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There's a video on YouTube whose title I cannot fully post here because it contains a bad word, and I don't want to chance the link either. You can find it by searching YouTube for "Plato is a" followed by a bad word that starts with B.

It's long-ish, but it is a spectacularly thorough (and funny) response to the nonsense about AI being "theft" that a lot of people here have convinced themselves of.

@Damo It actually proves the opposite. Big tech corporations already scrape all of our data all the time, to their financial enrichment, and we receive no compensation. On a smaller scale, the creative process already iterates on what came before, and using AI to speed up the research is only doing what we could already do for that process more slowly.

It's only "theft" if you buy into the notion that IP law protects artists. It does not; it protects the rich at the expense of artists. I've already talked about why and you've said nothing to debunk it.

And if using AI in the creative process is "theft" then Shovel Knight is also "theft" for iterating upon Mega Man and Ducktales among other things.

@gojiguy Please don't cite logical fallacies if you don't understand them. Thank you in advance.

@jojobar Ima repost what I once said on NL:

The "AI is art theft" angle is predicated on the erroneous belief that IP law actually protects artists. It doesn't; it protects corporate interests. Artists who believe otherwise are just doing the artist version of "temporarily embarrassed millionnaire"; they see themselves as temporarily embarrassed famous artists who will no doubt soon win that virtual scratch ticket.

A certain four hour video on plagiarism and AI has made its audience dumber to this reality (as do most of the videos said content creator spews). It is wrong: in fact, AI scrapes things that humans could (and already did) do, just faster. AI businesses are harmful the same way corporations will always be; AI itself is not.

As it relates to this title card / store image, unless we learn that it really is AI generated AND if, and ONLY if, there was some promise that it wouldn't be AI, this news story remains pointless fearmongering.

@-wc- Yeah, just noticed myself that it's an accusation, not a fact.

@SlangWon Agreed 100%.

@-wc- Art is valuable. Necessary. Soul-warming.

None of what I said invalidates any of that, and attempting to twist my position into that is malicious at best.

@PinballBuzzbro Already addressed and dismissed. Scroll up.

@gojiguy Big tech has been scraping your data for decades, and Google has not compensated you for one red cent.

The issue is not AI, it's class society where corporations get to use your data for free and sell it back to you at a premium.

@jojobar Your money is your own and you may opt to purchase something, or refrain, for any reason you see fit.

Everything I said still stands.

@-wc- The implication is that artists are a charity. They are not. What I said still applies: AI is a tool, and making a title card or store graphic using AI is an affront to no one who isn't looking to be outraged.

AI is amazing but it isn't creative. Like I mentioned in my original example, there'd be a world of difference if it was the sole source of, say, cutscenes. And even then, the issue wouldn't be AI, it would be that said cutscenes, devoid of human editing or direction, would feel hollow and lifeless.

That isn't a concern for a freaking title card.

This is fearmongering over nothing.

@Steel76 Now this, I can appreciate.

Voxels are rad.

@RupeeClock It's a stupid sentiment. AI is a tool. There's a world of difference between selling AI work as your own to a client who was promised something that wasn't AI generated, and using AI tools to create cover art for a thing you're selling yourself.

An artist was not shortchanged here. It isn't shortchanging someone who was never involved in your project and that you were never planning TO involve in the first place. The fearmongering over this cover art remains dumb.

Anyone who paid for this needs to turn into a Karen, demand their money back, and get their credit card companies to reverse the charge. ***** scammers.

Who cares. AI fearmongering is stupid.

I could see the outrage if there was like a suite of artwork that the game featured, like if it was an RPG with Phantasy Star IV style cutscenes where every one of them was AI generated. And even then, the issue would be that said scenes would look robotic and lifeless for something that's supposed to convey emotion and themes and the like.

Here, it's for the cover art, and the final result does the job well enough.

Who. Cares.

@jesse_dylan I too thought this was about Rayearth, and when I didn't see Hikaru I was all confused.

@raider266 In your haste to be a wokescold you didn't even read the article.

Protip: don't be a wokescold. Terrible thing to aspire to.

He should get credited. The movies are fantastic and Ohshima deserves praise.

a) Though in early access, folks who want a spiritual successor to classic Starfox games should look at Ex-Zodiac. It's rad. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1249480/ExZodiac/

2) I hope this SF64 PC port gets released before Nintendo takes it down and the drooling Nintendo kiddies cheer.

Yeah, SNES Aladdin is the waaaaaaaaaaaaay better game.

But why though

@Daniel36 Love and respect. <3 And to be fair I do love Chrono Trigger too. Chrono Cross, however...

Interesting.

Phantasy Star IV remains one of the best 16-bit JRPGs ever. It's a better game than Chrono Trigger; fight me.

@PinballBuzzbro You keep the pill lady away from me

@DestructoDisk "When will the controller gods bless us with a bluetooth controller that has 6 primary face button as well as 4 shoulder buttons and two analog sticks?"

RIGHT? I wish 6 face buttons became the norm.

@PopetheRev28 omg could you imagine

@-wc- As a kid I'd often flip the thing over and wonder what could be.

@RootsGenoa No, it wasn't a friendly suggestion; it was a smug, snide dismissal clearly aligned with the corporate views of Nintendo, someone you're clearly a blind fan of. Hence, their corporate foot in your awaiting mouth.

@RootsGenoa Evidently.

@RootsGenoa Having Nintendo's entire boot in your mouth ain't a good look.

You don't hate Nintendo enough.

Looks cute.

I hate that Nintendo is going to take it down, and that Nintendo glazers are going to cheer that move.

@Bonggon5 k

Nintendo's contribution to video game history cannot be understated AND Nintendo fans do, in fact, live in a bubble.

There will come a day when we as a species will move past regressive and repressive copyright laws and plagiarism fear-mongering. On that day, cool projects like this will pop up everywhere and Nintendo will thankfully get no say.

Until then, download this ASAP before Nintendo's lawyers descend and their drooling fanbase cheers.

DKC2 wins hands down. DKC3 is a close second, and DKC1 a close third.

The Mario edutainment games were not for me but they were hardly bad.

Niles WOULD have a higher AGI stat than Fraser. And lower STR.

No rollback no buy. Rollback netcode is the bare minimum, and something Sega skimped on in the VF5 re-release.

NHL '94 is the only hockey game I've ever liked.

Been a fan of Castlevania since the 80s. The original Netflix series was incredible; fantastic animation, dialogue, characterizations, just a joy all around. And Nocturne is more of that. Good stuff.