I've worked at the 'big' studios. While I'm on the writing and showrunning side, none of my projects have used AI in their process. I feel confident about my designers, directors, and story artists doing the same. These folks are convincing themselves 'everyone is doing it'.

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I think we’re long past the “ai bad because of stealing” argument and fully in the “ai is also actively and tangibly destroying our planet why are you even trying to use it as an art tool at this point” stage

"“I’m here to tell you the mission of your generation is to destroy AI,” said Chieng." news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

need more companies to be forthcoming and just say “this is happening because of AI btw”

This weird pattern of has-been Gen X celebrities getting suckered into shilling for GenAI needs to be studied. Bunch of ex-creatives. X-creatives, if you will. By definition you aren’t an animator if you’re having an AI make moving images for you.

You cannot negotiate with the "cutting artists out of art" machine, by which I mean the GenAI industry itself. The reason corporations are salivating over this stuff is that the idea of eliminating all those jobs really gets their fuckin rocks off. They're horny for eliminating artists.

“Creative breakthroughs happen when visionary storytellers are given access to transformative tools”-- Actually, creative breakthroughs happen when people don't have to drink brown water from data center waste. This is not cool or accessible, this is disingenuous & disappointing.

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i also... feel like there's some overlap between the decline in media literacy and how 'accountability culture' and how IRL people treat each other online has been distorted?

The people you meet at cons aren’t the ones who make you frustrated online Those people never leave their house anyway

I want to be clear. I’ve been to more than 20 conventions around the world now, interacting with countless people daily, and 99.9% have been so, so sweet and gracious to me and my castmates. It is so much easier to be an asshole online due to the anonymity. The world is better offline.

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I feel like my contempt for the "Zelda Formula" just got validated. It was around Twilight Princess that Zelda started to feel stale and bloated for a while; the impression I get is Miyamoto basically wanting more of the same, but bigger, meanwhile Aonuma's creative well had run dry for the moment.

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A Mario Maker 3 is a no-brainer for the Switch 2, and I wouldn’t be surprised if one is in development! It’s practically tailor-made for mouse controls. Making 3D levels would probably have to be rudimentary (so maybe only 64), but it’d be so damn cool. A Wonder style also has potential!

Being sick has been a secret blessing as I've been offline more. Been really enjoying going to the library and renting movies and TV shows I haven't seen. Highly recommend just pretending it's the 90s/00s again.

People need to give folks the benefit of the doubt for things like this, like the old saying “do not confuse ignorance for malice”

That “do not harass” apparently needs to be said is wild. Social media really is the global town square… and by that, I mean it’s become a public, global pillory. I worry the old, medieval normal is becoming the new normal once again.

I just really like Sinners, and I thought the art was nice. I guess I didn’t think hard enough about how it might recontextualize the movie’s themes. For obvious reasons it’s a blind spot that I need to be better at addressing going forward.

this is what all the little newgrounds kids thought they were watching, finally realized now that they've grown up. I love this for them so much honestly though I'm really impressed and glitch has never let us down so I'm SAT!! the animation is crazy!! a girl and her lil fellas 🥹

Okay, that’s legitimately sick as hell. NOW GIMME THAT GROSS PHOTOREALISTIC BRAIN

Honestly, I kind of can’t wait to see the new generation of gamers get traumatized by a photorealistic Brain Andross. Just make it super fucking gross and you might have sold me.

It’s definitely committed to that aesthetic, uncanny as I find it. Regardless, the game itself actually looks like it plays well from first impression, and if it has strong enough word of mouth I’d be glad to see where Nintendo takes Star Fox next. Hopefully it doesn’t need to reboot itself again.

If this is Nintendo’s (second) attempt at rebooting the franchise, I hope that at least they’re using this as a springboard to original sequels rather than just 64 again. But… yeah that art style’s going to take some getting used to. I don’t haaaate it, but it’s… a choice.

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If you are deceived by a sponsorship or company about them using AI, this is exactly how you handle it. You vocally make your stance known and withdraw support, even if it costs you a contract. Brava to Ironmouse for this action. I hope others do the same.

Also fun fact- Instagram likes to lie about users you’re following using their ai slop- which is in fact NOT the case and has been called out for.

My favourite new stupid, worthless AI thing is how Instagram and Facebook are generating vague nonsense headlines in the search bar for a scrap of engagement. “JD Vance confirmed in Ohio” …For what? “Caine voice actor singing career” …You’re literally just saying random words.

If AI was so cool, why do they have to hide that they’re using it? And lie about it? Everybody was SO proud of using NFTs… if they were enthusiastic about AI I would get it but they must clearly think it’s not s good rhing kf they hide it!!

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One of my favourite bad TV censorship moments that lives rent free in my head is from Stand By Me during the Lardass sequence. Everyone just calls him “Lard”. So when they’re cheering him on, you just see these people yelling “LARD LARD LARD” The cuts to silence in the bleachers killed me.

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Sometimes you really gotta stop and think to yourself "is the person in my brain that I'm seething over actually real" and a surprising amount of the timethe answer is "no." And when the answer is no you're just being mad for no reason. That shit will drive you insane and kill you

I think one of the most important skills a person can learn nowadays is recognizing when they are making up a person in their head to get mad at and how they can step back from that and ground themselves. No shade. It's an extremely easy behavior to fall into and it will erode you.

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“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?” i’m not here to get all preachy on anyone, i just think it’s a good quote on judgement, and as alex said, vindictive behavior.

Holy fuck this is spot on. The carceral state is living rent free in too many people’s heads… including people I’ve known who distrust law enforcement and the justice system. Some people want to be judge, jury, and executioner.

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Our puritanical roots thirst for a harsh, punitive, authoritarian society and so many are eager to comply

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ange... This I think is one major factor.

There is no way to win the game of penetance. You just have to stop back and realize that no matter what, you can be a better person then yesterday. People who want self-flaggelation are children who haven't yet realized that everyone, everyone, does bad things. It's what you do after that counts.

People are the way they are for reasons, and I think one reason is often that they are tired of seeing a lack of accountability for someone who hurts them, and they think punishing the people they can proverbially reach up and actually touch will make up for that. The indie show cast seem touchable.