I would counter that there are many good use cases that go beyond the scope of what was mentioned in the video (his concerns are absolutely legitimate).

For example:
Nvidia's DLSS for gamers. This provides a decent boost to FPS while maintaining a good quality picture. They use multiple models such as motion prediction, interpreting between the frames what the image should look like, and upscaling. These models are (most likely) trained on the video games themselves which is why you want to get the latest driver updates because they include updates to those models. And, yes, the upscaling and interpolation models here are generative models as they are filling in frames with new pictures with details that aren't there from the source, and then enlarging the picture and filling in details in a way that traditional means of upscaling cannot.

Brainstorming/writer's block:
For generative text models, I think these have to be used carefully, and treated as if they're interns that have a knowledge in a very broad range of subjects. They're great for brainstorming ideas and for writer's block, but their output needs to be verified for accuracy and the output shouldn't be trusted or used directly in most cases.

Entertainment:
They're also excellent for entertainment purposes, for example, check out this GLaDOS project:
https://old.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1csnexs/local_glados_now_running_on_windows_11_rtx_2060/
Which is combining a generative text (LLM) model with a generative audio (text to speech) model as well as a few other models.

Green screen tools:
We could use the sodium vapor process to create training material for a model that can quickly and accurately handle processing green screens for video production:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQuIVsNzqDk

Creating avatars for user accounts on websites.

Creating interesting QR codes that actually work:

https://civitai.com/models/111006/qr-code-monster

So, in the end, I think that there are some incredible uses for generative AI that go beyond just "creating garbage fast", that don't cause problems in the way that this video is describing (and those problems he describes are definitely valid).

Can he swing
From a web?
No he can't
he's a pig...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BARjPuUN36Y&t=20s

I thought for sure it was going to be this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2VDLYWi5ck&t=50s

$20 for these 7 games:

• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2
• Pennys Big Breakaway
• The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition
• Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore
• Dishonored
• Hyperbolica
• Blazing Chrome

He goes into the details of the most upvoted Google Gemini fails and then branches out to how text/image/audio generative AI is being used on Facebook, Instagram to inflate traffic, as well as how you can actually earn some income by farming reactions on twitter now (with the blue checkmark).

There's a section on how adobe is selling AI generated images with their stock photos, but you can tell this video might be a little rushed because he comes to the conclusion that people are paying $80 for one of these images, when in reality the $80 adobe plan gives you 40 images (so about $2 per stock image). That or he knows this statement is misleading, but makes it anyway because it will drive his own reactions up (oh the irony). https://web.archive.org/web/20240701131247/https://stock.adobe.com/plans

Link to timestamp in video:
https://youtu.be/UShsgCOzER4&t=894s

With adobe he touches on their updated ToS that state how any images uploaded to Adobe can be used to train their own generative image model.

The Netflix section talks about the "What Jennifer Did" documentary which used AI generated images and passed them off as real (or at least didn't mention that the images were fake).

Spotify: How audio generative AI is being used to create music and is being published on there now as well as their failed

Edit: as well as their failed "projects/features" (car accessory, exclusive podcasts, etc.)

Multiple times throughout the video he pushes the theory that most of these companies are also using AI generated content to drive engagement on their own site (or to earn income without needing to pay any artists).

He definitely focuses only on the worst ways that generative AI can be used without touching on any realistic takes from the other side (just the extreme takes from the other side with statements like "AI music will replace the soulless crappy music that's being released now... and it will be better and have more soul!").

Still worth a watch, he brings up a ton of valid points about the market being oversaturated with AI generated products.

Epoch fail!!!

(Relevant xkcd):

https://xkcd.com/376/

I know in Pyro there was a mission where it would take you to a hangar (that you could normally take off from) and you would have to fight off some gang. So the tech is there to be able to revoke armistace at a hangar level.

However, I was talking to an org-mate who is in Evocati, and he was mentioning how he could see the shadow of another player in his persistent hangar and hear the industrial engines of the other player's ship.

So it sounds like they've somehow layered the hangars on top of eachother (sharing the same space but different dimension) which might complicate armistace removal (unless you just remove it for everyone in that area).

Price: $24.99

You can equip them from one of the storage kiosks, but when calling them up from within the hangar (freight elevator). They come up, but there's no way to actually pick them up besides using a tractor beam.

Luckily this is the very first implementation of what Evocati has seen, and there are usually major changes between what Evocati first sees, vs what eventually gets released to everyone else.

I'm hoping we see some major changes to the new storage system with this next version compared to what we saw yesterday.

Not being able to easily pick up a weapon and transport it to your ship is going to be a pain (workaround is to use a tractor beam...).

Then there's the time sync of how long it takes to go through the new inventory screen to even try to find what you want to equip.

I don't think you can add any extra text when crossposting with Lemmy, but I'm not sure what instances like kbin allow.

Either way, I would expect that treating it the same way that the browser view currently does would be a good start for this specific case.

Is this how we want it to work though?

There's a lot of context missing on one post, while it's visible on the other. And this isn't a problem when viewing these posts through a browser instead of Voyager.

That GitHub "archive here" link leads to a page where it hasn't been archived... (or was the archive removed??).

They expanded the initial recall. It affects models from 2017 to 2022. If you read the linked article I previously provided, then you missed the key point that vehicles were still bursting into flames even after the recall.

Expanded recall: https://gmauthority.com/blog/2021/09/gm-asking-chevy-bolt-ev-owners-to-park-50-feet-away-from-other-vehicles/

GM stopped replacing the batteries of the newer models and instead offered a software solution that would monitor the batteries for any issues and allow the vehicle to charge beyond the 80% limit that they had set because of these issues. https://electrek.co/2023/06/14/bolt-battery-recall-diagnostics/

But it's worth noting that this software update has failed to prevent some fires, so the problem isn't really "fixed" even with this: https://electrek.co/2021/07/08/chevy-bolt-ev-catches-on-fire-after-receiving-both-of-gm-software-fixes/

I would avoid used Bolts, especially because of all the issues those have had with going up in flames.

Hopefully they've fixed those issues in the newest models...

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/14/gm-warns-some-bolt-ev-owners-dont-park-them-inside-or-charge-them-unattended-overnight.html

Yep: https://store.steampowered.com/app/15130/Beyond_Good_and_Evil/

https://www.eurogamer.net/beyond-good-and-evil-delisting-prompts-speculation-of-imminent-remaster-release

Looks like it can still be bought on GoG... for now. https://www.gog.com/en/game/beyond_good_and_evil

I agree with others on here. Looks like a European Starling.

Here's a similar looking one that was identified in North America:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/223616886

I would recommend a tool like iNaturalist for trying to identify birds (and plants, insects, other animals, droppings, tracks, etc).

That definitely plays a part, but if a player doesn't have a computer that's up to spec, they'll have a bad time no matter what.

Besides updates where overall performance has tanked for a bit, if you generally have issues playing this game then that's more likely a hardware issue.

This game is not optimized and requires a beefy CPU (Performs best using an AMD with 3D v-cache ), a fast SSD (HDD will tank your FPS with all the streaming of assets that needs to happen), and a decent GPU.

The game has been running well since they got rid of the dupers, even with Xenothreat running... now if they would just fix the UI so I can see who I'm shooting at when there are targets/friendlies all over...

Some additional info the article doesn't address or skims over:

The accounts were suspended for 3 months.

They only suspended accounts that were overly abusing the system. Players that duped on accident, or a small number of times were not punished except for the removal of some of their in-game currency and maybe a ship or two that they bought with the earnings they made from duping.

This is the first time that Star Citizen players have had a wave of suspensions like this for an exploit.

This is most likely because of how this exploit affected the servers. In Star Citizen, abandoned ships stick around forever on a particular instance, so other players would need to hijack/tow/destroy/salvage them to get rid of them. The players abusing this exploit would duplicate ships with cargo (that could be sold) as fast as they possibly could, leaving more ships behind than what the servers can normally handle well.

This also happened around the time of a free fly event where anyone could try out the game for a bit without having to pay. So the game wasn't performing as well as it could have been during this event. Although, tbh, this game usually struggles during free flight events anyway.