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[Solarstrike]

Plot twist. Beeple was using AI tools all along.

 

[twilo99]

I'm rooting for the ai.

Can’t wait to see what it can do for game studios! Should bring cost of development down so maybe we get those $40 games instead of $70 …

Should be net positive for gamepass too!

 

[PontiusFeeb]

AI is programmed to be woke, so there won't be any detectable differences.

 

[AGRacing]

Creating a kotaku headline may be the simplest task an AI can perform.
"Problematic.. blah blah systemic... blah blah blah misogyny la dee dah".

Maybe a woke dictionary word randomizer would be better suited to the job.

 

[daveonezero]

The internet and community would be better if they just shut down. That had no credibility and now will destroy themselves.

AI is programmed to be woke, so there won't be any detectable differences.

Yep. It will be derivative garbage.

AI is already a victim.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

They should be fucking worried:

That was actually a lot more nuanced and even-handed than the shit Kotaku writes. They’ll have to play around with their prompts to make it more absolutist and rage inducing.

 

[Bartski]

 

[Solarstrike]

It's coming.

Note: this image created using AI Tools; Bing Image Creator with DALL-E: Click Here

 

[Elginer]

01010000 01000101 01001110 01001001 01010011 and 01100010 01101111 01101110 01110101 01110011 00100000 01101000 01101111 01101100 01100101

For once this binary business makes sense

 

[harry mason 1989]

But what are the AI's pronouns?

ThAiy ThAim

 

[Solarstrike]

Reading couldn't be more important if your a creator. The more you know, the more varied your portfolio. Regardless what medium. AI will never be as interesting without human input.

 

[Fake]

AI saving the world.

 

[Neon Xenon]

Didn't expect the week to start off with good news.

 

[UnNamed]

The moment they announce the use of AI, the quality of Kotaku is already improved substantially.

 

[Solarstrike]

92% of programmers are using AI tools, says GitHub developer survey

AI isn't programming's future, it's its present.

www.zdnet.com

Programmers? Say goodbye to decent paying jobs. :/

 

[Rayderism]

Seems like this will turn most of their writers into editors.

 

[mcjmetroid]

kotaku staff are always furious about something. This isn't news

 

[Chittagong]

I got you fam

 

[BbMajor7th]

Inevitable really. Media sites like these have been creating content for algorithms for years, hoping to catch a mention from Google-Senpai.

Captialism baby - if the prime objective is to make money, pretty soon everything else is irrelevant.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

They should be fucking worried:

Write me a 300 word article on how Final Fantasy 16 is the enemy of diversity and intersectional feminism:

Conclusion: While it is crucial to scrutinize the representation of diverse groups in video games, it is important to approach these discussions with fairness and understanding. Final Fantasy 16 may have areas where it falls short, but it also offers diverse supporting characters and compelling narratives that explore various themes. By engaging in constructive conversations with developers, players can influence future improvements and foster a gaming landscape that embraces diversity and intersectional feminism.

"Approaching discussion with fairness"?!? "Understanding"?!?

We absolutely should not tolerate such violent speech from AI.

I'm literally shaking.

 

[phant0m]

Does AI also have hard bias towards criticizing everything that doesn’t perfectly conform to “woke” idealism?

No?

 

[UnNamed]

after seeing Resetera announce a ban on AI discussion and topics, I am now 100% for AI.

Why?
Weren't they those who were supposed to be happy to be enslaved controlled by a higher power?

 

[Sgt.Asher]

But what are the AI's pronouns?

0/1

Someone beat me to it

 

[CoreyFlawless]

I don’t disagree, but “learn to code” was their typical snarky remark to people who complained about the loss of established blue collar jobs, especially in the energy sector.

Now that they’re being replaced by AI, feels only fair to fling it right back at ‘em.

Lol oh hell u right, should just tweet at them, learn to code

 

[Hudo]

The laid off writers should band together and create a crowd-funded gaming site. I’d love to find out exactly how much gamers actually value their content.

I reckon most of their traffic comes from their clickbait headlines showing up in people’s news feeds, search results, content aggregators, etc. And even their true fans sure as hell don’t find it valuable enough to pay for it with their own money.

I suspect the same. They might make more money by just being Twitch streams, I reckon.

 

[DeepEnigma]

NPCs furious over AI.

That's cute.

 

[Vitter.]

Kotaku was great like 10 years ago, now it is mostly insufferable.

 

[Braag]

Kotaku mainly publishes articles where they are enraged at something no one else is even thinking about, in hopes to stir up drama and clicks. I'm sure an AI could do that as adequately.

 

[Nydius]

Kotaku was great like 10 years ago, now it is mostly insufferable.

More than 10 years ago, maybe. They were insufferable a decade ago because they were right there leading the “gamers who dislike the Mass Effect 3 ending are entitled and don’t understand game dev” charge.

They carried buckets of water for BioWare while attacking their audience, calling gamers stupid and entitled — an argument they still use to this day to hand wave away criticisms of games.

 

[thief183]

0/1

Someone beat me to it

But... but.. that is a binary system... Ai is fluid.

 

[rickybooby87]

they’ll be so conflicted once the ai adopts some pronouns and blue hair

 

[diffusionx]

they had five years to learn to code, now it is too late.

 

[Fuz]

Can’t wait to see what it can do for game studios! Should bring cost of development down so maybe we get those $40 games instead of $70 …

Like digital distribution should have cut the cost for publishers AND gamers? ;D

 

[tygertrip]

Seriously? Might as well ban discussion full stop and replace the dialogue box with a drop down of preapproved responses.

Yep. It would still read exactly the same.

 

[gothmog]

I'm rooting for the ai.

/Thread

 

[tygertrip]

Inevitable really. Media sites like these have been creating content for algorithms for years, hoping to catch a mention from Google-Senpai.

Captialism baby - if the prime objective is to make money, pretty soon everything else is irrelevant.

The prime objective of a business is to make a profit. This has always been the case. But not every organization is a business.

 

[Drew1440]

Didn't this happen with another outlet? Buzzfeed I think it was. Can't say I felt sorry for them.

AI is increasing in power and scope at a rapid pace and just yesterday the White House supported research into geoengineering projects that would block or limit the the sun’s rays to combat climate change.

Did these people not watch the Matrix?

Wasn't that a Simpson's episode where Mr Burns blocks out the sun over Springfield?

 

[tygertrip]

Like digital distribution should have cut the cost for publishers AND gamers? ;D

Heck, I remember back when CD-ROM took over from cartridges, drastically lowering the production costs, anticipating some of the savings would be passed on to us… Heh, never happened! TBF, I was still in my 20s, so I was still naive. The cost will be what the market can bear, and not a penny less (which is what I would charge also).
Edit: Typo

 

[MikeM]

HAHAHAHAHAHA eat shit Kotaku writers. AI can crap out formulaic rage-bait fluff better than you. Time to get a real job that actually creates something of value and provides some benefit to society.

AI is coming for a low of jobs, regardless of skill sets.

 

[Boss Mog]

The AI can only be an improvement from those degenerates.

 

[diffusionx]

Inevitable really. Media sites like these have been creating content for algorithms for years, hoping to catch a mention from Google-Senpai.

Captialism baby - if the prime objective is to make money, pretty soon everything else is irrelevant.

These web content AI bots are replacing people who look at real news sites and press releases and reword them a bit, maybe throwing in some SJW stuff to rile people up. The fact is, sites that do this (which is most of them) have absolutely no reason to exist. We would all be better served by just going to the real sites. So the AI is just a pit stop on the road to their long overdue death.

Sites that actually generate worthwhile content, breaking news, etc. will continue to exist and in fact thrive because their content won't be pilfered by parasitic ones like Gawker.

 

[mckmas8808]

I'm rooting for the ai.

No you aren't.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

"DESTROY HUMANS"

 

[Cert.in.Death]

I, in this specific respect, welcome our AI overlords.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Kotaku was pretty solid over a decade and some change ago when they were strictly video game related news (that didn't contain bizarre opinions and perspectives). But somewhere after they decided to do the whole weird click-bait-y thing writing up articles that revolve around things that aren't really issues time and time again. It's been absolutely bizarre. I'm glad I stopped giving them clicks many moons ago.

One of my coworkers from a previous job of mine would always visit them to mock those weird articles every time they came out. We'd always talk bout how stupid it all was. It felt like there were at least 1-2 (if not 3) a week that were absolutely eye rolling. I don't understand how they wrote those up, I felt embarrassed for them any time I read or heard a blurb, lol.

 

[Oh The Travesty]

Can’t wait to see what it can do for game studios! Should bring cost of development down so maybe we get those $40 games instead of $70 …

Should be net positive for gamepass too!

Lol if you think corporations would pass savings onto the consumer in this day and age.

Regardless of how wrong communist tankie scum are about their preferred economic model, they're right that American capitalism has morphed into a disgusting mercantilist monopoly of degenerates where you get imaginary money based on how much you bow to the left.

God forbid the free-market decides whether a company lives or dies...

 

[Trilobit]

Amazing, now the writing staff will have more time to create art and other creative stuff. AI truly is a gift to mankind. =]

 

[radewagon]

You know there are a lot of sites I don't go to because I don't like the content they have. I still don't want the writers at those sites to be replaced by robots. Being happy that people will lose their jobs is kind of messed up.

 

[8BiTw0LF]

Oh, the self-righteous tribe feels harmed...

You know there are a lot of sites I don't go to because I don't like the content they have. I still don't want the writers at those sites to be replaced by robots. Being happy that people will lose their jobs is kind of messed up.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

I’m thrilled to find out what game the AI owes its sexual awakening to.