“we will see RPGs with NPCs you can actually chat with, which remain in-character, and respond to what you do”

True, I think that’s an actual advancement that will genuinely improve the experience. If we’re ever going to get something like a holodeck it will take a clever combination of current and theoretical techniques, and generative ai will likely be a very big part of that.

Which kind of illustrates the fundamental flaw right? Videogame companies have spent decades creating replayable DnD esc experiences that are far more memory efficient and cost effective. They already kind of do it the best way. AI can assist, and things like the machine learning behind the behaviors of the NPCs in Arc Raiders for example is very cool, but as you said, you need a custom program… which is what a video game is, so I guess my point is I don’t see the appeal in re-inventing it through sort of automated reverse engineering.

We really need to be asking why there were never investigations. How does protection from the FBI work exactly, and how do we stop it from protecting monsters currently?

The gig was up for me when I tried to get it to play dungeon master in a game of DnD. It would start out great, but eventually it would forget what we were doing and instead of giving me choices it started just telling me the story of me playing dnd and it would stop giving me options. This would happen about 6 minutes into playing, or 3 or 4 “turns”, and that’s when I realized the incredible memory sync it is if it can’t reference instructions given moments ago. A newer model won’t fix that.

At the end of the day it’s complex predictive text that amounts to a Rorschach test.

I hope it makes no money, but becomes a sort of Rocky Horror Picture Show esc group viewing phenomenon with audience interaction out of pure mockery.

Cost-benefit analysis grey

I think that’s an honorable and worthy wager.

Good point about the KKK. When I say “community” I mean every member of society, but obviously that’s not a universal agreement, and also probably not true in the purest sense anyway.

I appreciate the thoughtful reply.

Are cops automatically MAGA in the US? I’m in Canada so I think it’s probably a bit different; the cops here are a mixed bag and some seem to genuinely care about the community. In the states are they really all MAGA? That’s horrifying.

In the video the dude sounds like he has developmental issues; probably an ICE agent.

This should be an Onion article, but it’s just real life now…

Welcome to enshitification nation.

lol whoops

As funny as these jokes are, people really aren’t catching what he’s up to:

Thiel sees Christianity as a threat to his goals and ambitions, so he’s trying to re-code it. His angle is that “Anti-Christianity” is being “anti-AI”; that’s his whole angel and it’s dumb af, but he’s trying to get ahead of the narrative that’s ripe for the picking of calling AI the next TOWER of BABEL or some sort of false god, which it is much closer to in actuality. Anti-AI sentiment (which I’m all for, from a completely secular pov) has the potential to merge with and fuel religious sentiment into the future, so he’s trying to get ahead of it, and naturally, he’s also trying to get Christianity’s resources on board with his agenda. Not to mention the threat of Jesus’ inherently socialist/anti-wealth message. Basically, he’s hyper aware that he and the rest of the ruling class are essentially the antithesis of Christ, so he’s trying to change people’s impression of Christianity… which is remarkably anti-Christ…

The thing is, the hallucinating, dehydrated, beached, caveman prisoner that wrote the book of revelations wasn’t pulling from nothing, he was just confusing his fever dream social commentary with divine insight… I guess…?

History rhymes, and it’s full of anti-christs.

The world is run by lucky morons.

“Canadians are waiting to see how Donald Trump retaliates”

No we’re not. We dgaf. We’re bored of his ineffectual shit and focusing on our own prosperity.

X is for nazi pedos

I only have facebook still because my older relatives use it to communicate a lot, otherwise I’d never touch it again.

This is a healthy family.

They’re called cats.

Seems like an inevitably either way, but I could also see myself having an itch to straighten it to be honest.

Why not just leave it?

My ex girlfriend had a roommate that wouldn’t let their cat sit on his lap, because he figured the cat saw it as a sign of dominance. And it’s like, what are you afraid is going to happen if the cat believes it’s dominating you? What’s at the end of this slippery slope for you? Are you afraid you’re going to show up to your kitchen job and the boss is going to take you aside and say “look man, your cat showed up earlier and he’s better at your job than you, so you’re fired”. And then you’ll glance through that round porthole-esc kitchen window on those swinging kitchen doors and the cat will be in there flirting with your crush as he flambes some fish and shoots a wink at you?

Brother, if you’re that concerned with the opinion of a cat, you really are being dominated, just not by the cat.