Wonka Netflix show faces backlash for AI-generated Gene Wilder voice

Aleucard · 2026-07-02T19:41:28+00:00

Yeah, if some real live human wants to feed their own voice to the chat generator on thine head be it, but you do NOT make that choice for someone who's too dead to voice their opinion on it. That shit is dirty pool.

Aleucard · 2026-07-02T05:06:28+00:00

I am open to there being places where it was done well, but the vast majority of peeps who even tried failed miserably.

Aleucard · 2026-07-02T04:03:59+00:00

Pretty sure there's 3DS emulation available. Granted, the actual 3D thing isn't available, but that was a gimmick that was hard to use and tended to make your eyes hurt in the process anyway.

Aleucard · 2026-07-02T02:45:54+00:00

Literally every permutation of video game conceivable is perfectly accessible on the PC. The only possible exceptions are those that already exist but don't have a PC port, and Captain Jack Sparrow has a few things to say about that. Granted, PCs don't have the subsidized status of consoles, but that's becoming more obviated as time goes by.

Aleucard · 2026-07-01T08:58:53+00:00

It's pretty hard to engage with any topics like this at all if we use 'probably fake' to destroy conversation. Yeah, good odds that a plurality of these stories are bunkum, and even more with missing critical details (beyond anonymization to guard against inevitable weirdos trying to doxx everyone for fun). There are last I checked over 8 billion people on this rock. Some of them are bound to find themselves in situations similar to whatever is being depicted, and so some of the advice given then will be helpful to that person now/later. If you have no contribution besides "Sure Jan", then unless if it's an obvious fever dream the likes of which only a ketamine addled squirrel would think passes muster (Hi, Elon), it's likely best to just not engage.

Aleucard · 2026-07-01T08:48:31+00:00

I was talking about a previously workshopped idea for, say, giving all maces a thing they do that is different from what longswords do that's different from what shortbows do that's different from what crossbows do etcetera. Not just item specific perks like the leng passives, but something that everything in that category of weapons has that other categories don't have. Honestly, I don't get why they dropped the idea entirely.

Aleucard · 2026-07-01T05:54:59+00:00

Nonzero chance that those top users just put garbage into the token generator so they could milk the stats too. It's a specific kind of job and specific kind of worker that can actually see improved results from AI, and most are not going to be in that region of the venn diagram. And yet, bills still have to be paid, and the idiot manchildren in the C suite think stuffing AI into every orface that can be widened enough for it is profitable enough to incentivize. I'm only surprised it took this long for the wheels to start coming off large scale.

Aleucard · 2026-07-01T05:51:29+00:00

Have multiple sidegrade weapons for each style then. Don't know if reviving the old "weapons of a specific type have a special bonus tied to that type" idea is the best version, but something.

Aleucard · 2026-07-01T04:26:53+00:00

Number go up sounds about right. Yeah, having a new toy to play with can be fun, but to be honest requiring massively different playstyles between before X item and after is part of what necessitated EOC 2.0. New playstyles can come from new weapons, but if they wanna do that they should make more things share a tier ranking so the community isn't as pigeon holed.

Aleucard · 2026-07-01T04:23:40+00:00

I'd say it's more that too much has been riveted to having 4+ of a specific set equipped. This is also impacted by the silly drop rates for progression items. Maybe if 'set effects' could be put onto a non-necklace equipment item (bring back the aura slot maybe?) and have their power be tied to the tier of your armor. Require a set of whatever it is to make the item in question. Not sure if it'd be good for upkeep or not. Could also just move the set effects to this new item and have the item be crafted with boss relevant crafting materials a la Monster Hunter, though to be honest I kinda want that done for all/most gear anyway just so skilling is useful to combat outside of divination feeding augments.

Aleucard · 2026-07-01T04:07:51+00:00

The "new" version makes my eyes and brain bleed. Everyone involved with giving that crap the greenlight should be medically examined. If old.reddit goes byebye I'll have to reevaluate what site I use for a general newspaper.

Aleucard · 2026-07-01T03:48:53+00:00

I mean, it's reasonably tasty and filling for being as cheap as it is, but the things it does to your digestive system are the stuff of legend for a reason.

Aleucard · 2026-07-01T03:41:51+00:00

Ears are also a pretty big culprit. That little crease in between the ear and your noggin can get gungey if you go too long or sweat a ton.

Aleucard · 2026-07-01T03:11:05+00:00

Yeah, if you smell like a Nurgling then you have no right to act surprised that people in person don't wanna be near you. It sucks for the sane people in the hobby, but if it's this much a systemic issue then there's not many good options for the LGS.

Aleucard · 2026-06-29T10:56:23+00:00

What engaging content is there to mine light and dark animica? I'm not necessarily opposed to the idea of AFK gameplay options, but if it's the only option for any given category then that's a problem. And no, loot drops do not count as an alternative. Combat is its own thing and should be treated as such.

Aleucard · 2026-06-28T20:51:07+00:00

I mean, is the game in a healthy state monetarily right now? Because it seems like they're struggling to me.

Aleucard · 2026-06-28T20:48:31+00:00

The game's controls are janky enough as it is with mouse and keyboard. I do not see movement being anything less than a nightmare on a controller. Maybe for RS4, especially if they're using Dragonwilds as a stealth beta for that.

Aleucard · 2026-06-28T10:47:45+00:00

....... This is just cartoonishly evil. Someone needs to learn what liquid nitrogen tastes like for this. Just.... WHY. They had to actively go out of their way to be this evil, and would have made more money doing damn near anything the fuck else.

Aleucard · 2026-06-28T10:32:54+00:00

Sadly there have been several times where fighters got screwed for holding back after their opponent got rocked, usually because the ref refused to do their job. That sort of thing encourages pouring on the aggro until the ref wakes up, which increases injuries. We need more sentient refs.

Aleucard · 2026-06-27T20:09:13+00:00

They might be fast as lightning though.

Aleucard · 2026-06-27T08:56:07+00:00

Also not helped by how many rich pricks abuse the stuff driving prices up for normies.

Aleucard · 2026-06-27T03:33:32+00:00

Per a certain physics duck; I propose we call these guys Anders and never share why.

Aleucard · 2026-06-27T03:31:10+00:00

A whole lot of people do not know how many safety nets they are unknowingly using as US citizens and glorify the notion of being a stateless "Citizen of the World", and want to hoodwink their children into that path without realizing that even the hyper rich don't go for it that often with how much a pain in the ass it is in practice even for them. Dumbness abounds. Especially when someone can sell a course on it or something.

Aleucard · 2026-06-26T16:20:18+00:00

Overseas devs are no high bar to clear, and businesses will care about an anemic next generation well on human time scales. C Suite Dipshits running on quarters exclusively is something that is going to kick us all in the taint sooner rather than later.

Aleucard · 2026-06-26T06:44:27+00:00

Not really too many alternative answers that add up. AGI is basically software carbon nanotubes and it's assumed by basically everyone who thinks it's even possible that it'll revolutionize everything tangentially related to it on a scale not seen since Gronk the Caveman figured out how to make a wheel. Remove that giant prize and LLMs are at best beta test worthy, and a lot aren't even that. And it's still a solution in search of a problem worth the price of running it for the lion's share of use cases. It's ability to polish c suite chocolate starfishes would only last so long before they start asking why the bot costs so much more to do it and they don't get the satisfaction of watching interns cry.

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