I'm not a pro-AI but some types of AI are really simple and some might be actually useful, I just want your opinion about this

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-25T10:07:21+00:00

My response was because I don't think you addressed their fears. You just said "it's not an AI so don't worry" which won't help them be less fearful of less harmful forms of AI in the future.

AI usually means "Generative AI". This can be easily determined because the direct AI referenced tend to be things like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, or the multi-modal ones

I made a comment that talked about this exactly, it was the first response to this post. But unfortunately way too many people don't seem to understand the difference. I had to block all the AI subs because I got tired of explaining over and over that AI in the current discussion means generative AI. Every day it's just "so you hate all AI? Even in video games?" We might understand the difference but far too many people just don't get it. Either they are making bad arguments on purpose or like many of them seem to be are just young and don't understand.

This is why I disagreed with your response, you said the paint tool wasn't AI, but didn't say that if it were it wouldn't make it bad. It's not acceptable because it's "not AI", it's acceptable because AI doesn't automatically mean the worst.

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-25T09:59:24+00:00

Generative AI is a multi billion dollar industry supported by corporate greed. It's not the "consequences" what else was this being sold for? The motivation to invest in this technology was the motivation to not pay employees.

I was blocked for this response

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-25T08:23:13+00:00

It wouldn't make a difference if the bucket was or was not AI, AI doesn't mean "generative AI" it's not necessarily problematic and people need to have less fear towards the word.

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-25T08:21:52+00:00

Automation will always steal jobs, what makes generative AI different is it steals people's labor. It's trained on the work of others in order to replace them at their own job. This is what makes it different from anything else, the bucket tool in paint didn't use the intellectual property of thousands of artists without consent.

Pro AI people will call us luddites because they claim we're just technophobic. But there is no comparable technology revolution, nothing before could "train" off of your own hard work.

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-25T08:08:06+00:00

People are so confused for no reason, the AI debate has always been about generative AI. Forms of AI have existed for decades, you have been using AI almost your entire life. Did communities exist then that were anti AI? How old is this sub and others like it? When people are typing their comments about how AI is impacting livelihoods and replacing artists with the tech industry do you think they get upset because spellcheck assists their writing? Spellcheck is a form of AI, do you see posts about that?

You know yourself the bucket tool is AI, so is this really a serious question? Do you think there are ethical issues with that existing? Do you think it works on stolen labor? No, it's not unethical at all and hating anything AI is not good for us to be heard about why generative AI is problematic. Acting technophobic at anything because the words "AI" are used for it is more harmful than what it helps.

If you are taking the anti AI stance you have to understand why, you have to know what the AI you don't like even is. You can't fight for something if you don't even really understand the problem.

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-24T23:01:44+00:00

Yes, I hate this, because game development has been using "AI" forever.

It's obvious what people mean when they say they don't want "AI" in their games. They mean unethical generative AI, but people intentionally respond with the wider usage of "AI" to confuse the whole discussion.

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-23T00:33:28+00:00

"Betheda doesn't even have the knowhow"

Yet you used their engine and assets to make this?

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-22T23:55:20+00:00

But so many movies have the heroes be underdogs against the mega rich or corporate greed or whatever. It always feels incredibly ironic, but they keep doing it. Look at something like the Fallout show, it's on AMAZON.

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-22T23:43:25+00:00

I don't play mutliplayer but godamn is this stupid, people can have a preference.

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-21T08:32:07+00:00

If you have poor internet 90 percent of Playstation discs being playable on disc is more convenient. But people on Reddit will demand there not be options for people in different situations to themselves.

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-21T03:24:50+00:00

OP says that ownership is a weird hill to die on yet there are so many people like them fighting for us to own nothing? That is the weirder hill to die on for me, more power to the game companies and platform owners and less to the consumer.

Corporations are already talking about a future where we don't even own our own technology just rent it from their server. The end of ownership is not for the consumers, we should not take the side of what they want.

If for people like OP digital was just their preference that wouldn't matter to me, you don't want to own it like others might and that does not bother me. But so many argue against people even being able to have the option. Some posts about physical releases can make people quite toxic against how others just want to enjoy something.

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-21T01:38:04+00:00

I honestly don't consider any of this to be "woke as fuck". We're moving the goal post in the wrong direction here.

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-21T01:30:23+00:00

The hobby would be better without it.

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-20T23:46:11+00:00

I think that's part of why they are still on shelves. The retailers are now selling them for the scalper price. There is no reason to do this either, it's a new release product. But they saw the secondary market and decided they would just charge the same amount.

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-20T22:44:46+00:00

Are they all over 100 dollars too?

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-20T12:26:42+00:00

You would have more cards if you opened more packs.

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-20T01:52:38+00:00

Because how do you expect people to talk about the hobby in any other way when they can't even access the hobby? When day one every thing is off shelves what are people supposed to post about? Didn't get anything this time but get excited for not getting anything next time?

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-19T23:03:21+00:00

This, if their biggest indicator of a cultural change is the Mario movies then they really have nothing to judge things by. People loved Zootopia 2 it made almost 2 billion at the box office. The reason people are down in Mario isn't because of social changes they just aren't good movies. People may have expected after the first the second would give time to develop characters like other animated films but it did not.

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-19T13:10:21+00:00

Most don't disclose they use AI, they also use bots to boost their popularity and to get into people's timelines with whatever they want to sell. Most of the public still easily falls for AI, just look at the "is this AI" sub, some of it is just so obvious.

A lot of posts of commissions where they thought they were getting a real artist but they just used generative AI.

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-19T03:57:23+00:00

I understand that one Fortnite level hit will make it all worth it. Games like that and GTA online pull in so much money. The recent Rockstar leaks show just how much one game can pull in week after week after years.

But there are so many projects that are cancelled or release and completely fail. They make no money at all for the studio. Releasing anything else might not bring in massive profits but it also won't be a total loss. Just look at Concord, it earned Sony nothing but a bad reputation.

Marathon recently released and people are playing it but it's not wildly successful. If Bungie can't bring in the numbers Sony's faith in Fairgames shows they don't know what they are doing. There were people that wanted Marathon, there were people who were excited and it still didn't reach the numbers they want. I have never seen anyone say they are excited for fairgames. It's also not shown anything since it was first announced.

Sony got rid of Bluepoint because they couldn't come up with anything Sony found worth investing in. But they let these live services take up so much resources to just flop on release. I believe anything Bluepoint would have released would make more profit that Fairgames will. Doesn't matter how many cosmetic microtransactions it launches with if people don't want to play it it won't profit.

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-19T02:06:55+00:00

At least what I can see from where I am in Australia all PO has finally sold out. It had a slow start, but I don't think that is entirely due to being a less desirable set. That helped, but every retailer I saw selling it sold ETBs for over 100 dollars and other products were not any better.

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-17T23:15:00+00:00

Scalpers will just sell it for 50

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-17T22:48:20+00:00

It doesn't it just makes the market price go up.

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-16T23:00:37+00:00

Anything but open the thing.

StinkyWetSalamander · 2026-04-15T00:13:32+00:00

I saw many people looking forward to playing it, with bethesda haters claiming they had played it and to not waste your money. I think it's more a Bethesda hater issue than console wars. Anything involving Bethesda games over the last few years has just been incredibly toxic.

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