Cori Smith

CoriBear Studios || My name is Cori and I'm making an adventure puzzle game called "Between"

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I will expand on my point:

1) You are using AI in your daily life. Search engines are AI-powered, your phone camera is AI-powered (sorry, you haven't become better at taking photos-smudges, blinks-all fixed by AI), Alexa? Siri? Google Assistant? Guess what, they are powered by AI. Netflix, YouTube, Twitch-all use AI to highlight content you're interested in. Google Maps and most navigation apps are now powered by AI to calculate your route. Spam filters, health and fitness trackers, even your online planner-all powered by AI.

You use AI every day to make your life easier and find information faster, you're just too proud to admit it.

2) Witch hunts like with Larian Studios will cause only one thing: they will never tell you they're using AI. You think silly outrage will stop anyone from making their work easier? "Bitch please." I've been here when Photoshop was considered a "real art killer" frowned upon by traditional artists and discarded as "not real art." The majority of art is now made using computer tools.

I remember when tens of thousands of Kodak shops closed down when traditional photography was replaced by digital cameras, millions of people lost their jobs, including me. I don't remember outrage back then.

Let's face it, AI is here whether you like it or not; it will not go away because it makes life easier.

We can be civil about it, accept that studios are using AI, and appreciate that they are willing to be honest with us, or we can fuel witch hunts that will cause studios to be completely silent about any use of AI in their work.

This is no longer Kansas, Dorothy.

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Concept Artist here, the "AI hate" directed at Larian Studio is 100% ignorant and bad faith virtue-signaling.

Artists are NOT against AI usage as a tool, we're against Generative AI that was trained on real artworks and mass-produced "slops" that imitated our hard work and then marketed as our replacement.

In pre-production, the art team would grab random pics off the internet and other games to create a general mood board for aesthetics and "vibe" that fit the art direction (There are more nuances than this, I'm describing this in the most simplified way possible)

A mood board of a character may include several pictures of other videogames or anime shows, dozens of object with "texture references" for parts of their attire, multiple reference pictures of relevant objects such as animals or historical weapons or even other character artwork made for other games; ALL of which are randomly drawn from the internet and put together for the purpose of creating an overall aesthetic for a design that will become original in its own way inspired by its references and the artist's own creativity and originality to visualize it when they create the design by doing ART.

Larian Studio mentioned using AI to streamline this process; an actively menial labor of "looking for relavant and cool pics on the internet" in essence.

There is zero reason why AI speeding up this process is a bad thing; it is essentially the same as someone asking Grok for facts they could have spent a few hours reading through Wikipedia pages.

None of the pictures grabbed by either the AI or the art team in this process are being exploited for any monetary gain since they're simply inspiration and visual direction, this has been standard practice in the industry for decades.

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@observerherb My favorite thing to do with zucchini is put it in with Buldak carbonara ramen and it’s like….this is super unhealthy but I’m eating a whole zucchini so it’s ok

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@kay_rpg I have one of these too! And she doesn’t understand any of it but she’s so genuinely interested and it makes me feel less self conscious about it all

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🗣️ 2023 ACC CHAMPS 🏆😈

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JON. SCHEYER. 👏🏼😈🏆

26-8 record
UNC sweep
ACC Champions

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@edmueller1210 @AuthenticZeeOC I say this as an outsider with no knowledge of the situation, but by reading the first and last sentence, I feel like maybe he *is* a bad guy? Anywho, you know I support you even if its not obvious. You crush those exams and take some time for yourself 💛

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@edmueller1210 @AuthenticZeeOC You’re appreciated and loved my friend!

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@KennethWrites Twitter buddies forever!! Happy thanksgiving my friend!!

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I also plan on using the extra time I’ve found to spend more time on discord in communities that foster the beliefs that are important to me. So you can find me there too!

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Day 1 - First Playthrough https://t.co/I7AC0LoDbY

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Crawl out through the Fallout baby - Day 4 https://t.co/I7AC0LoDbY

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Let's Vibe https://t.co/I7AC0Lpb1w

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Let's Vibe https://t.co/I7AC0LGe3w

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Not Filipowski giving me Redick vibes wearing Scheyer’s jersey 🥵 #goduke

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Frida, a former search and rescue dog with the Mexican Navy and one of our heroic 15/10s, has passed. Our thoughts are with her family and everyone she inspired with her meaningful work. Rest easy, sweet girl #HastaSiempreFrida ❤️

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Dino Time? Cozy Crochet on a Rainy Day !pattern https://t.co/I7AC0LoDbY