or strong arm wild political platforms have started to leak into the fediverse as a whole. Still better than other options though.

Sadly a simply manufactured, safe, and easy to work on with minimal training vehicle has little profit incentive for the manufacturer and therefore not attractive to venture capital. No one will make and support it if it can’t make them as rich as Elon. From a consumer perspective, I am intrigued, but in the western world I think this is a pipe dream.