Just once in a while it'd be nice if we spent the kind of money we throw at these schemes at things that would actually help make people's lives better.

Imagine what we could do in 10 years with trillions of investment into the public good. Instead of... *this*

"Ottawa’s embrace of AI comes as many warn of a potential bubble"

"Blit said there is a certain amount of AI hype about but give it a decade and it's not hype."

Always the same thing: Just give it a decade!
No representation by industries having their work stolen.
Very little on privacy.

I'll believe we are "playing Trump like a fiddle" when I start to see Trump actually dance.

Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

"If art is emotional nutrition, then AI art is like eating styrofoam."

I thought Peter Donolo on CBCNN was excellent. Further integration with the US is not what was promised during the campaign. There's no mandate for that. The fawning flattery isn't working. Deals with US can't be trusted.

Govt needs to stop the concession mantra and get building up.

Logitech POP Buttons are About to go Pop

I don't like making videos like this, but If we don't stand up to the plague of AI and stolen content it's only going to get worse. It's blatant stolen content, blatant AI slop, blatant misinformation and it has to stop - today I'm putting my foot down.
youtu.be/2oVa2zxQ9E0

Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch isn't actually that bad a game on some fronts. The story is interesting enough. The combat is horrid though. It starts out okay but quickly becomes tedious and repetitive.

As a newcomer to the Trails in the Sky world I can see many similarities thus far to the earlier trilogy especially Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch.

Both games feature an exploration of a area region by region with an overarching connected plot between them.

Hope you have a good time!

"Nintendo Reportedly Lobbying Japanese Government to Push Back Against Generative AI"

"Nintendo is among the companies choosing to avoid the use of generative AI in order to safeguard its intellectual property."

I own most of the games and it's been on my to play list for ages but that's a massive list (like so many of us). The remake has gotten me into it and I don't regret it. Will definitely play the rest in the series!

(I have played the Gagharv Trilogy though it's not the same world)

I'm impressed by how often the NPC dialog changes in Trails in the Sky First Chapter. Touches like that make the towns feel more alive.

Also the characters look at the cats when nearby.
Instant 10/10.

The guy celebrating the creativity of humanity when he stole the creativity of humanity to create his app is... something else.

OpenAI's Sora is the best way to shitpost using copyrighted characters with zero effort.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=illZ...

(Hidden) Adol mode Joshua!

An in game purchasable wig cosmetic that changes his hair and eye color.

Would be a great time for Trails in the Sky First Chapter to come to GOG!

Just saying...

The Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter free Launch Celebration Pack DLC bundle is now available on PS5, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, and Steam: www.rpgsite.net/guide/18433-...

I see the influencers on twitter are happily pushing the latest installment of the plagiarism machine.

It's really tiring to me that so many accept this theft driven future as inevitable. The bottom line wins over ethics and values.

YES! THIS on GenAI!

Please read this absolutely splendid piece of writing that had me cheering, a little bit weepy, and writing in the margins:

"An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the AI industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny."

In 2016 Hinton predicted that AI would replace all radiologists in five years. Ten years later, why hasn't it happened? This post is a great explainer.

www.understandingai.org/p/ai-isnt-re...

Just like AI didn’t replace all those truck drivers with self-driving vehicles.

Nice to have another example to show Hinton is full of shit and shouldn’t be listened to though.