nlgranger

@nlgranger@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  From my understanding, AI is the general field of automating logical (“intelligent”) tasks.

  Within it, you will find Machine Learning algorithms, the ones that are trained on exemplar data, but also other methods, for instance old text generators based on syntactic rules.

  Within Machine Learning, not all methods use Neural Networks, for instance if you have seen cool brake calipers and rocket nozzle designed with AI, I believe those were made with genetic algorithms.

  For procedural generation, I assume there is a whole range of methods that can be used:

  • Unreal Engine Megaplants seems to contain configurable tree generation algorithms, that’s mostly handcrafted algorithms with maybe some machine learning to find the parameters ranges.
  • Motion capture and 3D reconstruction models can be used to build the assets. I don’t believe these rely on stolen artist data.
  • Full on image generation models (sora, etc.) to produce assets and textures, these require training on stolen artist data AFAIK (some arrangements were made between some companies but I suspect it’s marginal).
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Replace your boss ... before they replace you⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  AI is the new consulting firm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop stressing my GPU and start hiring artists⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Plague tale (requiem in particular) is also ridiculously beautiful on mid range GPUs. I couldn’t believe my graphic card was able to do that. It’s a shame games reviews and screenshots don’t account for average setups because that’s what most of us have and some developers deserve praise to make it work for us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you playing with gyro aiming? I also loved the gameplay of the first one and was disappointed by the second. My hypothesis is that aiming without gyro was too tedious so they updated the gameplay to require less aiming. Not that the game tries to be realistic anyway but the combo/special attacks and the time spent in the inventory/wheel kinda break the immersion/flow for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I felt dishonored offered many more options to move around, the level design had more surprises and verticality which multiplies options. Sneaking is a viable approach works. The characters and dialogs have a lot more depth and there is a lot more lore to discover along the way.

  Also It might be my fault because I opted to avoid typhoon upgrades, but the mid game was really tedious due to ammo scarcity and the end ga

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Prey. It’s inferior to the older Dishonored games in pretty much every aspect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  GNU only stipulates that the code must be released. Whether it is as an inconvenient dump of a well structured code history is not specified.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Google has stopped releasing parts of android as open source and it releases some as a code dump without the modification history to make harder to use. Android forks are going to struggle to keep up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hydrogen is hard to contains long term, it leaks through most materials. I’m no expert on the matter but I suspect the gains in lift would be partly negated by the changes to the envelope of the container.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Framasoft have reached the first goal of 15000 € for their PeerTube Fundraiser, with 15 days to go!⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Most of the interesting channels I follow rely on sponsorship, donations or merchandising. For specialized subjects, the youtube algorithm doesn’t acknowledge the value of the audience in terms of advertising (ex: tool brand for car channel).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a misconception/misrepresentation that they are more uneducated or idiotic than average. They may look like it (or the media make them so), but actual idiots wouldn’t be as capable as they are to push their agenda forward.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty Ads⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, they are the system, and the system is held together by the law.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chips aren’t improving like they used to, and it’s killing game console price cuts⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  technology is still advancing

  Actually not really: performance per watt of the high end stuff has been stagnating since Ampere generation. NVidia hides it by changing models in its benchmarks or advertising raw performance without power figures.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They already suffered from his shitty actions, he did not become a terrible person overnight.