I’m starting to believe the average conservative is just that stupid. They can’t connect the dots on their own and they can’t tell the truth from lies. If you tell them A -> B and B -> C they won’t come to A -> C. You have to explicitly show them A -> C for them to see that. And that works only if there’s nobody else (like Trump) telling them A can’t lead to C.

I can imagine her justifying supporting Trump because Trump said he had nothing to do with the kids stuff. We’ve known for years but for her all it takes is Trump saying he didn’t do it and in her eyes we’re wrong.

I agree the current state of affairs makes people even more against AI and I think people have a good reason to be against AI, but don’t you find it a bit contradictory how people are less antagonistic towards E33 AI use now that it has been revealed?

People are far more antagonistic towards games when the first thing they see is the AI label, to the point where they dismiss the entire game as AI slop, but it seems people are willing to be more lenient on AI usage when they first get to experience the game for what it is. This unreasonable reaction to the first impression is why companies would rather hide their AI usage rather than inform the customer.

People have made it excessive due to turning AI into a modern witch hunt. Maybe if people had a more nuanced take than “all AI bad” companies could be more open about how they use AI.

I can guarantee that if E33 came out with the AI disclaimer it would’ve been far more controversial and probably less successful. And technically they should have an AI label because they did use Gen AI in the development process even if none of it was supposed to end up in the final game.

But we can’t have companies being honest because people can’t be normal.

You don’t even need to click the link. You know what video this is.

For those who don’t know what video I’m talking about, enjoy. And don’t forget, just because he stopped it doesn’t mean he gave up.

I noticed the same thing when I started doing only loot runs (I didn’t shoot anyone, I’d just loot and GTFO). It used to be that running into PvP was pretty much expected but eventually the loot run matches went so that other players would sit in the open looting and nobody shot them, which is something you wouldn’t do if you were in a lobby expecting to get shot. I wasn’t willing to go as far as to assert that’s the matchmaking algorithm but my matches have definitely become more peaceful as I’ve stopped picking fights with other players.

I think it’s less of a case of them killing the project as them just being done with it. The game still runs and the git is public. The only thing that has changed is that Nvidia won’t be working on it any more. The project hasn’t been killed, anyone can fork it and continue the work if they want to.

You don’t even know what my point is because you don’t care. I never said anything about oppressing others. If anyone is oppressing anyone it’s you oppressing me.

It’s pretty fucking ironic of you to talk about “individuals right to self-determination is sacrosanct” while you zealously disrespect my beliefs and push your own onto me. Who would’ve thunk a narcissist like you is also a hypocrite.

The fact that you think that’s advice to me just shows how little you actually care about my point of view. Get out of here you narcissist.

who is the bigger narcissist here?

You’re the bigger narcissist here. You’re literally making up statement I did not make to have a point to argue against. You can’t bother to read anything I say (or alternatively you can’t read, doesn’t really matter to me which it is). You act high and mighty every chance you get.

So I’m not going to address anything else because talking to you is pointless. You’re arguing with a wall because I don’t even need to be here. You’re not going to read what I say, you’re going to make up arguments I never made, you argue your own made up arguments to be right and then call me stupid for having your make-belief arguments. You are the wall you’re arguing with.

I already did. what Embark is ding is not indentured servitude. saying it is doesn’t change reality, no matter how much you wish otherwise.

If you had bothered to read ANYTHING I SAID you’d know that was not my argument.

make a real one to begin with.

I made 3 points at the start, all of which you just ignored and said they signed a contract so nothing else matters.

Pretty zealous of you to dictate what is or isn’t a valid argument. If my argument is so wrong why not instantly debunk it instead of playing this stupid ring around the Rosie?

We can play the same game if you want. Your argument that they signed the contract is not a valid argument because I think it’s utterly stupid and I shouldn’t be addressing it in the first place. Come back with a real argument.

The irony of calling someone a zealot who can’t be wrong, and then straight up ignoring all criticism of your argument. You are right, there is no point in arguing with someone like you.

Since you decided to ignore my argument all I can do is attack your stupid argument, which is that the signed contract is all that matters. I’m attacking it by stating you don’t have a problem with indentured servitude as long the servant accepts the contract. That is not the same thing as stating VA work is somehow indentured servitude, please be capable of telling the difference here. If the agreement is all that matters then you have to be okay with indentured servitude in the manner I originally described.

Apparently you do think that indentured servitude, at least to the extent where the person agrees to step into servitude, is completely fine. After all they agreed to the contract.

I don’t know what kind of work you do but let’s say your work requires you to log into some kind a system that somehow knows to track the work you do. Now imagine you start your work and your co-worker logs themselves in your place. You do the labor, they get the benefit. Are you being cheated?

The VA would do that labor if there was no TTS with their voice as a model. The VA labor goes into that model because it is their voice. They do the labor but someone else benefits from it? Are they not being cheated?

And final thought experiment. If the VA-s owned the TTS system and Embark asks for a new voiceline. Are the VA-s supposed to give that new voiceline away for free just because some TTS system generated it? Wouldn’t Embark cheat them out their pay if they said “You made it for free so we should be able to use it for free.”?

The intellectual bankruptcy comes from you because instead of actually thinking about the situation you hide behind the “But they agreed to it” argument. People also agreed with indenture servitude, doesn’t mean it’s acceptable.

Call me crazy but I think people getting cheated out of the fruits of their labor, even if they themselves might’ve signed their it away, should be criticized.

But are they also getting paid after the fact? Let’s say $50 any time a new voiceline is added to the game using their voice. Because Embark is using a tool to do the work someone would’ve done manually, they would’ve had to pay the person otherwise so I think a royalty-like payment any time the VA voice is used is completely fair. Otherwise it becomes what people are complaining about, that they’re effectively paying a one time fee for the VA voice and then use it for free for forever.

Do you know the specifics of their contracts with the VA-s? Are you certain they’re not paying the VA-s for using their voice (even if it is AI generated)? What is the ethical dilemma if VA-s are getting paid whenever a new voiceline is created?

Dorfromantik.

It’s a game where you place tiles to build a map and you get scored based on how well the placed tile matches the rest of the tiles. Extra score comes from additional goals which usually mean finishing a certain area.

It’s my go to game when I’m burnt out and can’t think or I’m so sick I can’t focus on anything, because the game is perfect when you’re low energy. There is no clock, there is no mental overhead of keeping track of something. The game gives you all the information you need and you can play one tile at a time. The music is calm and the tiles you place create this idyllic world that’s pleasing to the eye.

It’s the ultimate chillout game.