Bertlesby
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I disagree, Larian is being made an example out of, it’s like putting a head on a pike. The message? “We don’t care if you made BG3. We will not forgive any use of AI”
ragging on a top game studio for using LLM placeholder text is maybe not the most efficient use of time with all the fires currently burning
December 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I disagree, Larian is being made an example out of, it’s like putting a head on a pike. The message? “We don’t care if you made BG3. We will not forgive any use of AI”
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my condolences to all the larian employees out there who have to watch their boss tank their studio's reputation in one day right after they announced their next game after their biggest hit ever at the game awards just because he had to say some bullshit about AI but can't say anything
December 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
my condolences to all the larian employees out there who have to watch their boss tank their studio's reputation in one day right after they announced their next game after their biggest hit ever at the game awards just because he had to say some bullshit about AI but can't say anything
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firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
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December 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
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"Jucika and the Doctor"
There are less than 3 days to finish our fundraiser to help pay for an emergency Kidney procedure and we have $4.8k left to raise
Thank you guys for the patience and support during this period, we're so close to finishing, generosity helps!
gofund.me/16ef32cb1
There are less than 3 days to finish our fundraiser to help pay for an emergency Kidney procedure and we have $4.8k left to raise
Thank you guys for the patience and support during this period, we're so close to finishing, generosity helps!
gofund.me/16ef32cb1
December 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"Jucika and the Doctor"
There are less than 3 days to finish our fundraiser to help pay for an emergency Kidney procedure and we have $4.8k left to raise
Thank you guys for the patience and support during this period, we're so close to finishing, generosity helps!
gofund.me/16ef32cb1
There are less than 3 days to finish our fundraiser to help pay for an emergency Kidney procedure and we have $4.8k left to raise
Thank you guys for the patience and support during this period, we're so close to finishing, generosity helps!
gofund.me/16ef32cb1
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guy who does the "i like my coffee like i like my women" spiel to order a flat white
December 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
guy who does the "i like my coffee like i like my women" spiel to order a flat white
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It's always the people who think their job isn't the one affected by this saying it doesn't matter. I'm a concept artist and illustrator ans this is one of my most important battles and one of my biggest fires
this shit, despite its faults, is not going anywhere and people are going to have to pick their battles
Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash: 'We Are Neither Releasing a Game With Any AI Components, Nor Are We Looking at Trimming Down Teams to Replace Them With AI' - IGN
This morning, the news broke that Larian Studios, developer of Baldur's Gate 3 and the upcoming, just-announced Divinity, is apparently using generative AI behind the scenes. The backlash has been swi...
www.ign.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
It's always the people who think their job isn't the one affected by this saying it doesn't matter. I'm a concept artist and illustrator ans this is one of my most important battles and one of my biggest fires
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>common humanity
Do you not remember the AIDS crisis, or do you just not care about gay and trans people?
Do you not remember the AIDS crisis, or do you just not care about gay and trans people?
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
>common humanity
Do you not remember the AIDS crisis, or do you just not care about gay and trans people?
Do you not remember the AIDS crisis, or do you just not care about gay and trans people?
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It's always nice to take your GF to the beach
December 17, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It's always nice to take your GF to the beach
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absolutely no one should accept this insane aggression against venezuela. this should be roundly condemned internally and we should be sanctioned by civilized nations. i can't believe we are doing this shit again
December 17, 2025 at 3:29 AM
absolutely no one should accept this insane aggression against venezuela. this should be roundly condemned internally and we should be sanctioned by civilized nations. i can't believe we are doing this shit again
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“try water fox or ice weasel” try chill penguin. install flame mammoth. you just download bubble crab. literally just use boomer kuwanger. sting chameleon has a search bar, use it to find toxic seahorse.
I asked what I should use instead of firefox and someone said “floorp” and I legitimately thought it was a bit for like five minutes. tech has gone beyond making the torment nexus real to making poob real.
December 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
“try water fox or ice weasel” try chill penguin. install flame mammoth. you just download bubble crab. literally just use boomer kuwanger. sting chameleon has a search bar, use it to find toxic seahorse.
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Heritage Foundation, backers of Project 2025, have issued a call to criminalize porn by detailing specific types of imagery that should be illegal, including "deviate sexual intercourse," "female genitals," and "nudity."
Only "civilizing" images that point to "marital sex" should be allowed.
Only "civilizing" images that point to "marital sex" should be allowed.
The Problem of Online Porn: It's Already Illegal
United States Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously said in a 1964 opinion that he could not define pornography but “I know it when I see it.” Perhaps such a sentiment was permissible then, wh...
www.heritage.org
December 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Heritage Foundation, backers of Project 2025, have issued a call to criminalize porn by detailing specific types of imagery that should be illegal, including "deviate sexual intercourse," "female genitals," and "nudity."
Only "civilizing" images that point to "marital sex" should be allowed.
Only "civilizing" images that point to "marital sex" should be allowed.
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This Friday, I'll have a limited edition NSFW print at The Big Gay Holiday Night Market
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This Friday, I'll have a limited edition NSFW print at The Big Gay Holiday Night Market
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Anti-A.I. stamps!
For illustrations, comics, photos and all your creative works, printed and digital!
You can download the transparent file for free here: ko-fi.com/i/IT6T718NAKF (but consider donating please 😘)
For illustrations, comics, photos and all your creative works, printed and digital!
You can download the transparent file for free here: ko-fi.com/i/IT6T718NAKF (but consider donating please 😘)
January 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Anti-A.I. stamps!
For illustrations, comics, photos and all your creative works, printed and digital!
You can download the transparent file for free here: ko-fi.com/i/IT6T718NAKF (but consider donating please 😘)
For illustrations, comics, photos and all your creative works, printed and digital!
You can download the transparent file for free here: ko-fi.com/i/IT6T718NAKF (but consider donating please 😘)
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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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everyone invest more in human artists now
December 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
everyone invest more in human artists now
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You can tell how cool and good AI is because every time someone announces they're using it they have to immediately rush to disclaim that actually they're only using it a LITTLE bit, just the tiniest bit, not even THAT much really. The future of art is here, and it's measured in acceptable ppm
"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 9:58 PM
You can tell how cool and good AI is because every time someone announces they're using it they have to immediately rush to disclaim that actually they're only using it a LITTLE bit, just the tiniest bit, not even THAT much really. The future of art is here, and it's measured in acceptable ppm
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Image that entered my brain spontaneously and wouldn't leave until I made it
December 7, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Image that entered my brain spontaneously and wouldn't leave until I made it
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Do you think it suits her?
December 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Do you think it suits her?
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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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larians recruitment process features prominently in this:
December 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
larians recruitment process features prominently in this:
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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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Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
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Everyone is more or less okay with it” dude you make people emigrate to work there because you don’t do remote work, they risk having to change countries if they disagree with it
sigh
December 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Everyone is more or less okay with it” dude you make people emigrate to work there because you don’t do remote work, they risk having to change countries if they disagree with it