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🌸MurmurLilies🌸 @murmurlilies.bsky.social

I actually had to explain to someone recently that the AI that tells enemies in video games how to react to player inputs is NOT genAI and has existed for literal decades. they genuinely had no idea there was a difference. this shit has poisoned the well so bad.

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Ron Chan | RCCC C25 @rondanchan.bsky.social

I hate AI, but I think we should think more critically about blanket-condemning anything that could be ai. Big genAI, which steals copyrighted works, poisons our collective knowledge, and consumes unconscionable amounts of energy is BAD. On-device ai that lets me search my photos for dogs is FINE.

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    Hedrick @hedrickart.bsky.social

    To me, they deliberately chose "AI" to create the confusion, I'm pretty sure. Mixing AI and GenAI as a way to lead people to think that those who are against GenAI are against every kind of AI.

    I despite them so much I cannot believe that's it not a planned thing.

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    🌸MurmurLilies🌸 @murmurlilies.bsky.social

    y'all have no idea how frustrating it's been feeling like I need to walk on eggshells when talking about certain OCs of mine who are born from AI in-universe and are integral to the story I've been developing for more than 20 years... 😑

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    @gangler52.bsky.social

    Yeah, "AI" is a term that's been used for a lot of stuff.

    It goes the other way too. People will point to the good uses of AI, missing that clearly the AI in question is not the one whose sole function is to turn information into less reliable information.

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    RPG Hacker @rpg-hacker.de

    Feel that. It's just one more reason I prefer refering to it as "behavior" nowadays.

    I guess in some sense, "AI" was always a misnomer there (and people did shame me for using it in the past), but nowadays it feels especially bad to refer to it as "AI" due to the negative conotations.

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    éli @morgielly.bsky.social

    Sometimes ago I was searching for documentation and tips about programming enemy AIs for a boomer shooter game development project and holy crap it's hard to find anything now

    You couple the fact that search engines have all gone to shit with the fact that the word "AI" became this...

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    kinoko @kinokosaur.bsky.social

    Also makes it even more difficult for laid-off devs if they happen to be programmers with a specialization in enemy and/or NPC AI. The market is slim as it is, but also choked by openings for jobs related to slop machines.

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