I can because I’m autistic enough to remember the crowd npc models :3
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Nice to see Deus Ex and Sleeping Dogs mentioned in there as well!
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Saw the video already because I love that channel. 
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Well this is shit.
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Is it? It seems pretty reasonable to me for promoting AI slop like that.
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Chicken means them doing that ai video contest is shit not people’s (rightful) outrage to it
Anyway uh Subnautica 2 comes out in a few minutes so really hoping that’s good :3
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Yeah, I meant the fact they had the gall to post about an entire “AI video contest”
Like, wow, kill the world and we’ll give a random person (maybe you) 15K Dollars…?!
Actually I learned of this backlash from an angry furry post. Hell yeah, get em…
Also the PR team released a response to the backlash and it’s even worse now guys.
Instead of READING THE ROOM, they try to justify “AI is just a tool” like any other, and “We want you to vote between keeping the contest up or not”. Nah fuck off with that
Text:
Hi everyone. We’d like to address the recent discussion around the AI video contest, and first of all, we’re sorry for upsetting players with this event. We’re also sorry that we didn’t communicate with everyone clearly enough before the event started.
Our original goal was to lower the barrier to creation. In past contests, we saw players with great ideas and scripts who couldn’t fully bring them to life because they weren’t familiar with tools like editing, modeling, or animation software. We hoped AI could be a more accessible tool that lets more people take part.
That said, we understand the concerns around AI content. We are not trying to dismiss handmade work or disrespect creators. To us, AI is just another tool. What we truly care about is the idea, the expression, and the final work.
We’d like to leave the next step up to the community. Please vote on what we should do:
- Cancel the AI video contest
- Change it into a non-AI creation contest
- Keep the AI category and add a separate handmade category
If you have another suggestion outside of these three options, please feel free to share it as well.
Thank you.
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Right! sorry I misunderstood, I thought you meant it was bad they were getting backlash 
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As they said, the original goal was to lower barrier to creation. I think this is a good thing.
There is no “barrier to creation” other than your own unwillingness to start. Gen AI machines don’t help you “overcome it” either, as they just use other people’s work as a frankenstein’s monster of parts to make… inconsistent slop, really.
Not to mention the incredible amount of energy they require to operate and the incredible amount of emissions that’s caused by the immense facilities that house them.
Educate yourself on this parasitic technology.
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Lol, SPRINT isn’t available from the get-go? I understand it’s early access but come on…
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There is no gateway into art.
I can draw, you can draw. Anyone can draw.
There is no right and wrong. There is no skill, only what you want it to be.
Suggesting there needs to be a lowered barrier is stupid. Especially coming from a video game studio - an artist.
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Except AI “art”. Fuck AI
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Of course.
Anyone that uses AI art sucks. Anyone can make art without resorting to AI
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So, when in a few years you will have the option to let AI scan your MRI, you will say: “No thanks, I won’t use this parasitic technology” ?
What if I have an idea for a great hitman mission ? I know nothing about modding, but it would be fun to be able to play it.
What if science and art were different topics? 
And if the AI used to analyse medical data was different from the AI used to generate a TikTok-video?
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