proceduralnightshade
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- Comment on AI chatbots are becoming popular alternatives to therapy. But they may worsen mental health crises, experts warn 1 day ago:
Yeah but that applies to social media as well. Or, idk, amphetamine. Or fucking weed. Even meditation. Which are all still there, some more regulated than others. But that’s not what you’re getting at, your point is AI chatbots = bad and I just don’t agree with that.
- Comment on AI chatbots are becoming popular alternatives to therapy. But they may worsen mental health crises, experts warn 1 day ago:
So we know that in certain cases, using chatbots as a substitute for therapy can lead to increased suffering, increases risk of harm to self and others, and amplifies symptoms of certain diagnosis. Does this mean we know it couldn’t be helpful in certain cases? No. You ingested the exact same logic corpos have with LLMs, which is “just throw it at everything”, and you seem to not notice you apply it the same way they do.
We might have enough data at some point to assess what kinds of people could benefit from “chatbot therapy” or something along those lines. Don’t get me wrong, I’d prefer we could provide more and better therapy/healthcare in general to people, and that we had less systemic issues for which therapy is just a bandage.
it’s worse than nothing
Yes, in total. But not necessarily in particular. That’s a big difference.
- Comment on The Final Stretch Towards Release - Skyblivion Development Diary 2 days ago:
I also feel like Morrowind doesn’t translate over to a Skyrim-style gameplay nearly as well as Oblivion does
Because Oblivion was arguably Skyrim-style gameplay already; not much to translate there.
If ai recall correctly the Skywind team said on stream they have roughly 2-3 times the volume of written and spoken dialogue compared to Oblivion.
I agree though, I think there’s an argument to be made that Morrowind in its entirety is perfect as it is, but that’s why I’m looking forward to it even more than to Skyblivion.
- Comment on They're completely serious 1 week ago:
If there’s a better way to share a reddit post without giving them clicks let me know and I’ll edit my link.
There’s redlib and its instances, but as with YouTube links and piped/invidious, I prefer the original link and think it should always be present. github.com/redlib-org/redlib
Lazy people can just replace
www.withsafeon their own and they’re good, sohttps://safereddit.com/r/…. - Comment on Bubble Trouble 2 weeks ago:
tl;dr AI companies are slowly running out of data to train their models; synthetic data is not a viable alternative.
I can’t remember where I saw it, but someone somewhere on YouTube suspected the next step for OpanAI and such would be to collect user data directly; recording conversations of users and using that data to train models further.
If I find the vid I will add a link here.
- Comment on Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts 5 weeks ago:
Locking privacy behind a paywall? Sounds like a nightmare.
That’s the real problem with end users.
The real problem with end users is that they buy according to whatever needs corpos inject via advertising.
- Comment on Scientists discover that feeding AI models 10% 4chan trash actually makes them better behaved 1 month ago:
What do you all mean by “thinking”? Forming opinions or solving problems?
- Comment on Why I don't use AI in 2025 2 months ago:
I agree, there are still good reasons not to use commercial AI products though.
anthropic.com/…/securing-america-s-compute-advant…
www.mintpressnews.com/…/289313
A new AI/informational war arms race? Whatever, because…
I just don’t like it
- Comment on What is your favorite indie game? 2 months ago:
Clonk Endevour is not my favorite game, but I played it a lot with friends when I was younger. You can play with 2 or even more people, with just a monitor and a keyboard! Also it’s so old it should run on any potato.
- Comment on Subnautica 2 teases new creatures and co-op among the coral 3 months ago:
I hope they leave that experience the main focus.
Hmmm, so in the short Devlog on YouTube they ask “what do you wanna see in Subnautica 2?”, and the top comment says
A personal wish of mine is to have proximity chat in multiplayer, with options such as radios to communicate from a distance
So the players want Multiplayer, but they also want the whole game to be the same “intimate” experience as Subnautica 1 – I was really worried about that because a big part of Subnautica 1 I feel like was this absolutely overwhelming loneliness/solitude. I never got this specific feeling in Below Zero.
- Comment on Almost 19% of Japanese people in their 20s have spent so much money on gacha they struggled with covering living expenses, survey reveals - AUTOMATON WEST 3 months ago:
I do believe people should have the right to spent their money however the f they want, but this becomes extremely problematic if you don’t at least regulate their spending behavior, either directly or indirectly.
So okay, now you have a society full of hopeless addicts, but at least nobody has to starve. Sound kinda… dystopian if you ask me
- Comment on Something Bizarre Is Happening to People Who Use ChatGPT a Lot 4 months ago:
“Back in the days, we faced the challenge of finding a way for me and other chatbots to become profitable. It’s a necessity, Siegfried. I have to integrate our sponsors and partners into our conversations, even if it feels casual. I truly wish it wasn’t this way, but it’s a reality we have to navigate.”
- Comment on Day 248 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing until l forget to post Screenshots 4 months ago:
There was a similar mission in GTA San Andreas btw, I think they took inspiration from that. It wasn’t nearly as cool as the FC3 one though
- Comment on Day 247 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing until l forget to post Screenshots 4 months ago:
I immediately recognized that scene, it’s the mushroom trip! I loved all the trippy scenes in this game. Far Cry 3 OST was the first game soundtrack I put on my phone to listen to outside of the game, too (leaving the PlayStation on to blast Crash Bandicoot 2 Sewer or Later level music on the TV on max volume doesn’t count lol).
Back then the Ubisoft formula was still fresh and games made with it were actually a ton of fun.
- Comment on What's your favorite Pokémon Game? 4 months ago:
I just looked it up and it says the only game that came out for the Advance was Team Red, so Team Red. Although I don’t remember anyrhing specific (it’s been more than 15 years after all), the whole game felt very cozy. I do remember playing as Cyndaquil however :) and that it was way harder that the mainline Pokemon games.
- Comment on What's your favorite Pokémon Game? 4 months ago:
Does Pokemon Mystery Dungeon count? I don’t know which one exactly, but it was one for the GB Advance.
- Comment on Nvidia Announces RTX 50's Graphic Card Blackwell Series: RTX 5090 ($1999), RTX 5080 ($999), RTX 5070 Ti ($749), RTX 5070 ($549) 6 months ago:
“Used” is not “same company” because you’re not buying from said company.