[2021] Tweets by Orteil42 on 30 Dec

they need to bring vibration functionality to desktop computers

the whole computer needs to vibrate. monitor, tower everything

i know i've expressed support for AI art in the past and while i do think the topic is frequently misunderstood and misrepresented i still believe we need to prioritize healthier data gathering (ie. no "anything online is fair game") and the preservation of art as a livable job

i'm hoping to see more developments like this regarding AI; i've been into generative art for a long long time but i'm going to hold off playing with all the new toys until we have a baseline of solid legislation and models with ethically-sourced training data https://twitter.com/companiondish/status/1605257566304337920

i think AIs are really neat! and if the caveat for putting little generated throwaway assets in games is that no copyright can apply to them i feel like that's totally fair. but it's gonna take a lot more legal work before the use of AI in actual projects feels justifiable

i also wouldn't conflate the AI debate with NFTs - i can think of a dozen very real applications for AI in my regular game dev. these are not, however, meaningfully workable as long as this remains such a minefield for existing artists and a threat to the future of art

anyway i'm still learning a lot but my constant here is i'm not gonna let my excitement for fun new tech eclipse the imperative to Do The Right Thing and i hope other designers and developers feel similarly about it. thank u