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The confusion and conflation of ‘generative ai that is built on stolen artwork’ and ‘machine learning, character behaviour modelling and proc gen’ is intentional on the part of the grifters peddling the former. They benefit from murkiness of classification, because the latter predates their bollocks
December 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The confusion and conflation of ‘generative ai that is built on stolen artwork’ and ‘machine learning, character behaviour modelling and proc gen’ is intentional on the part of the grifters peddling the former. They benefit from murkiness of classification, because the latter predates their bollocks
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Everything is this argument now btw.
Can’t build housing because homeowners will lose wealth.
Can’t raise the minimum wage because prices will increase.
Can’t tax billionaires because they’ll leave.
Can’t regulate AI because it will hurt innovation.
Failure of a system.
Can’t build housing because homeowners will lose wealth.
Can’t raise the minimum wage because prices will increase.
Can’t tax billionaires because they’ll leave.
Can’t regulate AI because it will hurt innovation.
Failure of a system.
December 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Everything is this argument now btw.
Can’t build housing because homeowners will lose wealth.
Can’t raise the minimum wage because prices will increase.
Can’t tax billionaires because they’ll leave.
Can’t regulate AI because it will hurt innovation.
Failure of a system.
Can’t build housing because homeowners will lose wealth.
Can’t raise the minimum wage because prices will increase.
Can’t tax billionaires because they’ll leave.
Can’t regulate AI because it will hurt innovation.
Failure of a system.
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Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner Sivaraman said more could have been done to address antisemitism if the government adopted the Australian Human Rights Commission’s national anti-racism framework – for which he had been advocating for over a year.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Social media companies allow antisemitic hate to flow ‘unchecked’, Australia’s race discrimination commissioner says
Giridharan Sivaraman warns of a surge of racially motivated violence in wake of Bondi shooting, saying ‘it’s going to get worse before it gets better’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner Sivaraman said more could have been done to address antisemitism if the government adopted the Australian Human Rights Commission’s national anti-racism framework – for which he had been advocating for over a year.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
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The Xbox Boycott (Still) Matters
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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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
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Backlash surrounding Metroid Prime 4’s chatty supporting cast has inadvertently bled into one gamer’s relationship.
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paletteswap.site/dif...
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Backlash surrounding Metroid Prime 4’s chatty supporting cast has inadvertently bled into one gamer’s relationship.
paletteswap.site/dif...
paletteswap.site/dif...
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“Our talented team with its own human hands and brains and souls decided that all this shitty art made by a computer was good enough to go in our game” is not a good defense of using AI tools to generate assets.
November 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“Our talented team with its own human hands and brains and souls decided that all this shitty art made by a computer was good enough to go in our game” is not a good defense of using AI tools to generate assets.
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It really needs to be pointed out how every one of these embarrassing statements is made by a c-suite executive and not an artist or even art department lead
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It really needs to be pointed out how every one of these embarrassing statements is made by a c-suite executive and not an artist or even art department lead
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They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.
the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
October 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
They are also intentionally conflating machine-learning and generative AI slop to confuse and try to make GenAI seem necessary. Google Maps traffic stuff is machine learning, not GenAI, for example. Auto-correct is too. Don't let them make you lose the thread. GenAI slop is slop.
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Humanity has failed to limit global heating to 1.5C and must change course immediately, the secretary general of the UN has warned. 🔗👉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Humanity has failed to limit global heating to 1.5C and must change course immediately, the secretary general of the UN has warned. 🔗👉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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brb, uninstalling Office from my gaming handheld (it has been on this screen for like five minutes)
October 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
brb, uninstalling Office from my gaming handheld (it has been on this screen for like five minutes)
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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Something to be proud of. ✊🇵🇸
September 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Something to be proud of. ✊🇵🇸
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#BREAKING 🚨 Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, according to a report by a United Nations Commision of Inquiry
The report has found Israeli authorities have "intended to kill as many Palestinians as possible" and committed the crime against humanity of extermination
The report has found Israeli authorities have "intended to kill as many Palestinians as possible" and committed the crime against humanity of extermination
September 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
#BREAKING 🚨 Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, according to a report by a United Nations Commision of Inquiry
The report has found Israeli authorities have "intended to kill as many Palestinians as possible" and committed the crime against humanity of extermination
The report has found Israeli authorities have "intended to kill as many Palestinians as possible" and committed the crime against humanity of extermination
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Racists of all types - Nazis, Zionists, general flag-shaggers - have pea-sized brains and pea-sized dicks. They are convenient boot-licking ogres with daddy issues for murderous oligarchs ripping everyone off. Politicians and media that pander to them are pond scum. Cheers.
August 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Racists of all types - Nazis, Zionists, general flag-shaggers - have pea-sized brains and pea-sized dicks. They are convenient boot-licking ogres with daddy issues for murderous oligarchs ripping everyone off. Politicians and media that pander to them are pond scum. Cheers.
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Can’t wait to joke with my friends about bespoke movies none of them has seen. Or go to the con where everyone has seen a different movie and nobody knows what the fuck anyone else is talking about or whatever thing these fucking idiots don’t understand about shared experience.
Showrunner wants to turn you into a happy little content prompter for the ‘Netflix of AI’
Showrunner wants to turn you into a happy little content prompter for the ‘Netflix of AI’
Who doesn’t want to be an unpaid worker for an entertainment megacorporation?
www.theverge.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Can’t wait to joke with my friends about bespoke movies none of them has seen. Or go to the con where everyone has seen a different movie and nobody knows what the fuck anyone else is talking about or whatever thing these fucking idiots don’t understand about shared experience.
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I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
August 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
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BREAKING: The Victorian Labor conference has just voted for an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS, to suspend all AUKUS funding to the UK and US and then withdraw from the pact altogether. That’s a win for peace. Will Albanese and Wong listen?
August 2, 2025 at 7:42 AM
BREAKING: The Victorian Labor conference has just voted for an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS, to suspend all AUKUS funding to the UK and US and then withdraw from the pact altogether. That’s a win for peace. Will Albanese and Wong listen?
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Action for Australian folks:
register a concern about Collective Shout's wrongful listing as a charity, do so on the Australian Charity and Non-Profit Commission website
Collective shout's profile + ABN: www.acnc.gov.au/charity/char...
Raise a concern with the ACNC: www.acnc.gov.au/raise-concern
register a concern about Collective Shout's wrongful listing as a charity, do so on the Australian Charity and Non-Profit Commission website
Collective shout's profile + ABN: www.acnc.gov.au/charity/char...
Raise a concern with the ACNC: www.acnc.gov.au/raise-concern
July 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Action for Australian folks:
register a concern about Collective Shout's wrongful listing as a charity, do so on the Australian Charity and Non-Profit Commission website
Collective shout's profile + ABN: www.acnc.gov.au/charity/char...
Raise a concern with the ACNC: www.acnc.gov.au/raise-concern
register a concern about Collective Shout's wrongful listing as a charity, do so on the Australian Charity and Non-Profit Commission website
Collective shout's profile + ABN: www.acnc.gov.au/charity/char...
Raise a concern with the ACNC: www.acnc.gov.au/raise-concern
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Australia was invited to this Hague group meeting of 30 nations seeking to end the genocide in Gaza, but has chosen not to attend. The Foreign Minister Penny Wong needs to explain to the Australian public why Australia rejected the invitation.
July 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Australia was invited to this Hague group meeting of 30 nations seeking to end the genocide in Gaza, but has chosen not to attend. The Foreign Minister Penny Wong needs to explain to the Australian public why Australia rejected the invitation.
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NAIDOC 2025: A Voice To Parliament Finally Achieved
July 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
NAIDOC 2025: A Voice To Parliament Finally Achieved
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The thing about Grok isn't just that it's a Nazi, it's that it tells on all the other LLMs. Outsourcing critical parts of your brain/workflows/team to systems tuned in more subtle ways by companies that may not share your values is just as risky as obvious bias or hallucination
July 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The thing about Grok isn't just that it's a Nazi, it's that it tells on all the other LLMs. Outsourcing critical parts of your brain/workflows/team to systems tuned in more subtle ways by companies that may not share your values is just as risky as obvious bias or hallucination
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UN Special Rapporteur Albanese says dozens of companies play a role in ‘sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project’.
UN expert calls on world to end trade with Israel’s ‘economy of genocide’
UN Special Rapporteur Albanese says dozens of companies play a role in ‘sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project’.
bit.ly
July 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
UN Special Rapporteur Albanese says dozens of companies play a role in ‘sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project’.