No snark intended, but given that two of those three things basically permeates every single aspect of our lives, I’m not sure how you have any conversations...

They did prove their point though: The point of this AI is to *not hire artists in the first place*

It’s working exactly they way they want.  And that’s the problem.

With your knees, not your back.

Overtly defining AI-generated images as “plagiarism” seems like a slippery slope that could lead to any art provably influenced by another person’s art as plagiarism. Yes, I get that the AI systems are literally TAKING- often against the will of the original artist- pieces of work and processing them to make it’s…

““one step toward true creative freedom,” that would democratize the animation industry.”

Man this sounds suspiciously like some of the stuff that crypto bros would often say on Kotaku.

In my experience, there’s always a chance when you walk by a manhole cover that a purple robot ninja will jump out of the sewer and throw the cover at you, so I guess get good at catching?

I mean that’s pretty much Kotaku in a nutshell these days. While the Gawker network was always a collection of rags they were at least popular and well funded enough that they managed to get some talented writers. Between their implosion following the lawsuit and the fuckery of the venture capitalists that took them…

I think this is all I need to say.

Oh, did I say that? I meant “steal from passionate creators who built their own skills and call it your own work”, hence the “War on Artists - because they’re ‘privileged’”.

Nintendo did already say that Smash is no longer to be patched, so it seems a lot less likely than it would have.

I just don't see how they can keep him in when you must have a referee hovering over the match to see if Steve deploys his Forbidden Technique.  That's a lot of additional effort, plus for remote tournaments it means every Steve match is not final until judges give it the nod after a few minutes' review - not a great…

Awesome.  I don’t like Steve anyway, the platform shenanigans are not fun to watch or interact with.  Him getting banned due to some random other broken tech is a great end for him.  It’s what he deserves.  Glad Onin finally got his wish.

I mean, if the bridge is safe enough without the lights, why are we wasting energy on lights?  Nighttime’s bright enough as it is and light pollution is a real thing.

Kelly Clarkson has a talk show?

And I skipped a forced Friends spin-off joke. I think we worked equally hard here.

...Rachel & Clank...

It’s all backlash to the backlash to the backlash to the backlash at this point; all noise no signal.

But, if she retired because of the Hogwarts Legacy controversy, trans people and trans allies ARE the problem here. It’s a video game. Yes if people buy it it makes JK Rowling richer and she’s a horrible person. But, she’s already got more money than she will ever need. Harry Potter is important to many people and for…

My only Pops are Mandalorians or droids, so no faces.  I still think the dead-eyed stares of most Pops are creepy.

The most accessible Soulslike to date is Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order that had an actual difficulty setting. It’s the only reason I beat it and enjoyed it as much as I did. I’ve tried many Souls games and just can’t seem to git gud enough to get past the first boss in any of them.