If I was doing AI stuff, trying to be local, open-source, maintaining control, and all that stuff, why would I choose Mozilla?

Everyone in this space is some degree of untrustworthy, but even if this software/service turned out to be great and useful, that would just mean Mozilla would shut it down.
I'm not trying to be funny, I think there's a pattern of behavior and earned distrust here.

Mozilla is a deeply-confused organization with more executives than sense.
Maybe this will work for enterprise or whatever, and I would credit it entirely to the Berlin company they're working with getting Mozilla's name recognition if it does.

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Quoting: gemaI genuinely cannot FATHOM how people are still regularly doing anything having to do with Epic Games.

I imagine it's all the stuff like exclusivity deals and the loads of freebies. Just give everyone stuff constantly so they don't lose interest in your uncompetitive-by-merit storefront.

How many users redeeming a free game is equal to the pay of 1000 employees? 🤔

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I don't know why people are doubtful about the "it's not AI" claim.

"Fortnite isn't making as much money as before" seems far more likely - I would even have expected them to use "the layoffs are DEFINITELY AI-RELATED" to hide that.

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The "RTX on" meme has fully turned against them

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The update is worth something, but "since it's such a big fuss" just to not LIE is just whiny loser talk.

To people who say "we shouldn't have to put AI disclaimers on things because people might not use/watch/buy it": That is called consumer choice. Some would say it's unfair that they have to show corn syrup on their ingredients because people avoid buying food made with corn syrup, even though it's perfectly functional food that tastes fine!

When I eat the Nestle-branded ice cream frozen dairy dessert and feel ill and unsatisfied, I should be able to look at the ingredients, see that corn syrup is at the top of the list, and make future decisions with that knowledge. That allows me to make a choice as a consumer instead of just thinking "I guess food is just terrible now" while they price out the competition by making evil fake ice cream.

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It certainly looks like they've drawn over the in-game frame with AI art.
...why?

You know, with video games, there is already a neural network interpreting from the simplified rendering of reality and converting it into the image the player perceives - it's called a brain. They're removing abstraction that works in the favor of immersion. That's why games from the 90s and such could look "good" even though they couldn't be photorealistic.

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Quoting: GustyGhostOne thing I've learned is that the masses will always make the wrong choice. Large populations of humans do not make decisions that collectively help the best interests of themselves or others.

I think that's a very anti-democratic stance to take.
I argue that people do tend to make the right choice, so long as they are informed and not under duress. The problem is that people are subject to a great deal of propaganda and hardship to keep them from making better choices.

I have friends who want to switch to things like Linux who are just so burnt out that they don't have the mental energy to make the change. Even if it turned out to be easy for them, making that choice and starting the process of doing that is not nothing.

The world would be a better place if everyone had access to good journalism, healthcare, and a full night of sleep.

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Honestly, I would have accepted his argument if he didn't decide to hide it.
I definitely get too much secondhand propaganda due to a family member in enterprise software, but the quote (emphasized bit aside) seems broadly correct to me.

I still hate generative AI, it's still seemingly the culprit behind half of every problem I see in the world. I do at least understand the perspective of people who are trying to make the best of it.

And, sort of relevant to all of us is that Linus Torvalds seems to at least selectively approve of AI tools, even though he also condemns slop, etc. Not saying how anyone should feel about that, but I feel it bears acknowledging in this context.

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I like Valve, but I'm not giving them any sympathy on this. Lootboxes and gambling suck.

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Quoting: GustyGhostThey could use this extra time to polish up the Linux client with 64 bit and other things that don't rely on semiconductor manufacture.

That's surely handled by a different team, right?

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