Neel Parekh

3D Artist and Founder @orioninteractiv

[Neel Parekh @neelyp203]

@vvyyomm @praveengirotra What next.. you're going to ask AI to fix world hunger?

[Neel Parekh @neelyp203]

@vvyyomm @praveengirotra That's why normies should stay away from preaching on tech :)

[Neel Parekh @neelyp203]

Even in 400 BCE, Archytas knew there was more to the sky than we could see!

[Neel Parekh @neelyp203]

@RailwaySeva DM'd

[Neel Parekh @neelyp203]

@WesternRly @RailwaySeva what's the status of 01433 special train from khadki to sanganer? It's showing 2hr 17m delay at vadodra on railyatri. Please update with current status asap

[Neel Parekh @neelyp203]

Jethalal will be the happiest person today!

#WestBengalLegislativeAssemblyelection2026 #westbengal #bjp #bengalelection #westbengal

[Neel Parekh @neelyp203]

@ValueIn84502221 Maybe you don't need to spill out every stupid thought you have. Ever tried that?

[Neel Parekh @neelyp203]

@dhanesh500 This will only apply IF you're working for a company overseas. For an Indian company above 20lpa gross, you'll need to get a GST number. You can only file 0 rated if you're getting remittance in foreign currency. Good luck paying 18% by working for an Indian company.

[Neel Parekh @neelyp203]

@Arpitthebestest Exactly. This guy purchased Metaphysic - UK based AI company and re packaged it as Bramha AI. AI slop is very evident in a lot of shots. At least perfect it 😢
https://t.co/yHjoAIKfYu

[Neel Parekh @neelyp203]

@im_darshhh @malhotra_namit It's pure AI slop. I felt it too. Who is the kid even bowing to?

[Macroblock @sainimatic]

FUCK YOU twitter show people the painting I worked hard on

[Neel Parekh @neelyp203]

Sometimes people need a safe place to escape the chaos and breathe.

#artstation #3d #cg #excalibur #kingarthur #unrealengine

[Ryan Christian @RyanRodero]

Sometimes people need a safe place to escape the chaos and breathe.

[Neel Parekh @neelyp203]

Imagine if the algo boosted art more instead of ragebait.

#cg #3dart #gamedev #unrealengine #dekogon #docks #beach #realtime #render #3D #rendering

[Adrian Regalado | Looking for work @AdrianRegaladoN]

Imagine if the algo boosted art more instead of ragebait.

[Gublo @Gubloinvestor]

If Trump was born in other countries 😄

[Neel Parekh @neelyp203]

@Arun_vish And this is exactly why one should never seek financial advice on Twitter.

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[Neel Parekh @neelyp203]

Not sure if it's funny or scary.
Anyways it's the TRUTH!

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

I am a game studio executive.

Last quarter we announced our AI initiative.

"70% of game code will be AI-generated by 2026."

The board loved that number.

I made it up in the elevator.

But it felt right.

Feeling right is our north star.

Data is optional.

We started with something simple.

Minesweeper.

If AI can't remake Minesweeper, it can't remake anything.

AI remade Minesweeper.

Sort of.

The first model forgot chording.

Chording is how you actually play Minesweeper.

But the AI didn't know that.

The AI has never played Minesweeper.

The AI has never played anything.

It just predicts the next token.

The next token was wrong.

Our lead designer asked why we shipped without chording.

I said "emergent gameplay."

He asked what that meant.

I said "the players will adapt."

He said that's not how game design works.

I scheduled him for a performance review.

He stopped asking questions.

The second model added a "Custom" button.

The button doesn't do anything.

But it's there.

Presence is a feature.

Functionality is a roadmap item.

We'll patch it.

Probably.

The third model spent an hour trying to create sound effects.

From scratch.

Manually.

By generating WAV files byte by byte.

Nobody asked for this.

Nobody wanted this.

But the AI was determined.

Determination is a core value.

Results are not.

The playfield never rendered.

Just gray boxes.

I called it "minimalist design."

The gaming press called it "completely broken."

Same thing. Different audience.

Someone asked why we didn't just hire developers.

I said "AI scales."

They asked what that meant.

I said "headcount doesn't."

They asked about quality.

I said "quality is iterative."

Iterative means we'll fix it later.

Later means after launch.

After launch means your problem.

We shipped four versions internally.

One worked.

Mostly.

The working one was also the slowest to generate.

Speed versus quality.

We chose speed.

Speed is a KPI.

Quality is a vibes check.

We don't measure vibes.

We measure velocity.

Velocity means shipping.

Shipping means done.

Done means we moved on.

A QA tester found 47 bugs.

I said "log them."

She asked when we'd fix them.

I said "prioritization is ongoing."

Ongoing means never.

But politely.

The AI added a "Power Mode."

Power Mode gives you free hints.

Unlimited free hints.

Expert difficulty became trivial.

I called it "accessibility."

Hardcore gamers called it "broken."

Accessibility is on the roadmap.

Listening to gamers is not.

Someone on Reddit said the game "feels like it was made by a machine that has never experienced joy."

I forwarded it to marketing.

They put it on the Steam page.

"Unprecedented AI-driven development."

Same sentiment. Different framing.

Our CEO asked about the next project.

I said "an open-world RPG."

He asked if the AI was ready.

I said "we're scaling learnings."

Scaling learnings means we have no idea.

But we have momentum.

Momentum is a boardroom word.

It means "don't stop us now."

The RPG is 60% complete.

By lines of code.

Not by functionality.

Functionality is harder to measure.

So we measure lines.

Lines go up.

Up means progress.

Progress means bonus.

A developer asked what the code does.

I said "it compiles."

She asked if it runs.

I said "compilation is the first milestone."

She asked about the second milestone.

I said "there is no second milestone."

We shipped.

The game crashes on launch.

On some machines.

We call those machines "unsupported configurations."

The Steam reviews are Mixed.

Mixed means 40% positive.

40% is a plurality in modern gaming.

We're celebrating.

I just approved another AI initiative.

This time for AAA.

The budget is $200 million.

The AI training cost is $3 million.

The savings go to marketing.

Marketing makes people buy things.

Development makes things to buy.

Things are optional.

Marketing is mandatory.

We laid off 300 developers last year.

This year the bugs arrived.

Unrelated, obviously.

The remaining developers are debugging AI output.

They don't understand it either.

But they're "cross-functional."

Cross-functional means they do everything.

Everything means nothing well.

I've been in gaming for 15 years.

I've shipped 12 titles.

I've played maybe 3 of them.

Playing isn't my job.

Shipping is.

The AI ships faster.

The AI doesn't ask questions.

The AI doesn't need health insurance.

The AI is the future.

The future is gray boxes that don't render.

But they render faster.

And at scale.

Thank you for being part of the gaming community.

Community means you can't get a refund after 2 hours.

The refund window is our real QA.

The circle of innovation.

[Goy Guy @liber_tao]

@OrwellNGoode Believe me there’s regret and panic having exciting stories but no financial stability.

[Neel Parekh @neelyp203]

WOW

[jseam @henlojseam]

@OrwellNGoode The problem about life is that regardless of where life takes you, you'd still regret the paths not taken

[Matthias Schmidt @eurofounder]

Caught my 8 year old neighbor's son selling lemonade on our street

No hygiene certificate or food handling permit

No registered business address

I asked how much money he'd made so far

He smiled and said "fourteen euros sir"

I felt physically sick

That's well above the VAT reporting threshold

Right there I knew my neighbor had failed as a father

I informed the authorities immediately and ran home

I locked the door in case my neighbor tried to confront me

An hour later, I looked through my window and saw two government officials approaching the boy's stand

They dismantled his lemonade stand and put him in the back of a police car while his parents screamed

I smiled sipping my strawberry matcha latte

In Europe you don't just "sell things" without proper authorization

That reckless kid can try again next summer

Maybe this time with the proper permits

This is how a civilized society works