AmoebaHewdraw
@amoebahewdraw.bsky.social
author, voice actor, third thing I can't quite describe accurately
voted "most likely to make up an award for an online bio" in high school
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AmoebaHewdraw
@amoebahewdraw.bsky.social
· Jun 11
This is my periodic post to remind people that I am in fact a human person.
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2026 about to become the Year of Corporate Bullying
Love a good backtrack 😂
"Intermarché is abandoning the idea of allowing you to pose with its new "mascot" in photo booths; the retailer wants to remain true to its position on not using AI."
"Intermarché is abandoning the idea of allowing you to pose with its new "mascot" in photo booths; the retailer wants to remain true to its position on not using AI."
December 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
2026 about to become the Year of Corporate Bullying
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Larian's horrible hirring process is an open secret in the industry – insane amounts of unpaid work in "writing tests", excessive numbers of interviews, months and months of back and forth, etc. Everyone in games narrative circles has heard the stories at this point, probably from multiple people.
I know this because they tried to recruit me and I strongly considered it but they’re also a “do an unpaid writing test where you have to also make it playable” company so that’s not something I vibe with
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Larian's horrible hirring process is an open secret in the industry – insane amounts of unpaid work in "writing tests", excessive numbers of interviews, months and months of back and forth, etc. Everyone in games narrative circles has heard the stories at this point, probably from multiple people.
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Similar to how voice AI use has been suggested; for 'scratch'
or reference.
I know many actors, myself among them, who got jobs from the scratch work.
Every example of AI being used I've seen is cutting away a job that someone coming up would take or get on their journey.
Maybe that's the point.
or reference.
I know many actors, myself among them, who got jobs from the scratch work.
Every example of AI being used I've seen is cutting away a job that someone coming up would take or get on their journey.
Maybe that's the point.
The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
December 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Similar to how voice AI use has been suggested; for 'scratch'
or reference.
I know many actors, myself among them, who got jobs from the scratch work.
Every example of AI being used I've seen is cutting away a job that someone coming up would take or get on their journey.
Maybe that's the point.
or reference.
I know many actors, myself among them, who got jobs from the scratch work.
Every example of AI being used I've seen is cutting away a job that someone coming up would take or get on their journey.
Maybe that's the point.
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Swen Vincke of Larian Studios responded to backlash for using AI with a promise to rewind time to before anyone knew about that.
paletteswap.site/dif...
paletteswap.site/dif...
December 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Swen Vincke of Larian Studios responded to backlash for using AI with a promise to rewind time to before anyone knew about that.
paletteswap.site/dif...
paletteswap.site/dif...
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can someone just make a "does the dog die" but for "did this movie/series/videogame/book use gen AI" so i can avoid them
October 9, 2025 at 7:27 AM
can someone just make a "does the dog die" but for "did this movie/series/videogame/book use gen AI" so i can avoid them
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Watching someone toss away S Tier good-will for the sake of…AI is…kinda hard to watch.
Hope companies start to figure out the toxicity of AI, because their employees and consumers do.
Hope companies start to figure out the toxicity of AI, because their employees and consumers do.
NEW: I spoke to Larian boss Swen Vincke about their ambitions for their new RPG Divinity, cutting down development time, pressures from Baldur's Gate 3, why BG3 wouldn't have happened without Tencent, how Larian uses generative AI, and much more www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’
‘I think this one is going to be way better’ than ‘Baldur’s Gate 3,’ Larian CEO Vincke says
www.bloomberg.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Watching someone toss away S Tier good-will for the sake of…AI is…kinda hard to watch.
Hope companies start to figure out the toxicity of AI, because their employees and consumers do.
Hope companies start to figure out the toxicity of AI, because their employees and consumers do.
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I said ages ago it’s gonna get much worse before it gets better…and unfortunately i think we’re entering the much worse stage.
Important to note to, public outrage is exactly the thing that keeps everyone afloat. And that in mid to late 2026-2027 a lot of the legal cases will conclude-
Important to note to, public outrage is exactly the thing that keeps everyone afloat. And that in mid to late 2026-2027 a lot of the legal cases will conclude-
December 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I said ages ago it’s gonna get much worse before it gets better…and unfortunately i think we’re entering the much worse stage.
Important to note to, public outrage is exactly the thing that keeps everyone afloat. And that in mid to late 2026-2027 a lot of the legal cases will conclude-
Important to note to, public outrage is exactly the thing that keeps everyone afloat. And that in mid to late 2026-2027 a lot of the legal cases will conclude-
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larian studios and firefox today
December 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
larian studios and firefox today
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Begging all of you to listen to the creatives and the artists who worked for the company before you go quoting the CEO to insist none of the creatives or artists are being mistreated or shortchanged
if you see narrative people being meaner about larian than it sounds like they deserve, trust me, we've been waiting for this one
December 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Begging all of you to listen to the creatives and the artists who worked for the company before you go quoting the CEO to insist none of the creatives or artists are being mistreated or shortchanged
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if you see narrative people being meaner about larian than it sounds like they deserve, trust me, we've been waiting for this one
December 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
if you see narrative people being meaner about larian than it sounds like they deserve, trust me, we've been waiting for this one
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“Uh did you actually read what the CEO said?”
Yeah and now I’ve also read what other employees have said and it paints a pretty fucking depressing picture, no matter how much a rich dude insists “no no guys see this version of the shitty thing you hate will be okay because you won’t see it”
Yeah and now I’ve also read what other employees have said and it paints a pretty fucking depressing picture, no matter how much a rich dude insists “no no guys see this version of the shitty thing you hate will be okay because you won’t see it”
December 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
“Uh did you actually read what the CEO said?”
Yeah and now I’ve also read what other employees have said and it paints a pretty fucking depressing picture, no matter how much a rich dude insists “no no guys see this version of the shitty thing you hate will be okay because you won’t see it”
Yeah and now I’ve also read what other employees have said and it paints a pretty fucking depressing picture, no matter how much a rich dude insists “no no guys see this version of the shitty thing you hate will be okay because you won’t see it”
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"we USE ai, but our game wont CONTAIN it" is a clarification that no one has ever cared about & now CEOs are using it as a wedge to get their foot in the door as a part of a long term plan into normalizing AI, just like how 'it's just placeholder' was used with E33. dont cede even an inch of ground
December 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"we USE ai, but our game wont CONTAIN it" is a clarification that no one has ever cared about & now CEOs are using it as a wedge to get their foot in the door as a part of a long term plan into normalizing AI, just like how 'it's just placeholder' was used with E33. dont cede even an inch of ground
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December 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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This actually pisses me off so much, as someone who is building a world and conceptulizing it and working on it day after day, the most creative thing you can do is use your FUCKING BRAIN to make stuff up and not let AI create it for you.
Highly disappointed, shame on them
Highly disappointed, shame on them
"I didn’t say we use it to develop concept art" just to make reference, get ideas from and outline composition lmao
just 90% of what concept is🤣
just 90% of what concept is🤣
December 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This actually pisses me off so much, as someone who is building a world and conceptulizing it and working on it day after day, the most creative thing you can do is use your FUCKING BRAIN to make stuff up and not let AI create it for you.
Highly disappointed, shame on them
Highly disappointed, shame on them
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Develop “concept art”?? 💀 💀 💀
All the image models solely rely on stolen work of countless of artists to function at capacity.
Using them not only is deeply unethical but puts the company at risk.
Not worth it and I truly hope ( hell, I’m begging) that they reconsider 😭
All the image models solely rely on stolen work of countless of artists to function at capacity.
Using them not only is deeply unethical but puts the company at risk.
Not worth it and I truly hope ( hell, I’m begging) that they reconsider 😭
sigh
December 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Develop “concept art”?? 💀 💀 💀
All the image models solely rely on stolen work of countless of artists to function at capacity.
Using them not only is deeply unethical but puts the company at risk.
Not worth it and I truly hope ( hell, I’m begging) that they reconsider 😭
All the image models solely rely on stolen work of countless of artists to function at capacity.
Using them not only is deeply unethical but puts the company at risk.
Not worth it and I truly hope ( hell, I’m begging) that they reconsider 😭
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"It's just concept art, who cares if they use genAI and not actual artists?"
Look at this concept art for C-3P0 by Ralph McQuarrie.
It's the very thing that inspired Anthony Daniels to go for the role of Threepio and perform him as such.
It is the first heartbeat of the art that now exists.
Look at this concept art for C-3P0 by Ralph McQuarrie.
It's the very thing that inspired Anthony Daniels to go for the role of Threepio and perform him as such.
It is the first heartbeat of the art that now exists.
December 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"It's just concept art, who cares if they use genAI and not actual artists?"
Look at this concept art for C-3P0 by Ralph McQuarrie.
It's the very thing that inspired Anthony Daniels to go for the role of Threepio and perform him as such.
It is the first heartbeat of the art that now exists.
Look at this concept art for C-3P0 by Ralph McQuarrie.
It's the very thing that inspired Anthony Daniels to go for the role of Threepio and perform him as such.
It is the first heartbeat of the art that now exists.
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consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.
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i hear jp already beat me to it, but
December 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
i hear jp already beat me to it, but
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if you hate unmediated AI use at your workplace without worker input, if your boss is speaking over you & for you, consider unionizing. shop and industry unions are bargaining and ratifying real, material AI protections RIGHT NOW.
December 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
if you hate unmediated AI use at your workplace without worker input, if your boss is speaking over you & for you, consider unionizing. shop and industry unions are bargaining and ratifying real, material AI protections RIGHT NOW.