We're not subtle with all our sassy skeeting about it, but it's probably time for a persistent, official statement about our stance on AI. TL;DR: we know what we're talking about. GenAI is harming creatives. There will be no AI features in Yarn Spinner. yarnspinner.dev/blog/why-we-...

We’ve updated the @luxeengine.com website to include an additional section about our philosophy and standards! Generative “AI” is not welcome in our game engine or community, their current incarnation is not compatible with our ethics, standards or goals. We don’t compromise and don’t need to ✨

I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice: www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1... I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.

the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs

i miss when this guy was the only LLM

Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb. Once upon a time, Europe was at war. Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/

Great post about generative AI. Happy Holidays. Don't say I never gave you anything. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.

About a year and a half ago on a social media website that doesn't exist any more I articulated my position on AI as total rejection; "I want rid of this bathwater and I'm happy to kill the baby to do it". And dear lord was I right, and correct, and ahead of the curve on that one.

*repetitive strain injury from tapping the sign*

New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Ōji 1857 hiroshige

Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words. But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.

they didn't need AI to make Silksong, it just needed some deeply insane guys to have a blank check for living expenses until their next thing was done, I think we should try doing more of that instead

My favourite way to visualize this is looking at the resource usage of the standard Windows calculator over time. But you can see it everywhere on modern computers. And I get it! Writing efficient code is hard! And to many (myself included) optimization isn't the fun part.

Today I made a candy glass sugar cookie based on Ellsworth Kelly's 'Austin' chapel (2018) on the Blanton Museum grounds.

i think if you use genai for anything, even writing an email, you're both a moron and a huge baby, and i dont want to play your video game as a result. its not that hard!

Bring this energy with you int 2026 (yes this is a threat)

You do not have to be a coward. You do not have to let this shit beat you up. There's no real downside to standing up for humanity. Nobody who wants to defend or equivocate about this shit is your friend or even useful to know. We don't have to resign ourselves to being disposable.

/noclip's YouTube discovery has dropped off a cliff in 2025 so just gonna keep posting this as it's one of our most anticipated projects in years. Also we're really proud of it. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH6m...

I think people really don't appreciate how remarkable it is that the games industry releases hundreds of video games every year when you consider that not one person on earth knows how to make a video game

What a great headline

the only good thing about genAI is that it got me to really love seeing bad art, because I know a person put in time and effort, made themselves vulnerable by showing it to others, and is trying to improve. I value that more than anything now

When half the internet doesn't work because of a failure of a single vendor, that vendor is a utility, in the same way that power, water, and, back in the day, the phone companies, are/were utilities. 3/5

Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information! Silicon Valley, 2025:

I’m trying to be more open about the ups and downs of life lately. So, I’m sharing a little thing a friend popped to me in the post a couple of weeks ago just in case it’s handy for you to read too.

idk why this concept is difficult to grasp for a lot of people and doesn't take priority over wether or not liking wizards makes you a good person. Dont give her money! The money funds evil! its truly that simple

I have made a public demo for my game Bound City available! About an hour long, containing one zone and bits of others. Please check it out, wishlist, tell everyone you've ever met, fraudulently inflate my numbers, etc. Every little bit helps. store.steampowered.com/app/3871260/...

Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on. Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights. Block, and move on. This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.

Crazy how with these people it's always AI that's "here to stay like it or not" and never like gender affirming medical procedures or something

The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."

This only happens to you once

Reminds me of this classic fella who wound up searching for himself

to survival

This one's maybe a little on the ling side, but trust me, it's worth it. I've cried reading it multiple times. (1/3)

Here is some non-satire for you: Trans rights forever.

Pyroraptor stare

I don't get how people don't realize that a technology that replaces junior and entry level positions in a field destroys that field. There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.

If you can't come up with a winning message about how the power mad dunce emperor marching federal troops into peaceful cities is bad, you should not have a job in politics

If people actually cared about art and artists, they'd be fighting for Universal Basic Income. That's what would actually stop us all getting burnt out.

And on the subject of #realartatters: AI poisoning tool NIGHTSHADE is now free for artists to use: venturebeat.com/ai/nightshad...

This is a pretty good bit

I only did pizza for nine years, but after that (relatively) short time I got so used to the feel of dough that I could judge temperatures within two degrees by hand, nail weights without a scale, and get a full pie from phone to oven in twenty seconds. All labor is skilled labor.

voice is the primary method for interacting with computers on star trek because it is on TV, not because it's a good idea

Aside from the last 60 seconds of episode 2, Alien Earth is on track to be the second best Alien after Alien (for the purpose of this argument, I'm counting Aliens as it's own distinct, parallel thing).

I think failure undersells what has been a conscious and malicious effort to demonise and scapegoat immigrants of all kinds.

If you regularly read the news and try to discuss it with another person you will sound more insane than a raving street preacher. Waving a big REPENT sign mumbling something about the bureau of labor statistics