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it's even worse then that there is a whole basked of technologies which you can label as "gen AI" but which have non of the problems why people hate "gen AI"
by dathinab 10mo ago
it's even worse then that
there is a whole basked of technologies which you can label as "gen AI" but which have non of the problems why people hate "gen AI"
as a very dump example, some pretty decent "line smoothing" algorithm are technically gen AI but have non of the ethical issues
- itishappy 10mo agoIs this actually a problem? Is there anybody actually arguing against line smoothing algorithms?
- baobabKoodaa 10mo agoI don't know! I guess we'll have to wait for next year's Indie Game awards to see which prizes they retract that time and why. This is dumb.
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- NeutralCrane 10mo agoThat’s the point. No one cares about line smoothing algorithms but they lose their mind if it’s background textures or throwaway voice lines.
- itishappy 10mo agoThey're not equivalent... > technically gen AI but have non of the ethical issues
- queenkjuul 10mo agoNo artists were previously smoothing lines for a living but they were painting textures and voice acting
- rerdavies 10mo agoArtists were previously drawing lines that didn't need to be smoothed for a living.
- dathinab 10mo agothey ban any for of gen AI no matter the context so as an extrema example if you artists used that line smoothing algorithm you game isn't qualified anymore
- itishappy 10mo agoWho bans line smoothing algorithms? Do you have a link?
- dathinab 10mo agoyou are failing to get the point it's an (maybe the most) extreme example of something which is "gen AI" but not problematic and as such a naive "rule" saying "no gen AI at all" is a pretty bad competition rule design
- itishappy 10mo agoI get your point. I don't get who you're arguing with. You're saying banning line smoothing algorithms for ethical reasons make no sense. I totally agree! I'm wondering if this actually happens.
- Eisenstein 10mo agoReductio ad absurdum is a form of logic which takes an argument to its logical conclusion in order to demonstrate that it is absurd if it were to be taken on its face. Whether or not anyone applies it that way in reality is irrelevant.
- gamblor956 10mo agosome pretty decent "line smoothing" algorithm are technically gen AI but have non of the ethical issues You'd have to cite an actual example of something this ridiculous. Non gen-AI algorithms have been line smoothing just fine for 2 decades now for less than a trillionth of the resources required to use gen AI for the same task.