@asturiel.bsky.social
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Just today I spoke with a designer friend who lamented feeling his passion dying. Why?
He was encouraged/forced to use AI to ‘generate’ ideas for his work. He felt his creative spark was slowly being snuffed out.
Even for less seemingly insidious uses “offloading your thinking” ain’t it.
He was encouraged/forced to use AI to ‘generate’ ideas for his work. He felt his creative spark was slowly being snuffed out.
Even for less seemingly insidious uses “offloading your thinking” ain’t it.
Excellent! BG3 no longer in the wishlist 🎉
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...
December 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Just today I spoke with a designer friend who lamented feeling his passion dying. Why?
He was encouraged/forced to use AI to ‘generate’ ideas for his work. He felt his creative spark was slowly being snuffed out.
Even for less seemingly insidious uses “offloading your thinking” ain’t it.
He was encouraged/forced to use AI to ‘generate’ ideas for his work. He felt his creative spark was slowly being snuffed out.
Even for less seemingly insidious uses “offloading your thinking” ain’t it.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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he was good at his job, his job was explicitly to destroy things so they'd be acquired and shareholders would make a bunch of money
this isn't an incompetent getting a payday, it's the guy who planned the heist getting the biggest cut
this isn't an incompetent getting a payday, it's the guy who planned the heist getting the biggest cut
"Zaslav will receive $30 million in "Golden Parachute' compensation along with $537 million in equity for a total of $567 million in a transaction-associated pay."
half a billion dollars for being terrible at your job
half a billion dollars for being terrible at your job
Warner Bros. Golden Parachutes Revealed: What David Zaslav and C-Suite Will Get In a Deal
The CEO stands to gain $567 million if a deal is sealed to sell the WB empire while longtime lieutenant Gunnar Wiedenfels will see $144 million in cash and stock considerations if a transaction close...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
he was good at his job, his job was explicitly to destroy things so they'd be acquired and shareholders would make a bunch of money
this isn't an incompetent getting a payday, it's the guy who planned the heist getting the biggest cut
this isn't an incompetent getting a payday, it's the guy who planned the heist getting the biggest cut
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Vitally important that we as the culture-creating underclass always throw tomatoes at these dweebs & never respect them. They won't see our comments, but establishing ubiquitous cultural canon that every ultra-rich guy is a talentless thieving loser is the first step to taxing them into oblivion.
December 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Vitally important that we as the culture-creating underclass always throw tomatoes at these dweebs & never respect them. They won't see our comments, but establishing ubiquitous cultural canon that every ultra-rich guy is a talentless thieving loser is the first step to taxing them into oblivion.
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I fucking loathe these smug ass art-hating self-congratulating ghouls & the system that allows them to fail upwards into unfathomable wealth on the backs of 1000s of overworked creative people whose livelihoods get passed around like trading cards every time these dillwads have a stonks circle-jerk.
"Zaslav will receive $30 million in "Golden Parachute' compensation along with $537 million in equity for a total of $567 million in a transaction-associated pay."
half a billion dollars for being terrible at your job
half a billion dollars for being terrible at your job
Warner Bros. Golden Parachutes Revealed: What David Zaslav and C-Suite Will Get In a Deal
The CEO stands to gain $567 million if a deal is sealed to sell the WB empire while longtime lieutenant Gunnar Wiedenfels will see $144 million in cash and stock considerations if a transaction close...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I fucking loathe these smug ass art-hating self-congratulating ghouls & the system that allows them to fail upwards into unfathomable wealth on the backs of 1000s of overworked creative people whose livelihoods get passed around like trading cards every time these dillwads have a stonks circle-jerk.
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really kinda understanding why the expedition 33 team just kept their mouth shut when they shipped with genAI assets in the game, even if I think that’s a different kind of bullshit move
December 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
really kinda understanding why the expedition 33 team just kept their mouth shut when they shipped with genAI assets in the game, even if I think that’s a different kind of bullshit move
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This is why ID verification laws are bad. No website can truly have the security it needs to keep ANY information safe. Not a single one.
Porn User Data Stolen—Pornhub ‘Search, Watch And Download’ Activity
Porn User Data Stolen—Pornhub ‘Search, Watch And Download’ Activity
Pornhub user data now in criminal hands — are you affected and what happens next?
www.forbes.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This is why ID verification laws are bad. No website can truly have the security it needs to keep ANY information safe. Not a single one.
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Total rejection of slop is not "wasting calories", as this KPI-brained idiot wants to convince you, it's positive affirmation of our shared humanity. It's having values that go beyond mere optimization of uninteresting goals. A better world is possible if we build it on top of Sam Altman's corpse.
December 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Total rejection of slop is not "wasting calories", as this KPI-brained idiot wants to convince you, it's positive affirmation of our shared humanity. It's having values that go beyond mere optimization of uninteresting goals. A better world is possible if we build it on top of Sam Altman's corpse.
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📸 outfit of the day!
December 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
📸 outfit of the day!
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This is one tough read.
NEW: Humanitarian officials staged a last-minute plea to Trump officials at their fancy hotel to re-start food aid $ for a huge refugee camp in Kenya.
The Trumpers blew it off and babies starved.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
The Trumpers blew it off and babies starved.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
December 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This is one tough read.
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very few people can truly understand just how cathartic this is @kaijubigbattel.bsky.social
6abc.com/post/wife-cr...
6abc.com/post/wife-cr...
Wife creates 'Godzilla rage room' for man having tough year
A California woman said her husband was having a tough year, so she created a "rage room" for him to destroy while wearing a Godzilla suit.
6abc.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
very few people can truly understand just how cathartic this is @kaijubigbattel.bsky.social
6abc.com/post/wife-cr...
6abc.com/post/wife-cr...
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Sharing some of my thoughts from the other site but man I'm really pissed off about this shit.
December 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Sharing some of my thoughts from the other site but man I'm really pissed off about this shit.
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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 12:32 AM
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.
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"We need to adopt new tech or be left behind" no you don't. Every time when entertainment industries adopt new tech, the successful works that embrace that new tech happen when that tech is old and mature.
December 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM
"We need to adopt new tech or be left behind" no you don't. Every time when entertainment industries adopt new tech, the successful works that embrace that new tech happen when that tech is old and mature.
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Look man I don’t think the people being poisoned by data centers really care if you remove the generated assets before shipping, and I don’t really care if you “only” use the machine that stole my shit and convinced teens to off themselves for internal PowerPoints.
Cool motive. Still bullshit tho.
Cool motive. Still bullshit tho.
December 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Look man I don’t think the people being poisoned by data centers really care if you remove the generated assets before shipping, and I don’t really care if you “only” use the machine that stole my shit and convinced teens to off themselves for internal PowerPoints.
Cool motive. Still bullshit tho.
Cool motive. Still bullshit tho.
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If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)
December 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM
If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)
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We have to adopt new tech or else our game will fail, which is why all successful games from a few years ago included blockchain technology
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
We have to adopt new tech or else our game will fail, which is why all successful games from a few years ago included blockchain technology
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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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e33 showed the blueprint for what people will defend if they vibe with the product
December 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
e33 showed the blueprint for what people will defend if they vibe with the product
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Genuinely SO heartbroken that Larian is using GenAI shit in their games. I don't give a damn if it'll be in the final game! I don't give a damn if you're "not trimming teams to replace them with AI" you are deliberately not paying a person whose job it is to do stuff like concept art!?!?! AHGHHDVWJH
December 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Genuinely SO heartbroken that Larian is using GenAI shit in their games. I don't give a damn if it'll be in the final game! I don't give a damn if you're "not trimming teams to replace them with AI" you are deliberately not paying a person whose job it is to do stuff like concept art!?!?! AHGHHDVWJH
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'well my model generated a hojillion novel crystalline structures.' in what applications? that's the easy part you stupid fuckface! that brute force informatics and its been around for over a decade! it's like saying you generated ten million new english sentences but don't know what they say
December 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
'well my model generated a hojillion novel crystalline structures.' in what applications? that's the easy part you stupid fuckface! that brute force informatics and its been around for over a decade! it's like saying you generated ten million new english sentences but don't know what they say