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It is remarkable how Tim Sweeney has managed to completely reinvent himself: from an exceptionally skilled software developer in the late 90s to an Infinite Bad Takes Generator today.

He'd be the easiest element to replace with AI.

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Quoting: Boldos

Quoting: _wojtekWinBoat is super weird… and they still require windows licence so for me it's a huge "no-go" meh…

Well it can/will install windows even without a valid reg. key (into trial mode). So f you need some windows app for only a relatively short time frame (like me, who required m$ office for about a month due to me preparing/modifying a bunch of office docs for an event happening once a year [ISO 27001 certification audit]), it is absolutely great.

So yes and no at he same time

Isn't the a bit "iffy"? Everyone in FOSS realm is enraged when bigcorp do something fishy yet "robinhooding" seems ok? ;)

Just use tools that work under windows. And if someone is forcing you, for some reason, into propriatary teritory then push back as much as possible? :)

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Blood: Refreshed Supply will become the actual true definitive edition of the game.

Until the next one...

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Ahh… and then everyone is suprised why Epicstore sucks and noone wants to buy anythig there and even free games don't help that much with it… oh Timmy :D

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Seeing that "Microprose" logo activated parts of my brain I thought were long gone.

I'll probably get this on release.

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"If AI was so wonderful, the rich would have kept more of it for themselves." --paraphrasing Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)

As businesses get cleverer at exploiting AI, AI gets better at exploiting people, and the rich get richer exploiting both, where are the 'wins' for the average person? Remember when the internet was supposed to level the playing field, increase availability of information, and raise entire societies out of ignorance and poverty? AI proponents aren't even claiming that now.

Instead, we're told (from the top) that AI is the future, AI will be everywhere, and we might as well get used to it. No whispers of intangible benefits to humanity, no pointing at significantly better outcomes for society. No mention anywhere of guard rails, sensible regulation, incremental testing, or 'disaster planning'. Just speeding headlong into the future, hoping to extract more gold from the peasantry.

Little Timmy can go play with his AI toys. I'm not going to fund his bratty behavior.

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looks really nice, better than Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess ?

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It is remarkable how Tim Sweeney has managed to completely reinvent himself: from an exceptionally skilled software developer in the late 90s to an Infinite Bad Takes Generator today.

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"Your drink will contain sewage, and we see no reason to warn you about that."

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Quoting: GustyGhost

But I can surely entertain the idea that the concept should be reversed: not an "AI generated content" badge but rather an "AI content free" one.

This is the most logical approach. And maybe a category to search by "Human-made".

I'd like an option to filter my Steam experience based on that. I wonder how many people would choose to do that if a feature like that was there. If it's high and it was reflected in the steamworks backend, then it might actually be effective. Of course, it might push devs to lie on the page and just claim "mistake" when they get caught.

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Quoting: Liam DaweAI slop makers and people in favour of AI generation will naturally not want these types of notices and will fight against them

I don’t think that’s necessarily the case. I’m against the excessive and blind use of LLMs, but I recognize their usefulness and have used them for some inconsequential things (namely, a few images for a role-playing game between friends, and pointing me in the right direction when programming). I still vastly prefer to consume artwork that was made without it, including games, and want those disclosures.

It matters to me how and how much it was used. I don’t mind if the devs used Stable Diffusion to create drafts and placeholders, then had an artist make the final versions of assets. I do mind if the whole visual aspect is generated, but I might give it a pass for tiny indie teams making free games. I absolutely will not buy a game that was written or translated by an LLM. The way Steam requires not only disclosure, but this level of detail, was an unexpected gift for me.

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According to Sweeny, Gamestores don't need a shopping cart or forums or anything useful either ;)

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Quoting: eggroleI'm neutral on AI (if the product is good, I don't care either way), but I would like to point out that the example of Darth Vader in Fortnite from the article was, from what I understand, a smashing success that the players greatly enjoyed.

You can argue about where the training data comes from and if you don't want to buy it, don't. Heck, I even support your decision. I'd even call it noble, but understand the the vast majority of people simply don't care how the sausage is made as long as it is delicious. Our whole world is filled with literal exploitation for things like rare earth metals in our gadgets, and almost no one even bats an eye.

Your entire profile on this website is dedicated to defending the honor of AI, why should I listen to you?

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I'm neutral on AI (if the product is good, I don't care either way), but I would like to point out that the example of Darth Vader in Fortnite from the article was, from what I understand, a smashing success that the players greatly enjoyed.

You can argue about where the training data comes from and if you don't want to buy it, don't. Heck, I even support your decision. I'd even call it noble, but understand the the vast majority of people simply don't care how the sausage is made as long as it is delicious. Our whole world is filled with literal exploitation for things like rare earth metals in our gadgets, and almost no one even bats an eye.

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Quoting: eggroleIf AI is good enough that you can't tell and need a disclosure, who cares? I suppose for some there is a "moral" component, but as I've said before the vast majority simply wants a good product - morality never even enters the chat.

yeah uh maybe that's a problem? maybe people SHOULD care? maybe morality SHOULD enter the chat?

nah, let's just throw our hands up and give up like you. giving up's always done so much for the world.

repugnant mindset.

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Does anyone treat this clown's views seriously these days? Tim Sweeney is just trying to make everything in the opposite way to Steam.

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But I can surely entertain the idea that the concept should be reversed: not an "AI generated content" badge but rather an "AI content free" one.

This is the most logical approach. And maybe a category to search by "Human-made".

If a game uses AI models that have been trained on material without the content of their authors (Spoiler, all of them) I consider that game to be built illegally, and as such, I will obtain it and play it via "illegal" methods.

I've long grappled with the idea whether the eye patch is truly a form of protest. For example, simply owning and playing the game lends player numbers, time and attention for a project even if you avoided paying for it. If a game promotes some harm, is it preferable to avoid it entirely and let it rot in lonely silence?

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I’m waiting for them to add key bindings

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Quoting: syylkOwner of a featureless store claims the features of the featureful competitor are irrelevant.

News at 11.

"Doing something is pointless so we are actually ahead of the curve for once because we are doing jack shit."

;)

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If a game uses AI models that have been trained on material without the content of their authors (Spoiler, all of them) I consider that game to be built illegally, and as such, I will obtain it and play it via "illegal" methods.

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Quoting: tohurThis one the reasons I moved on to developing my own distro. I based it on Debian sid

You might be interested in Siduction then.
https://siduction.org/

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"Allot of users won't notice the difference."
No just the apox half of them now suffering a broken deskto. 🙄

Seriously dude.

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Quoting: einherjarThis article reminded me, that I switched to Wayland out of curiosity about half a year ago.
I just forgot about it, everything seems to work.

I use an AMD graphics card though, I have no idea how well it works with Nvidia.

Work's lole s***t and there n lies the problem. Seems as though he has chosen to forgot about half+ the marketshare.

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Quoting: ScottCarammellWhuff, seems a bit premature to me but I guess I'm not as smart as the people working on this. Hopefully they'll fix non-mouse-controlled cursors not wanting to show up on Wayland by then or else X4 is cooked for me.

something starting to feel shady about KDE love affair with this broken pos compositor if you ask me. There's nothing wrong with your tale on this. I agree.

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Breaking half the graphics cards what TF is he on. Wayland is a hot mess. Whatch how quickly I'll be reinstalling x again.

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I think game developers, filmmakers, music artists, and others should go the other way and make a point of trumpeting when their product doesn't use any kind of generative AI. The following disclaimer could become the mark of quality and artistic integrity:

"No generative artificial intelligence was used for the creation of this work."

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As always he doesn't lose a chance to advocate for less transparency and worse customer service.

But I can surely entertain the idea that the concept should be reversed: not an "AI generated content" badge but rather an "AI content free" one.

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As long there is considerable consumer demand for these labels, they should exist.
Even when there're liars at least the consumer can call them out(including at court for misleading advertising)
The consumer pays and is thus the boss. If you don't want to play by their rules a healthy market must punish you.
Otherwise the market loses its primary selling point compared to government involvement: competition leads to motivation to offer better products.

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Great stuff! Although I'll wait until it comes out of Early Access.

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Owner of a featureless store claims the features of the featureful competitor are irrelevant.

News at 11.

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