Replying, especially via WebMention is brill. Replying shows that you appricate the effort made to start the conversation.
AI seems like it is here to stay. No one is happy about this. It does not affect me, but my arty friends hate it.
Once we all used horses, and that was the way things would always be until it wasn’t.
Things change sometimes. Other times, things we thought were here to stay fade away instead.
Shrug.
Yes, but also very much no. Current AI is super advanced autocomplete. Autocomplete has its place – for example, boilerplate stuff that is easily predictable. NetBeans already autocompletes my constructor methods based on my code and the fact that most constructors have the same stuff in them.
I think that once the fuss has died down and the cost of running the things gets too real, we’ll be using AI for a better autocomplete and little else.
I plan to read more niche blogs, say more kind things, and protest the far right at every chance.
Open Mentions asked: Is blogging dead?
Short answer: No.
Slightly longer answer: No, not really.
Longest answer: Blogging never died; it has died back. That’s because we were all convinced to move into the walled garden of social media. That didn’t kill blogging. There are loads of blogs out there. Good blogs are harder to find. You have to look a little harder, is all.
Who is my favourate author? I’m truly afraid to say these days. The ones I love seem to do or say horrible things and get themselves well and truly cancelled. I’m frightened to go on the record as loving an author only to have to later quietly go off the record when they cock up. I think I will say that my favourite is whoever I am reading and still happy to talk about.
The RPG Blog Carnival has landed at Of Dice and Dragons with the topic of AI and gaming.
This is my hot take.
There are only some places AI belongs at my table. Not as the GM. Not ever as the GM. GM, like player, is a human-only activity.
AI should at most serve as an assistant to the GM. For example, when I need a unique monster in the next ten minutes, or I need a token for the VTT, and I have some image gen credits left.
Otherwise, no no no no no no… Nope.
File this as Games on Open Mentions as there’s no Table Top Category yet… (hint, we want one)
Open Mentions asked, What scares you?
My answer is: Governments, run by evil people (who aim to serve their personal interests), grabbing more power.
I hate bigotry dressed up as patriotism
I hate seeing children cry (especially when it could have been avoided)
I hate it when people dismiss the anime art form and call it “just cartoons for kids”.
I hate racism dressed up as national pride
I hate those who steal from others while pretending to help them
I hate political lies
I loathe and hate the marginalisation of societal groups dressed up as “protecting the children”.
I hate it when newspapers push lies to increase ad revenue
I hate when one group is made to suffer for the benefit of another, more powerful group.
I hate pain
I hate that there is so much to hate
Replying asked, What do you hate?
We were asked:
Heretics challenge the dogma of the day. That’s how we get change and make things better.
What is the dogma of today that you are challenging?
One dogma we are challenging is that there needs to be a difference between blogging and social media.
In the short term, yes, America is doomed. America is shooting itself in the foot on full-auto.
In the slightly longer term, I think America will recover and probably pass laws to stop a repeat of current events. It might not have the same standing in the world, but things will get better eventually.
Because: Open Mentions asked, Is America doomed?