Developers of Party Animals announce an AI video contest - game gets a review bomb

AI isnt going anywhere as much as these anti-AI people would love to, its like thinking in the 90's that internet will go away.

all this review bombing studios just mentioning of AI will just make them just hide their usage of AI

Quoting: ahjolinnaAI isnt going anywhere as much as these anti-AI people would love to, its like thinking in the 90's that internet will go away.

It probably is, whether anti-AI or pro-AI people want it to or not. Not entirely, but the big AI companies responsible for most of the current use and nearly all the current hype are losing money at high speed; when they go bankrupt they will no longer be offering their current services.
Some of the cheaper Chinese stuff will still be around, I expect.

I know you did not quote me, but:

Quoting: KimyrielleYou know, when other people decide to use a technology you don't agree with, in most cases, you have a right to STFU and respect their choice, even if you don't like it. You dislike AI? Don't use it!

What a joke! Even if someone does not use LLMs, they still have to pay the price, as all of us. As told above via environmental costs, some living close to new mega data centers increasing their power bills a lot, others cannot buy any longer 16 gigs of RAM and if I have to research 3 times as much as in pre-LLM-times and sell my product, my customers have to pay for the additional time, no matter if they use LLM or not. And who pays for all the copyright holders which works are stolen?

To turn your own words against you: If you want to use LLMs, don't put the costs onto all of us and future generations and pay the whole bill yourself (including paying for work that is part of the LLM archiv). Respect their choices and don't put slop everywhere under their noses. If you do so, no one will complain any longer. But I bet, that claim of "respect" is a one way ticket...

Quoting: ahjolinnaAI isnt going anywhere ...

Neither is chlamydia, and I ain't inviting that in my life either.

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Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneI know you did not quote me, but:

Quoting: KimyrielleYou know, when other people decide to use a technology you don't agree with, in most cases, you have a right to STFU and respect their choice, even if you don't like it. You dislike AI? Don't use it!

What a joke! Even if someone does not use LLMs, they still have to pay the price, as all of us. As told above via environmental costs, some living close to new mega data centers increasing their power bills a lot, others cannot buy any longer 16 gigs of RAM and if I have to research 3 times as much as in pre-LLM-times and sell my product, my customers have to pay for the additional time, no matter if they use LLM or not. And who pays for all the copyright holders which works are stolen?

To turn your own words against you: If you want to use LLMs, don't put the costs onto all of us and future generations and pay the whole bill yourself (including paying for work that is part of the LLM archiv). Respect their choices and don't put slop everywhere under their noses. If you do so, no one will complain any longer. But I bet, that claim of "respect" is a one way ticket...

I am not going to dissect that drivel, but what part of

What's NOT fair game is review-bombing a game that isn't even using AI,

is so hard to understand, really? All of it?

"Our original goal was to lower the barrier to creation. In past contests, we saw players with great ideas and scripts who couldn’t fully bring them to life because they weren’t familiar with tools like editing, modeling, or animation software. We hoped AI could be a more accessible tool that lets more people take part."

sigh, what happened to literature? have anyone there ever read an book? if they want to include people who dont know how to use editing software, modeling, animating etc, why not make an category "best idea" and other "best execution" ?

serious, are people that dense?

"To us, AI is just another tool. What we truly care about is the idea, the expression, and the final work."

speaking of not knowing how to read the room, they dont know how to read the room?
just an tool? they mean an plagiarism machine that create a bunch of slop without an soul?
they literally doubled down on it by simplifing it to "just a tool" as if there was no difference for other tools.

caring about the "final work", as if the effort the artists put into it were meaningless.
an good drawing is the personification of the effort an artist put into learning how to draw and drawing an specific piece of work, not just one "hey, look, it looks cool right?" content.
hell i hate the world content.

future generations who grow up with ai, will never understand what is looking at an piece of art and geting inspired, desiring to be as good as the artist one day and actually puting the effort into it.

Quoting: scaineJust another hammer - small catch, every time you use it, someone dies. But yeah, it's just another tool. Would you use that hammer?

*yes, that's an exaggeration, but it feels like absurd arguments like that are the only way to land the point in the face of tech-bro'ism these days.

not at all, people losing their jobs and not being able to find another one, might mean people will die.

Quoting: scaineJust another hammer - small catch, every time you use it, someone dies. But yeah, it's just another tool. Would you use that hammer?

I hate to say that I think many people would actually still use that hammer if hey deemed it better than other hammers. Does the fact that lithium mine workers have a high mortality rate deter us from using cellphones? Does the fact that microplastic is silently turning oceans into deserts and probably give us all kinds of cancer deter us from buying stuff in plastic wrapping? Every day we make choices that are killing someone somewhere and while some choices have more direct consequences (e.g. speeding through the city or running the red light), some others are completely disconnected and comfortable to ignore. You probably wouldn't use that hammer if one of your family members or neighbours would die, but a random one of 8B people?

Ursula LeGuin explored this topic in "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" and I don't think much has changed in the last fifty years. Shirley Jackson in "The Lottery" suggests that even if the sacrifice wasn't anonymous, we'd still be willing to make it if it assured our collective well-being, but I'm not so sure of that - I mean, why would we sacrifice one of ours if we could sacrifice two (or five) from the other end of the world instead, right?

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Quoting: Kimyrielle

Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: KimyrielleIt's perfectly fine to be against AI. But these people behave like a vicious lynch mob who go after anyone who disagrees with them. I lost respect for the anti-AI crowd a while ago, when vitriol and hate took the place of logic and reason.

And who or what is being lynched so viciously by this supposed mob? A corporation's bottom line? A CEO's quarterly bonus? They've made tens of millions with the game already, they'll be fine.

Try using less emotional language if you want to accuse others of abandoning logic and reason. Until then, I find it very difficult to respect your hot take.

You know, when other people decide to use a technology you don't agree with, in most cases, you have a right to STFU and respect their choice, even if you don't like it.

Oh did you feel disrespected? I'm sure people who protest with pretty much the only tools they have at their disposal also feel disrespected when they're called a vicious lynch mob. When you pretty much call them stupid and ignorant. You might seriously want to think about the language you use if you want to be taken seriously and not seem like a total hypocrite.

And no, I've never taken part in review bombing so I'm not taking this personally. I do strongly dislike the way generative LLMs are marketed and used currently, but that's mostly based on my professional experience, and also based on my personal respect for human beings, human made art, human artists and developers, and of course the environment.

Quoting: KimyrielleYou dislike AI? Don't use it! Don't buy products using it. Write essays why you feel it's bad. Or take your protest to the corporations that make money with it. That's all fair game. What's NOT fair game is review-bombing a game that isn't even using AI, trying to destroy the livelihood of the people that made it. Because that's what review-bombing is trying to do - hitting their bottom line.

First of all, AI tech already hits people's "bottom lines" way harder than any review bomb ever could. And secondly, most people working in software are not given a choice and are pretty much forced to work with LLMs if they want to keep their jobs. In fact, this is the first time I can remember that domain experts and entire tech (and art) departments are overridden by top management on the tools they use to do their work.

Protesting against corporations is obviously only effective if it hurts their bottom lines, so that's pretty much the point. No protest is ever effective if it doesn't cause disruption and inconvenience (or loss of revenue) to the ones being protested. Remember, these are all paying customers. They've already bought the game or they couldn't leave a review on Steam. They can't protest by not buying the game because they've already done it. But of course they could go write essays for these corporations to ignore. That'll show them.

Quoting: KimyrielleThat's the entire point the poster I quoted made, and I happened (and still do) to agree with. Apparently that nuance is/was lost on you. Then I again, there is a reason why I came to the conclusion that AI-haters suck at logic. Your posting is actually just proving my point.

There was no nuance in your post. It was pure hyperbole and loaded language. You label anyone with a grievance against generative LLMs as "AI-haters" and ignore everything they say. Possibly because you've got a dog in the race? Don't answer that, it's pure speculation. I just don't understand why you feel attacked when a Chinese corporation feels consequences for their incompetent marketing.

This is a corporation that made a stupid choice and is now feeling the effects of that choice. (Not even an indie dev who simply abandoned all societal and environmental concerns, along with their artistic integrity, in the hopes of an easier way to make cash, just because they feel entitled to it.)

Quoting: pbDoes the fact that lithium mine workers have a high mortality rate deter us from using cellphones? Does the fact that microplastic is silently turning oceans into deserts and probably give us all kinds of cancer deter us from buying stuff in plastic wrapping?

I can't speak for others, but I am an adult that indeed tries to find a way in this toxic industry to avoid such issues. Do I have a cellphone? Yes. But it also runs Linux on purpose to have a lifespan that exceeds any smartphones lifespan and is repairable/upgradable, with all the uncomfortable things on top and with contributing towards to make it a viable option for everyone some day. Same with other products. Where ever I can I try to avoid negative environmental impacts. It is not always possible, because just as LLMs the industry is forcing bad products onto us lust like LLM everywhere, if it makes sense or not.

There are a lot of people doing the same as me. They probably have other areas where they shine more than me, but we cannot be perfect in an industrial environment where such choices require a lot of enthusiasm, while it should be a no-brainer.

Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphone

Quoting: pbDoes the fact that lithium mine workers have a high mortality rate deter us from using cellphones? Does the fact that microplastic is silently turning oceans into deserts and probably give us all kinds of cancer deter us from buying stuff in plastic wrapping?

I can't speak for others, but I am an adult that indeed tries to find a way in this toxic industry to avoid such issues. Do I have a cellphone? Yes. But it also runs Linux on purpose to have a lifespan that exceeds any smartphones lifespan and is repairable/upgradable, with all the uncomfortable things on top and with contributing towards to make it a viable option for everyone some day. Same with other products. Where ever I can I try to avoid negative environmental impacts. It is not always possible, because just as LLMs the industry is forcing bad products onto us lust like LLM everywhere, if it makes sense or not.

There are a lot of people doing the same as me. They probably have other areas where they shine more than me, but we cannot be perfect in an industrial environment where such choices require a lot of enthusiasm, while it should be a no-brainer.

That's the point a lot of people miss - there's a lot of really easy ways to improve your own footprint, it's not case of you having to remove every single thing from your life. But something like using generative AI is an easy choice not to use.

Quoting: KimyrielleWhat's NOT fair game is review-bombing a game that isn't even using AI,

You cannot be fair or unfair to a game.(*)
That's not an entity that the category fairness can be usefully applied to.

So, who's the target?
The actual companies making/selling the game.
And, yes, I think those are legitimate targets.

Might it hurt innocent software developers and artists?
Sure.
They're part of the company, and thus they're with any good or bad the company is doing.
That's true for every (employed) one of us.
And that's true for any decision of not buying any game.
Or any protest against any company.
So, should we stop protesting against companies?

(*) No, I'm not implying you said this.

Reminder to keep things civil, I will remove comments from people who direct any insults at another.

And as a kind reminder - please don't quote uncivil comments as it makes it a mess to clean up if we remove them 👍

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Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneDo I have a cellphone? Yes. But it also runs Linux on purpose to have a lifespan that exceeds any smartphones lifespan [...] There are a lot of people doing the same as me.

Kind of off topic here, but in support of your statement above, my wife and I have the same model of cellphone and we have been using them for 8 years. The phones are perfectly functional (aside from sending and receiving multimedia texts) but they don't support VoLTE, so voice is done over 3G while data uses 4G LTE. Needless to say, 3G is being phased out in Canada and we are under pressure from our carrier to get a new phone. But, you have to admit that 8 years was a good, long run in the cellphone world. Neither my wife nor I have bought into the idea of disposable equipment that both Google and Apple push so heavily in the cellular industry.

Quoting: CaldathrasNeedless to say, 3G is being phased out in Canada and we are under pressure from our carrier to get a new phone.

All cool (except what I quoted). With my model I would replace the modem to a 5G one and continue using my phone. That is possible due open hardware and the hardware design with standardized M.2 modem connection. I hope more companies are producing such devices.
Anyway, this is indeed far offtopic. If you want we can continue writing on forum.