Whenever I see a company using LLMs to write little background parts of their games -- which is, unfortunately, happening more often lately -- I think of a line I saw on...
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Whenever I see a company using LLMs to write little background parts of their games -- which is, unfortunately, happening more often lately -- I think of a line I saw on... Jeez, I don't even remember now, Tumblr? Reddit? Somewhere.
Why would I want to read something that nobody wrote.
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Whenever I see a company using LLMs to write little background parts of their games -- which is, unfortunately, happening more often lately -- I think of a line I saw on... Jeez, I don't even remember now, Tumblr? Reddit? Somewhere.
Why would I want to read something that nobody wrote.
All those little outside details, the world-building and the fine print that show your setting is more than just an apocalyptic battle and one thirty-something brown-haired unshaven alcoholic man with a gun?
If you don't think that stuff matters enough to actually be written, I'm not reading it. Hell, I'd barely consider it canon.
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All those little outside details, the world-building and the fine print that show your setting is more than just an apocalyptic battle and one thirty-something brown-haired unshaven alcoholic man with a gun?
If you don't think that stuff matters enough to actually be written, I'm not reading it. Hell, I'd barely consider it canon.
"The devs chose to put it in the game, of course it's canon!"
Did they, though? Or did an AI spit it out and they went "Thank god, one less thing to worry about" and shoved it in without thinking about it?
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"The devs chose to put it in the game, of course it's canon!"
Did they, though? Or did an AI spit it out and they went "Thank god, one less thing to worry about" and shoved it in without thinking about it?
ANyway my eye is twitching now so I'm gonna go make some soup.
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ANyway my eye is twitching now so I'm gonna go make some soup.
@CactuarJoe good idea. Soup good.
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Whenever I see a company using LLMs to write little background parts of their games -- which is, unfortunately, happening more often lately -- I think of a line I saw on... Jeez, I don't even remember now, Tumblr? Reddit? Somewhere.
Why would I want to read something that nobody wrote.
@CactuarJoe if i'm gonna pay $80 for a AAA game, it damn well better be written top to bottom by human beings.
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@CactuarJoe if i'm gonna pay $80 for a AAA game, it damn well better be written top to bottom by human beings.
@jwisser YEAH
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"The devs chose to put it in the game, of course it's canon!"
Did they, though? Or did an AI spit it out and they went "Thank god, one less thing to worry about" and shoved it in without thinking about it?
@CactuarJoe which brings up the question of why: either they don't care enough about their art to do it themselves despite the additional time or effort, or someone (MANAGEMENT) is forcing them to cut corners lest they be downsized/sold/fired
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@CactuarJoe which brings up the question of why: either they don't care enough about their art to do it themselves despite the additional time or effort, or someone (MANAGEMENT) is forcing them to cut corners lest they be downsized/sold/fired
@xerozohar I did just read where Microsoft is now making their employees use AI tools in at least half of everything they do or risk being dinged for it at review time
So that's very possible
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@xerozohar I did just read where Microsoft is now making their employees use AI tools in at least half of everything they do or risk being dinged for it at review time
So that's very possible
@CactuarJoe yeah exactly.
Gawd, fuck this timeline
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@xerozohar I did just read where Microsoft is now making their employees use AI tools in at least half of everything they do or risk being dinged for it at review time
So that's very possible
@CactuarJoe @xerozohar uggghhhh gross
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ANyway my eye is twitching now so I'm gonna go make some soup.
@CactuarJoe i made curry. :3
