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I'm Getting Real Tired Of Not Being Able To Trust That A Video Game Doesn't Have AI Crap In It (aftermath.site)
 

It sucks that players are having to scour every asset and line of dialogue

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egg⬜️irl [Gender nonspecific] (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) by squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/egg_irl@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Description: A four panel comic.

  • In the first panel is a character with a Rubik's cube for a head. The character attempts to arrange the blue, pink and white tiles of the cube. Caption: "Just because you haven't got it all figured out..."

  • Second panel: The character has given up arranging the tiles and looks towards the ground. Caption: "...doesn't mean you never will."

  • Third panel: A hand holds a framed photograph of the second panel. Caption: "Some day you may even look back..."

  • Fourth panel: The character is neatly dressed, looking at the photo from the third panel. The blue, pink and white tiles are all orderly arranged on their respective sides. Caption: "...and wonder why you were ever worried."

Well, are you? in c/femcelmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Fans slam The Alters after discovering evidence of undisclosed gen AI in images, text, and translation in c/ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, the non-disclosure is most telling IMO. 11bit is an experienced development studio, it is not credible for them to not know about Steam's AI disclosure requirement.

Thus, to me, there are three possible explanations: They either decided to hide the use of genAI because they were aware that disclosing its use would hurt their reputation. Or they decided that it was "no big deal" and were willing to risk gambling with their reputation and their relationship with Valve. Or they will blame this on outsourcing and freelance contractors, which they then failed to supervise and/or instruct properly.

Either option makes them look bad and extremely sloppy at best.

Well, are you? in c/femcelmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I am sorry, I can only squeak.

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Fans slam The Alters after discovering evidence of undisclosed gen AI in images, text, and translation (www.eurogamer.net)
 

Players have hit out at The Alters developer 11 Bit Studios after AI prompts were discovered in both subtitles and flavour text in the game, intimating routine use of large language models (LLMs) without disclosure.

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This Game Sure Looks A Lot Like 'Venba' (aftermath.site)
 

Copycat games are everywhere on mobile. This one tries to take Venba's art style and mechanics and totally whitewashes it.

Archived version: https://archive.is/DudFa

Sovcit says the dealership is playing games. in c/insanepeoplefacebook@lemmy.world
[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Short for "sovereign citizen", a group of people who believe they do not have to adhere to any laws because they reject the notion they are citizens of a nation and justify it with conspiracy nonsense.

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New Companies Linked to 'Nudify' Apps That Ran Ads on Facebook, Instagram (www.bellingcat.com)
 

Meta is suing Joy Timeline HK Limited, the entity it says is behind the CrushAI apps. But Bellingcat has connected these apps to two other companies.

EA CEO Andrew Wilson got a nice pay bump last year, while the company's workers earned less on average in c/gaming@lemmy.zip
[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 4 days ago

Lowering workers' wages is exactly why he got a pay bump. Capitalism working as intended.

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Inside Europe’s billion-dollar anti-gender movement (www.theparliamentmagazine.eu)
 

A new report reveals how groups critical of so-called gender ideology across Europe raised $1.18 billion to target abortion, sex education and LGBT...

Archived version: https://archive.is/sMP7J

Is there a term for someone who is ok with the rest of their body, but wishes they had the other genitals? in c/lgbtq_plus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (6 children)

How gender dysphoria manifests differs from individual to individual, people experience it in different way, particularly in regards to what someone struggles with: Someone may feel more dysphoric in regards to their face; others in regards to their chest;... And yeah, yearning for different genitals is definitely something that meets the criteria for gender dysphoria.

Does that make you trans, nonbinary, something else? That's something nobody can tell you, because we do not know how strong your feelings are, how much they define you and what you make out of them. That's why the trans community usually avoids telling other people if they are trans or not - or deny anyone that label who claims it.

If you wish to be trans nonbinary, then you are. If you think, these terms do not fit you, then you are not.

Personally I struggled with similar feelings when I was younger. Fast forward and I am now fully transitioning, because I realized it was "not just that." I wanted it all. But that's my way to deal with my feelings. You may chose whatever path suits you and on that path you can try out what this thing or that and cast them off again if they do not feel right. It's a journey of self-discovery and - for better or worse - it's all up to you to discover.

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Final Fantasy Tactics writer says its political message is still relevant because the world hasn’t improved in 30 years [VGC] (www.videogameschronicle.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/42434606

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Indian court rules a transgender woman is a woman (www.washingtonblade.com)
 

Activists across the country celebrated landmark decision.

Archived version: https://archive.is/YAV5p

Repost in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 days ago

Also Mustelids, because Mustelids are hella cute and who can blame nature for wanting to create more cute things?!

‘Ironheart’ Review Bombing Proves Some Comic Book Fans Still Can’t Handle Women of Color in the Spotlight in c/ghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 days ago

Yeah, it's a means to an end: Right-wing propaganda.

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‘Ironheart’ Review Bombing Proves Some Comic Book Fans Still Can’t Handle Women of Color in the Spotlight (www.tvfandomlounge.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/32355068

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Fanfiction writers battle AI, one scrape at a time (www.theverge.com)
 

‘It is a gift. They stole it without my permission.’

Archived article: https://archive.is/XnWSE

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Massive Creator Platform Fansly Bans Furries (www.404media.co)
 

Blaming payment processor restrictions, Fansly—a platform creators flocked to after OnlyFans announced it'd ban sex—announced it's changing the rules for multiple types of content.

Archived version: https://archive.is/tx6nZ

Accident rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago

The artist is RustyAtom, u/khynra on Reddit

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The Unbound authors' view - Those affected by the collapse of Unbound deserve real support, honest accountability and clear answers. (www.thebookseller.com)
 

This letter began in response to a piece recently published in The Bookseller, offering lessons for authors to draw from Unbound’s demise. As authors of the books at the centre of this conversation, we wanted to take the opportunity to redirect the article’s focus – because the crucial lessons to be drawn from this experience, we believe, are lessons for the publishing industry in general, and for the current and former management of Unbound and Boundless in particular.

Archived version of the article: https://archive.is/6WS8Z

it's always been a piperule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 week ago

For those who want some context: Theosophy has always been a huge part of the New Age movement and the founder of Theosophy, Madame Blavatsky, was a white supremacist. She taught her followers about a "Great White Brotherhood" (aka The Masters) who were racially superior to others. She was also convinced of the existence of superior "root races" (one of them being the Aryans) and various "sub-races"...

Unsurprisingly Theosophy would (for example) merge with the Völkisch movement in Germany (the precursor of the nazi party).

Theosophy with its belief in a secret underground realms, ancient high cultures, lost continents, superior alien races and so on and so forth, was one of the big influences on the late 20th century New Age movement.

Oh to go back... in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ah, well, better skip "Strange Days", "12 Monkeys" and "Gattaca" then...

Keir Starmer backs US strike on Iran and calls for Tehran to return to talks in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 1 week ago (3 children)

June 12th:

"I am pleased to confirm the 6th round of Iran US talks will be held in Muscat this Sunday the 15th," Bad Albusaidi, the country's foreign minister said on social media.

Israel struck Iran later the same day.

So why should Iran have any reason to believe that "talks" will stop Israel and the US?

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