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I like to discuss speculation, headcanons, and lore about my favorite franchises! Just a little stupid. || Profile pic by @fenyo_n

[Freebie @LiveFreeForFun]

Dragon Ball has absolutely changed my life for the better, and I'm glad it's still around to this day. Toriyama created something truly special 40 years ago today, and we owe a lot to him.

Happy 40th anniversary, Dragon Ball!

[Shiny Hex Maniac🧅👻 @H3xchu]

Lazy.
For years people have been making video games and concepts without relying on AI.
You guys are just lazy.
Using AI for ideas is still using AI.

[Sam Procrastinates @SamsProStation]

You can't replace this with a machine

[Freebie @LiveFreeForFun]

@maximilian_ @GamesCage_ The fact that they're just placeholders isn't any better, we should not be chill with gen ai being used in the development of games period

[Freebie @LiveFreeForFun]

@wariocolosseum He needs to drop dead immediately

[bONGO🪻 @wariocolosseum]

btw not actively going against ai bc "the average person will use it anyways and theres nothing we can do" is such a stupid and defeatist mindset that only encourages ai growth

[Oziach @RevivedOziach]

Why would I care about the ideas in your game if you didn't actually care enough to conceptualize them yourselves?

Do you actually think so little of the art you're creating that you think this is elevating it in any way?

[Freebie @LiveFreeForFun]

Generating those placeholders still causes unnecessary harm to the environment whether they're used in the final product or not, this doesn't make it any better whatsoever

[Sonic and all Characters @SAAC_News]

Any AI assets are used only as placeholders that are being replaced with manually created materials, says the Crazy Taxi: World Tour lead, Kenji Kanno, to Kotaku.

“We used it as a reference, so our artists would pull up [and] generate some of their ideas, and then they would look at that, you know, generated image, and then they would draw the actual thing. So actual creators, everything from programming to assets, everything is made by an actual human. It’s only used as a reference for them to look at, and then they would actually create the actual thing that would go into the game.”

SEGA is far from the first company to use AI for such purposes. While such publishers often face initial criticism, it seems that the tool is becoming the industry’s norm.

#SEGA #CrazyTaxi

[Freebie @LiveFreeForFun]

@AeonPeneko Hopefully one day the full version of this game will be available to the public again, it looks so cool and I'm mad I never got to try it

[Freebie @LiveFreeForFun]

@Ockomet2 Tbf Sega has been incorporating AI into their stuff for a while now iirc, they just don't care about the backlash which is why people are making fun of them for it

[Freebie @LiveFreeForFun]

@DanielS22R @BasedPota18 There are perfectly valid criticisms of the Buu Saga so I don't understand how they chose one of the worst moments to try and slander 💀

[Kougeru 🐉⛩️ @Kougeru]

How many times do we need to explain that it doesn't matter if it's placeholders or whatever? If it's generative, it's harmful. Gen AI is theft. It's polluting and it's making it so electronic hardware is unaffordable. If you care about even one of those things, don't defend AI

[Tom Parker @Tomozaurus]

Remember that recent viral tweet that was like "environmentalism is conservative now", and every second headline since then is some variation of "republicans to allow national park to be reduced to smouldering wasteland"

[Al Smizzle @AlZeidenfeld]

They published a 900-page book in 2023 that told everyone exactly what they planned to do if/when Trump won.

Many people chose not to believe them.

[Lisa @Lisa_Asillie]

Your United States Congress saw a big jar of this water this week, and declined to help. Same people that cut SNAP and Medicaid.

I just keep thinking about that.

[Maddie McGee 🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️🇮🇪 @MaddieMcGee6]

It cannot be overstated the fact that we’re all gonna die for the wealth of like 1000 people max. When the collapse happens, just keep those people in mind.

[Braxeo @Braxeo]

I do not agree with you

[Freebie @LiveFreeForFun]

@WooperEnjoyer54 Matchup makes me wonder if there's any JJK character that could actually beat Jotaro outside of Mahoraga and Gojo

[Freebie @LiveFreeForFun]

@Rhymestyle @AeonPeneko DAMN

[Freebie @LiveFreeForFun]

@ErMiGuElItOxX Which is precisely why they need to announce the next main series title instead of just constantly doing collaborations

[Freebie @LiveFreeForFun]

@MajorRock22 Like idk call me crazy but I can't see Nickelodeon calling up SEGA asking to put multiple of their IPs into Crossworlds, I feel like that conversation happened the other way around

[Freebie @LiveFreeForFun]

@MajorRock22 I think if anything that's more indicative of the fact that Sonic as a brand could confidently stand on its own two feet around that time whereas nowadays it feels like they announce a new collab every two weeks

Also Nintendo was rocking with the Blue Blur before the Wii U era