For more lighthearted gaming-related news, Capcom fired off a quick sneer, whilst (indirectly) promoting their their latest Mega Man game:
(alt text: "As a reminder for those entering the Mega Man: Dual Override Boss Design Art Contest, please remember the rules posted at bit.ly/MMDORobotMaster. Entrants must follow this account, and please leave the AI to the robots: generative AI is prohibited for this contest.")
a version of [the ModRetro Chromatic] made with “the same magnesium aluminum alloy as Anduril’s attack drones”
Obvious moral issues aside, is that even an effective marketing point? Linking yourself to Anduril, whose name is synonymous with war crimes and dead civs, seems like an easy way to drive away customers.
But this is the military, so it’s not like details matter or lives are on the line if you’re out in the field and get a sheet of instructions that are completely detached from reality.
Its not like the damage to morale this will near-certainly cause will have some knock-on effects, either.
EDIT: "Soldier dissatisfaction" didn't accurately describe what this plan will do - changed it to "damage to morale".
In a major setback for right-to-repair, iFixit has jumped on the slop bandwagon, introducing an "AI repair helper" to their website that steals "the knowledge base of over 20 years of repair experts" (to quote their dogshit announcement on YouTube) and uses it to hallucinate "repair guides" and "step-by-step instructions" for its users.
We’re preparing your kid for the glorious AI future. That is, a life of getting nickel-and-dimed by corporate parasites feeding off public money.
And being utterly dependent on said corporate parasites thanks to the deskilling machine utterly destroying their critical thinking and general mental acuity at such a young age.
Doing a quick search, it hasn't been posted here until now - thanks for dropping it.
In a similar vein, there's a guide to recognising AI-extruded music on Newgrounds, written by two of the site's Audio Moderators. This has been posted here before, but having every "slop tell guide" in one place is more convenient.
the article headline: "Chatbots are now rivaling social networks as a core layer of internet infrastructure"
Counterpoint: "vibe coding" is rotting internet infrastructure from the inside, AI scrapers are destroying the commons through large-scale theft, chatbots are drowning everything else through nonstop lying
Unsurprisingly, the replies have become a promptfondler shooting gallery. Personal "favourite" goes to the guy who casually admits he can't tell art from slop:
Time Extension's decided to wash their hands of ModRetro after seeing the news. Good call on their part.