Cross
@mrcross.bsky.social
In no particular order.
31. Mildly furry, quite gay. Cat lover, User Experience Researcher, Gamer, Roleplayer and Delightful Nerd.
31. Mildly furry, quite gay. Cat lover, User Experience Researcher, Gamer, Roleplayer and Delightful Nerd.
@shamsjorjani.bsky.social Hi Shams! I read about your view on AI on @videogameschronicle.com , and I felt I should offer a comment as to why I'm pretty anti-AI:
Most CEOs aren't you, and most companies aren't Arrowhead. The chief locusts won't hesitate to ruin games and art, if it means Q4 savings.
Most CEOs aren't you, and most companies aren't Arrowhead. The chief locusts won't hesitate to ruin games and art, if it means Q4 savings.
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
@shamsjorjani.bsky.social Hi Shams! I read about your view on AI on @videogameschronicle.com , and I felt I should offer a comment as to why I'm pretty anti-AI:
Most CEOs aren't you, and most companies aren't Arrowhead. The chief locusts won't hesitate to ruin games and art, if it means Q4 savings.
Most CEOs aren't you, and most companies aren't Arrowhead. The chief locusts won't hesitate to ruin games and art, if it means Q4 savings.
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If the composition of the char on a grilled hot dog were listed in the ingredients, it would be illegal to sell because of high levels of nitrosamines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which are both banned as carcinogens in the EU and US.
Weird!
Weird!
September 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
If the composition of the char on a grilled hot dog were listed in the ingredients, it would be illegal to sell because of high levels of nitrosamines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which are both banned as carcinogens in the EU and US.
Weird!
Weird!
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"Bluesky is boring."
Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually.
When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.
Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually.
When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.
September 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
"Bluesky is boring."
Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually.
When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.
Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually.
When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.
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We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
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Going to start calling Sam Altman "Sloppenheimer"
May 15, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Going to start calling Sam Altman "Sloppenheimer"
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A thought for those few who actually follow me here: If you've Sky Follower Bridge or have otherwise copied your Xitter follows on here, make sure to unfollow on the old pit. That way, you help make this site more valuable for the creators you love.
March 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A thought for those few who actually follow me here: If you've Sky Follower Bridge or have otherwise copied your Xitter follows on here, make sure to unfollow on the old pit. That way, you help make this site more valuable for the creators you love.
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Cosigned.
Your followers are ghosts. Your big number means nothing.
Any art you're posting is being fed directly to Grok.
It throttles outgoing links to the point of uselessness.
You mere presence empowers one of the worst men alive.
Like, seriously: why are you still there? Where is the line?
Your followers are ghosts. Your big number means nothing.
Any art you're posting is being fed directly to Grok.
It throttles outgoing links to the point of uselessness.
You mere presence empowers one of the worst men alive.
Like, seriously: why are you still there? Where is the line?
I was on Twitter in 2009. The first time my art ever went viral was bc Wil Wheaton rt’d it. I made a lot of friends, fans and contacts on Twitter.
Twitter. Is. Dead.
It’s “x” now. It’s not the place we all loved to hang out, anymore. It was killed and now Nazis are infesting the corpse. Leave it.
Twitter. Is. Dead.
It’s “x” now. It’s not the place we all loved to hang out, anymore. It was killed and now Nazis are infesting the corpse. Leave it.
Artists need to let this sink in:
The thousands of followers who insist you stay there are actively hurting you at this point. You deserve a better audience who understands your rights and concerns. The sooner you rebuild, the easier it gets.
The thousands of followers who insist you stay there are actively hurting you at this point. You deserve a better audience who understands your rights and concerns. The sooner you rebuild, the easier it gets.
February 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Cosigned.
Your followers are ghosts. Your big number means nothing.
Any art you're posting is being fed directly to Grok.
It throttles outgoing links to the point of uselessness.
You mere presence empowers one of the worst men alive.
Like, seriously: why are you still there? Where is the line?
Your followers are ghosts. Your big number means nothing.
Any art you're posting is being fed directly to Grok.
It throttles outgoing links to the point of uselessness.
You mere presence empowers one of the worst men alive.
Like, seriously: why are you still there? Where is the line?
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Today, we at Google have a new product: what if you could could ask an app a question? Oh, we do that already? Well, what if we were a little bit worse at it? What if we also sometimes gave you egregiously wrong information? And what if it cost a billion dollars? Still not interested? It's mandatory
February 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Today, we at Google have a new product: what if you could could ask an app a question? Oh, we do that already? Well, what if we were a little bit worse at it? What if we also sometimes gave you egregiously wrong information? And what if it cost a billion dollars? Still not interested? It's mandatory
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I've designed a new "Do not upload, not for AI training" stamp making improvements based on your feedback. Thank you! Download for free:
Hice un nuevo sello de "No resubir, no usar en entrenamiento de IA", haciendo mejoras basadas en sus opiniones. Gracias! Descarga gratis:
ko-fi.com/i/IH2H219B6YQ
Hice un nuevo sello de "No resubir, no usar en entrenamiento de IA", haciendo mejoras basadas en sus opiniones. Gracias! Descarga gratis:
ko-fi.com/i/IH2H219B6YQ
January 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I've designed a new "Do not upload, not for AI training" stamp making improvements based on your feedback. Thank you! Download for free:
Hice un nuevo sello de "No resubir, no usar en entrenamiento de IA", haciendo mejoras basadas en sus opiniones. Gracias! Descarga gratis:
ko-fi.com/i/IH2H219B6YQ
Hice un nuevo sello de "No resubir, no usar en entrenamiento de IA", haciendo mejoras basadas en sus opiniones. Gracias! Descarga gratis:
ko-fi.com/i/IH2H219B6YQ
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DeepSeek this DeepSeek that why don't you DeepSeek some therapy
January 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
DeepSeek this DeepSeek that why don't you DeepSeek some therapy
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I don’t know who needs to hear this today, but please never stop being excited about the things you love. Your enthusiasm *will* annoy some people, and that’s great. It will help you weed out the people who don’t value the gift of your uncynical, unabashed happiness.
January 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this today, but please never stop being excited about the things you love. Your enthusiasm *will* annoy some people, and that’s great. It will help you weed out the people who don’t value the gift of your uncynical, unabashed happiness.
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I was excited to tell my kids that there's a sequel to Encanto, only to scroll down and learn that Google's AI just completely made this up
December 28, 2024 at 5:30 PM
I was excited to tell my kids that there's a sequel to Encanto, only to scroll down and learn that Google's AI just completely made this up
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Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!
December 24, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!
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2024 currently has more known games industry layoffs than 2023+2022 combined.
2024 is roughly 600 layoffs away from doubling 2023. There is still plenty of business days left in the month.
I can't emphasize enough how extreme these last few years have been.
So far.
2024 is roughly 600 layoffs away from doubling 2023. There is still plenty of business days left in the month.
I can't emphasize enough how extreme these last few years have been.
So far.
December 4, 2024 at 12:58 AM
2024 currently has more known games industry layoffs than 2023+2022 combined.
2024 is roughly 600 layoffs away from doubling 2023. There is still plenty of business days left in the month.
I can't emphasize enough how extreme these last few years have been.
So far.
2024 is roughly 600 layoffs away from doubling 2023. There is still plenty of business days left in the month.
I can't emphasize enough how extreme these last few years have been.
So far.
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I have written probably more than anyone on this subject (hundreds of thousands of words) and the answer is that executives often have no idea what happens at their companies or what actual work looks like
I do not understand why, after remote work has been repeatedly proven to be just as productive (if not more so) than in-office work, people should be required to return to in-office work in order to justify the money the bosses spent on real estate.
Demanding that people go back to the office five days a week has been shown to punish staff who are lower-income, parents, and disabled. It is also not necessary for reporters and journalists who do much of their work in the field, on the phone, or on laptop computers that can be used anywhere.
November 20, 2024 at 5:15 PM
I have written probably more than anyone on this subject (hundreds of thousands of words) and the answer is that executives often have no idea what happens at their companies or what actual work looks like