I would counter that there are many good use cases that go beyond the scope of what was mentioned in the video (his concerns are absolutely legitimate).

For example:
Nvidia’s DLSS for gamers. This provides a decent boost to FPS while maintaining a good quality picture. They use multiple models such as motion prediction, interpreting between the frames what the image should look like, and upscaling. These models are (most likely) trained on the video games themselves which is why you want to get the latest driver updates because they include updates to those models. And, yes, the upscaling and interpolation models here are generative models as they are filling in frames with new pictures with details that aren’t there from the source, and then enlarging the picture and filling in details in a way that traditional means of upscaling cannot.

Brainstorming/writer’s block:
For generative text models, I think these have to be used carefully, and treated as if they’re interns that have a knowledge in a very broad range of subjects. They’re great for brainstorming ideas and for writer’s block, but their output needs to be verified for accuracy and the output shouldn’t be trusted or used directly in most cases.

Entertainment:
They’re also excellent for entertainment purposes, for example, check out this GLaDOS project:
https://old.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1csnexs/local_glados_now_running_on_windows_11_rtx_2060/
Which is combining a generative text (LLM) model with a generative audio (text to speech) model as well as a few other models.

Green screen tools:
We could use the sodium vapor process to create training material for a model that can quickly and accurately handle processing green screens for video production:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQuIVsNzqDk

Creating avatars for user accounts on websites.

Creating interesting QR codes that actually work:

https://civitai.com/models/111006/qr-code-monster

So, in the end, I think that there are some incredible uses for generative AI that go beyond just “creating garbage fast”, that don’t cause problems in the way that this video is describing (and those problems he describes are definitely valid).

He goes into the details of the most upvoted Google Gemini fails and then branches out to how text/image/audio generative AI is being used on Facebook, Instagram to inflate traffic, as well as how you can actually earn some income by farming reactions on twitter now (with the blue checkmark).

There’s a section on how adobe is selling AI generated images with their stock photos, but you can tell this video might be a little rushed because he comes to the conclusion that people are paying $80 for one of these images, when in reality the $80 adobe plan gives you 40 images (so about $2 per stock image). That or he knows this statement is misleading, but makes it anyway because it will drive his own reactions up (oh the irony). https://web.archive.org/web/20240701131247/https://stock.adobe.com/plans

Link to timestamp in video:
https://youtu.be/UShsgCOzER4&t=894s

With adobe he touches on their updated ToS that state how any images uploaded to Adobe can be used to train their own generative image model.

The Netflix section talks about the “What Jennifer Did” documentary which used AI generated images and passed them off as real (or at least didn’t mention that the images were fake).

Spotify: How audio generative AI is being used to create music and is being published on there now as well as their failed

Edit: as well as their failed “projects/features” (car accessory, exclusive podcasts, etc.)

Multiple times throughout the video he pushes the theory that most of these companies are also using AI generated content to drive engagement on their own site (or to earn income without needing to pay any artists).

He definitely focuses only on the worst ways that generative AI can be used without touching on any realistic takes from the other side (just the extreme takes from the other side with statements like “AI music will replace the soulless crappy music that’s being released now… and it will be better and have more soul!”).

Still worth a watch, he brings up a ton of valid points about the market being oversaturated with AI generated products.

Price: $24.99

I agree with others on here. Looks like a European Starling.

Here’s a similar looking one that was identified in North America:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/223616886

I would recommend a tool like iNaturalist for trying to identify birds (and plants, insects, other animals, droppings, tracks, etc).

Hiding “/s” in a spoiler tag is a bit more satire friendly.

In some cases seeing it upfront gives away the fact that you’re not serious a little too quickly and doesn’t have the same “got ya” effect that some people want.

It’s not necessary by any means, but it can be fun to add that extra layer sometimes.

As far as what happens specifically on Lemmy, it looks something like this:

Spoiler hidden:

Spoiler shown:

Hi! Yeah, probably a timing thing. I used a spoiler tag yesterday and a user mentioned that it didn’t work for them. Turns out it’s a known issue for Boost users, so that was fresh on my mind.

Some Lemmy applications don’t display it well (like Boost).

It works fine through a browser or Voyager.

Edit:typo

What @[email protected] seemed to be implying is that direct messages on Mastodon should be considered “public” rather than “private”.

I’m assuming that’s along the same lines of how Lemmy users generally think that their upvotes/downvotes are private when in reality, if you know how to look for them, you can see them.

Ah, I see. So it’s the same mistake that Lemmy users make when thinking that Upvotes/Downvotes aren’t public.

It sounds like DMs on Mastodon are public, but are commonly mistaken to be private then?

They’re called DMs not PMs

? Did you mean that the other way around? And if you did… forgive me, I don’t really use Mastodon. I was never much of a twitter fan. I don’t really like how all of my likes are public (although I guess I have had to get used to that with Lemmy).

Hmmm it was even able to pull in private DMs.

Maybe private DMs on Mastadon aren’t as private as everyone thinks… that, or the open nature of Activity Pub is leaking them somehow?

Edit - From the article:

Even more shocking is the revelation that somehow, even private DMs from Mastodon were mirrored on their public site and searchable. How this is even possible is beyond me, as DM’s are ostensibly only between two parties, and the message itself was sent from two hackers.town users.

From what @[email protected] mentioned below, it sounds like this shouldn’t be very shocking at all.

Had this happen when I used a VPN.

You can vote while on a VPN, but trying to post/comment from behind a VPN can be an issue.

It’s not just tap water, it’s also the non-stick coating on a large number of pans (including Hex Clad which is one of the more expensive sets).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytetrafluoroethylene

New island, new pals, new subspecies, new buildings & level cap, new raid, an oil rig stronghold, an arena, and a new faction & boss.

This looks like an awesome feature packed update… I’ll have to hop back in soon.

$25 for this Humble Bundle:

• High on Life
• Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration:
    100 games over different platforms spanning the 70s to 2000s as well as 6 new reimagined games.
• Revival: Recolonization
• Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries
• Soulslinger: Envoy of Death
• Bread & Fred
• Grindstone

The article lists out the Steam Deck rating as well as the ProtonDB rating (if any). Direct link to humble bundle (referral link from article is still there): https://www.humblebundle.com/games/ign-live-at-home?partner=gamingonlinux

Thanks! It helps to have a lot more background and i haven’t looked too deeply into this.

I was trying to keep my reply simple and directly to the point that they didn’t create their own launcher just because they wanted to.

I didn’t know the first point, now I’m wondering if both sides wanted it dismissed in the U.S. at least. From the article I read it sounded like this was being pushed from Ironmace’s side.

I had mentioned the founder’s involvement before, but only in a different reply on this same post.

On the second point, at least as far as U.S. law is concerned, I’m not so sure that this is such a straightforward case. We’ve already seen in previous cases with video games that it’s okay for games to have the same game rules, mechanics, ideas, and principles. That’s why anyone can create a game like Tetris, Monopoly, or Pokemon (such as Palworld). As long as they don’t copy over assets directly, (sprites/models/verbatim text for the game rules, etc.) it’s ok to create a very similar game or even to be inspired by other games. Mostly this is what I understood after listening to some YouTube attorneys that were discussing this matter for Palworld (Hoeg Law and Attorney Tom).

The difference here is that one of the founders did work for Nexon so it seems that a lot of the work was likely plagiarized (which is not illegal in the U.S. but it is unethical). It would have been interesting to see how this would play out in U.S. courts.

Do you have any idea how the courts in South Korea view cases like this?

On the third point, I had heard how they had recruited other employees, but I hadn’t heard about the founder agreeing to destroy the company info and failing to do so. Do you have a link/source for that?

Thanks for the reply!

Edit: asking for source, not because I’m doubting you, I just want to read up more on it.

Joke’s on us for trusting them to do what?

It was on Steam, up until Nexon sued them because they suspected stolen assets were used.

So far it doesn’t look like that was true, and the case that was filed in the U.S. was eventually dismissed (since it should be handled by the courts in South Korea).

So hopefully we’ll see it back in the steam store, eventually.

Yeah, it looks like Nexon was trying to crush their competition (there was a lead developer that left Nexon and went to work on Dark and Darker).

The police didn’t find anything obvious when they investigated Nexon’s allegations. And they had already had an audit conducted by an external group:

Our code was built from scratch. Most of our assets are purchased from the Unreal marketplace. All other assets and all game designs docs were created inhouse. This has already been audited by an outside agency. As far as we know you cannot copyright a game genre.

https://www.vg247.com/dark-and-darker-devs-raided-by-police-following-accusations-of-stolen-assets

The lawsuit that Nexon filed in the U.S. was eventually dismissed, but Steam pulled the game from their store, so that damage was already done:
https://gamerant.com/dark-and-darker-nexon-lawsuit-dismissed/

PvPvE

Different teams are thrown in around a map, you then work with your team to try to survive and make it out to the end.

You don’t have to engage other players on other teams, but chances are they’ll engage you.