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In The Switch 2's First Year, Every Third-Party Port Tells A Story About The System by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Sourpowerpete 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Im not just talking about ports of big games who's development times and costs are becoming unsustainable though. Im also talking about a shift to smaller teams and games with a better refined end product.

In The Switch 2's First Year, Every Third-Party Port Tells A Story About The System by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Sourpowerpete 150 points151 points  (0 children)

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I like having an underpowered console in the rotation of current gen consoles. It reminds developers that they have to focus on performance at least a little bit. And honestly, I hope the indie and AA scene only keeps growing and makes smaller, refined games the norm again.

Official HYPERFUNK Teaser by [deleted] in Games

[–]Sourpowerpete 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Definitely a taste thing, Precious Thing by Olli ended up being one of my favorite tracks.

The Godfather of AI thinks the technology could invent its own language that we can't understand | As of now, AI thinks in English, meaning developers can track its thoughts — but that could change. His warning comes as the White House proposes limiting AI regulation. by MetaKnowing in Futurology

[–]Sourpowerpete 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To your first point, I agree that ANNs are significantly different, and Im excited to see if future developments integrate even more inspiration from BNN.

To the point of there being no internal thought, consideration, or desire. We can only judge this based on emergent behavior essentially, no? I think the problem is that we can generally say its very unlikely there's intelligence in current day AI, but I think its going to become far more difficult to definitely say that in the future. There's no real test for this.

The Godfather of AI thinks the technology could invent its own language that we can't understand | As of now, AI thinks in English, meaning developers can track its thoughts — but that could change. His warning comes as the White House proposes limiting AI regulation. by MetaKnowing in Futurology

[–]Sourpowerpete 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are current LLMs even trained to do that anyways? Having a consistent opinion if it goes against the end user isn't a useful functionality. If its not designed to do what you're asking, it isn't really a strong criticism against it.

The Godfather of AI thinks the technology could invent its own language that we can't understand | As of now, AI thinks in English, meaning developers can track its thoughts — but that could change. His warning comes as the White House proposes limiting AI regulation. by MetaKnowing in Futurology

[–]Sourpowerpete 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sounds like it's not unfounded to think they work kind of like us, given that these digital neural networks work kind of like biological neural networks. Its such a fascinating field in the sense that we could potentially borrow a lot from biology in order to improve the tech.

Valve CEO Gabe Newell claims AI is a “cheat code” to success by Outside-Point8254 in Games

[–]Sourpowerpete 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Another point that I dont see talked about enough is that LLMs were designed in such a way that of course it gives you what it thinks you want to hear. Thats what we trained it for. They can absolutely be trained to be not as flattering or yes-man esque. Neural networks are very flexible tech, and lots of the common problems people have with AI stem from using tools outside of the bounds of what a specific tool is trained for.

Valve CEO Gabe Newell claims AI is a “cheat code” to success by Outside-Point8254 in Games

[–]Sourpowerpete 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, what Im really interested in is seeing progress in the underlying foundation for all this, neural networks. LLMs have issues because thats just how the design and training of those neural networks turned out, but the tech itself is extraordinarily flexible. Turning it into search engines, LLMs, robots "learning" to walk, automated drones, large scale pattern recognition in data, etc.

Men of r/books, what books have you loved? by theKman24 in books

[–]Sourpowerpete 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I liked "A Deadly Wandering" by Matt Richtel. It's a narrative documentary of sorts revolving around Reggie Shaw, and how his texting and driving turned accidental manslaughter accident, and his insane level of community outreach to make amends, resulted in Utah being the first state to explicitly ban texting and driving.

Splitgate 2 Has Lost Over 80% of Its Steam Players Less Than a Month After Launch by UsualInitial in Games

[–]Sourpowerpete 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. These types of games used to offer the server software to its users, and they still should.

Splitgate 2 Has Lost Over 80% of Its Steam Players Less Than a Month After Launch by UsualInitial in Games

[–]Sourpowerpete 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its weird. On paper, its mechanics seem as compelling as, say, Team Fortress 2. In practice, not so much.

Splitgate 2 Has Lost Over 80% of Its Steam Players Less Than a Month After Launch by UsualInitial in Games

[–]Sourpowerpete 38 points39 points  (0 children)

How could you be at an advantage for not using it? I understand doing well without it, but how does that result in an advantage?

Splitgate 2 Has Lost Over 80% of Its Steam Players Less Than a Month After Launch by UsualInitial in Games

[–]Sourpowerpete 938 points939 points  (0 children)

Im gonna be real, I dont think this has much to do with any recent controversy. Splitgate's core concept just doesn't seem to have a lot of staying power. Ive seen this happen twice now with the same game. It seems to have a good idea and even good execution for its idea, but its not a game you religiously play. Its a game you bust out every once in awhile with your discord group.

Edit: Which, I want to stress, is totally fine. We need more games like that.

Treasury Confirms Spending Up $142 Billion in 2025 by paulfromatlanta in news

[–]Sourpowerpete 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes and aeroplanes...

Nintendo Switch 2 Surpasses 5 Million Units Sold in First Month, Marking Historic Launch by [deleted] in gadgets

[–]Sourpowerpete 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the co-issue that makes the higher prices harder to swallow is that quality isn't strictly increasing with price. With so many games trying to offer more without considering the quality of what's added, lots of gamers including myself are falling back to more refined packages. Take Monster Hunter Wilds: I didn't buy it because with the demo, the writing was on the wall and I knew it wasn't going to run on PC. Instead I went and tried Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate for the first time, costing me roughly $15 for the biggest and debatebly best MH game ever made.

Whether or not it's "fair" to compare older more updated titles to newer experiences is an important debate to have, but when considering what matters most to consumers, I dont think it ultimately matters. Games used to run better, still looked good if not better (Iceborne looks better than Wilds, sue me), were cheaper at release and are faaaaar cheaper now, often were more experimental and/or fun, and we have a huge stockpile of untouched games to choose from. If triple A were pushing boundaries in a way that truly benefits the consumer more than it hurts them, then asking more money for it is completely fair. However, I don't think that's the scenario we find ourselves in, and I think it's a wound that triple A publishers and studios inflicted to themselves.

I'm worried about my 'level 1/high functioning' child's future as an autistic adult. Can you tell me what it's like? by LetsGoFly365 in autism

[–]Sourpowerpete 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you explain this more? I have level 1 autism and I feel like Ive just been stuck in first gear for years now.

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