Hardest is getting removed from Steam by the developer at the end of the month, as they say "AI is bad" and "AI is evil" - oh my. Never heard of it until it was pointed out on Mastodon to me.

In a Steam announcement the developer mentioned they made the game in a few Summer months using AI "because in university there is so much brainwashing on students and all the tools are given for free". Now they have "realized the AI is not actually free, and it has a major effect on the economy and environment." and that some AI companies "can use this game just existing as a reason the get more investment for their AI companies, that benefit no one, but rather suck resources from the economy from hard working people".

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[–] 7 points 10 months ago

Great PR move.

Never heard of this game or dev and now I've seen multiple articles about it.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Never heard of the game, but I can get behind his reasoning.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    Why? He claims there is no benefit yet wouldn't have his own game without it.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    Hindsight can be a powerful thing Just because something seemed beneficial or good in the moment, does not mean it actually was. And even if it was, if the guy reflected on it and decided he didn't support it anymore, that's his choice to make.

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    [–] 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Better late than never. I'll always respect someone willing to change their mind when presented with conflicting information.

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    AI chuds after one month with a human female

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  • [+] -7 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Because women have never used AI, right...

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    Someone here is playing "Most Downvoted for Slop-licking Comments" and winning...!

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  • [+] -17 points 10 months ago (17 children)

    *new girlfriend conned them into thinking AI is bad

    I hope they recover

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (8 children)

    take a look at the game art and tell me this has merit. maybe they'll learn their craft now.

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  • [+] -14 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    Take a look at MOST game art, AI or otherwise, and tell me it;s great. Some is, sure, some AI art is great. Sturgeons law applies. If hew had not used AI and had used shitty derivative stock pixel art or something that would not be better

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago* (6 children)

    AI art is never more than mediocre and barely serviceable. People who craft mediocre game art have at least the potential to get better.

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  • [+] -11 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    Have you tried not being wrong?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (4 children)

    LLMs will support artists at tedious tasks to save time during production, they'll craft the important things and the LLM will fill in the gaps. Look at SpeedTree, its already in use in thousand of games and it generates plant models that have never seen a human touch, no one cared, and it is a matter of time until machine learning will enhance their algorithm.

    If an artist cannot render the output they desire and needs the LLM for more than help with tedious work, like in the game here, it's the wrong tool. The artist will rob themselves of the potential to learn because they took a shortcut to creativity.

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  • [+] -6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    You were so close with your first paragraph and then completely wrong with your second

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    Your post history implies that you are old enough to just disengange if you‘re not interested in discussion.

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