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PayPalHardest 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".
While they say they coded it the game used AI generated assets and that makes it "a disgrace to all game makers and players". The sticking point for the developer? They said the "girl I've been dating for a month made me realize this" and so it's getting deleted from Steam on January 30th.
A tiny game that had a Mixed rating on Steam from 33 overall reviews. I don't think anyone will miss it. Probably the first time this has ever happened though?
Realistically, we're still only in the infancy of seeing how generative AI is going to affect the gaming industry. More and more developers are using it. The bubble will burst eventually.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Caldathras 2 hours ago
Kudos to that new girlfriend though!
Quoting: sarmadWhile I agree there is a lot of immorality in AI, avoiding it just puts you at a disadvantage since everyone is using it. So, you'll be harming yourself, not the unethical AI companies. The solution to the ethical dilemma should come from politicians, but they are unfortunately too corrupt to do the right thing.AI companies are currently operating by dotcom logic.
The more users you've, the more you'll be able to lock in in the future and thus the more valuable your shares.
Boycotts do work to influence that metric.
This same logic also applies to this "disadvantage". The goal is vendor lockin they will try to get you to rely on their products to the level that you can't ditch them and they've many great minds working on that goal.
You'll pay a hefty sum when the time of income finally arrives.
Right now you're at a disadvantage if you use AI, because they're buying your dependence with low prices.
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This also, why deepseek was such a shock.
It used a(known, but for good reasons avoided) cheaper method for training to achieve equal results and marketed it.
It presented the threat that someone without trillions in capital could compete with their champions.
Caldathras 1 hour ago
Quoting: sarmadThe solution to the ethical dilemma should come from politicians, but they are unfortunately too corrupt to do the right thing.Why should ethics be the responsibility of government? That just brings more "nanny state" interference in everyone's lives. Ethics should be personal and exercised on the individual level. The corporations will switch gears soon enough once they realize their policy is garnering very few customers.
From the perspective of legality, however, there is the matter of the violated copyrights ...
Quoting: sarmadWhile I agree there is a lot of immorality in AI, avoiding it just puts you at a disadvantage since everyone is using it. So, you'll be harming yourself, not the unethical AI companies. The solution to the ethical dilemma should come from politicians, but they are unfortunately too corrupt to do the right thing."Everyone is doing it" is shallow reasoning that doesn't hold up to scrutiny. I'd argue that you're actively harming yourself when you choose to use GenAI because you've robbed yourself of learning something new. Then add in the harm you're causing to others in the industry you've denied an opportunity to contribute to and the harm inflicted toward those whose content was used without permission in the first place, and I think you have plenty of reasons to never use it regardless of what others are doing. Harming "unethical AI companies" is not the goal in the first place.
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