First they came for the Artists and I did not speak out- because I was not an Artist.
Then they came for the Environment and I did not speak out- because I did not live next to a data center.
Then they came for the Gamers- and now AI is “too big to fail”.
https://esportsinsider.com/bungie-marathon-controversy
… it was very quickly pointed out that half of the art department leadership follows ANTIREAL [The artist who was plagiarized from] on social media and that her profile looks like a concept art sheet for the game because of how much inspiration is derived from it.
It would be a lot more understandable if it was a single asset. I think the whole story speaks volumes to the amount of people who signed off on these decisions and points to it not being an accident.
Sandwiches were harmed in the making of this video
8 consecutive gut punches.
Those kids almost had a highly memorable Halloween.
I hope the Overton window shifts that far to the left some day.
Ngl, how else are you going to get the trend to spread to those who are perma locked on social media?
It is like saying you can’t make a youtube video criticizing youtube.
All the people who trusted a social media company with their govt ID ^
GET YO SNOOT OUTTA THE GOD DANM CAPTION!
Called it.
Thank you, I will use this later. 🏴☠️
I am going to need to double check my settings then. I might have only enabled DLSS and not frame gen.
BL4 is running horribly, even on higher end PCs. I have a 4090 and a decent processor, but only getting 80FPS max with a good few settings on low or off and AI frame gen on (I would rather not, but performance is just that bad).
Edit: It was only DLSS enabled and not Frame Gen. I was able to get to ~90 FPS with most everything on low and frame gen off.
I think the root issue is more around the belief that US companies operate off of meritocracy.
I.E. only the most qualified and competent people make it to the top.
Unfortunately, the Atlantic article referenced is paywalled and archive.is doesn’t like me, but here is this info about ICE training.
https://news.meaww.com/ice-academy-training-slashed-to-47-days-in-bizarre-homage-to-trump-months-before-minnesota-shooting
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/08/ice-recruitment-immigration-enforcement-billions/684000/