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  • David Revoy (open source comics artist) is tired and frustrated of people calling his human art, AI-generated

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  • My point is that once you can't tell, then you'll go back to judging a comic how you used to (a mix of art content + message content)

    Right now, you first look if it's AI or not and toss it in the bin if it is. That's fine but are you going to start chasing down Krita files for everything you see in a month?

    We are seriously close to not being to tell if a comic is AI generated, and I'm talking about raw output from a two sentence prompt.

  • David Revoy (open source comics artist) is tired and frustrated of people calling his human art, AI-generated

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  • Not the only value, just that it's the main one. Because we read comics to be entertained, not to marvel at someone's drawing talent. If comics were only about art quality, then we wouldn't have stick figure and paint drawings getting upvotes either.

    Like I said, having something hand drawn well is always a huge positive, but it doesn't make up for trite low denominator content.

    Good content + art > good content + AI > bad content + art

    Going Art > AI no matter what just means you have little perspective and live your life through knee jerk reactions.

    If you go just by content, his comics suck, deal with it.

  • David Revoy (open source comics artist) is tired and frustrated of people calling his human art, AI-generated

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  • It's crazy to imagine someone judging something on the value and enjoyment it brings them.

  • David Revoy (open source comics artist) is tired and frustrated of people calling his human art, AI-generated

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  • It means that once the comic output from AI is indistinguishable from the output of an artist, then people will stop concentrating on the tools used and go back to judging a comic on if it was funny or entertaining.

    This guy draws really well but none of his comics are good. It's all trite boring pandering.

    To be clear, I'm not saying hand made art has no value, just that a shit joke isn't somehow better than a good one just because of the tools used.

    Good content + real art > Good content + AI > boring content + real art

  • David Revoy (open source comics artist) is tired and frustrated of people calling his human art, AI-generated

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  • If it's any consolation, we are nearing the point where it's legit impossible to tell and people will slowly go back to caring about the content instead.

  • What is your favorite TV show of all time?

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  • I'm a big fan of sci Fi and the expanse does hit a lot of boxes. It's in my top few as well.

  • just got an unexpected 1k refund... what should I do with it?

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  • You were making ends meet with the debt before. Put it towards your future: buy another 18tb hardrive. Spend the last 100$ on drugs.

  • Well respected man

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  • TIL Gabe Newell (CEO of Valve) bought and owns the megayachts company Oceanco

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  • Tell me what they do that's worth one man having a billion dollars worth of boats.

  • TIL Gabe Newell (CEO of Valve) bought and owns the megayachts company Oceanco

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  • No one deserves a 30% cut for hosting virtual game files, even with the extra features included.

    Steam, Epic, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo are literally sucking out profit for something that has virtually no expense compared to that profit.

    That profit could be going to the actual people making the product and all it needs is a minimum of regulation. We could be getting more and better games right now but instead Gaben and company get big boats.

    All of them have fluff like friends lists, multiplayer frameworks and what not. Sure steam is better than the others but they are still part of the same club playing the same game. Even worse, with their small staff, steam probably has the highest cost to revenue ratio.

    I'm trying to explain to you that the features don't matter and certainly aren't currently enough to justify robbing devs of literal billions.

  • TIL Gabe Newell (CEO of Valve) bought and owns the megayachts company Oceanco

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  • Nothing you have said about Steam seems to indicate you're aware of anything Steam does beyond distribute games.

    Jfc, tell me the feature you think is worth a billion dollars worth of boats. I'm saying I know the features but they 1. Are a drop in the bucket in terms of profit and cost compared to actually hosting the game files, and 2. It isn't enough to justify any of it.

  • TIL Gabe Newell (CEO of Valve) bought and owns the megayachts company Oceanco

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  • Edit: I was being mean but it is a cool boat so I'll give the benefit of the doubt.

  • TIL Gabe Newell (CEO of Valve) bought and owns the megayachts company Oceanco

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  • You aren't actually reading what I'm writing lol.

    The 30% cut was always the standard retail cut

    It's the standard because of the collusion not because of the cost. All game stores make bajillions of dollars, not only steam. The only difference is how the profit is shared (stock holders vs a few individuals). Please don't start talking about the "standard retail cut" as well, as if physical products can be treated the same as digital ones. Steam isn't running close to it's cost, even if you pile on everything they do.

    I know what steam is, but it's not enough to make me lick a billionaires boot. Steam being slightly better than other stores does not justify their collusion, soft monopoly and anti consumer businesses (like threatening to delist games if the dev puts it for cheaper somewhere else). Please name the feature you think is worth giving a billion dollars to one guy? Is it having a friends list?

    You are nitpicking one thing and ignoring the rest.

    The other game stores aren't the bar, it's all rotten. And it will stay rotten if everyone keeps thinking the best looking rotting fruit deserves to be defended. Even if you lick Gabens sweaty feet, he still won't let you own your games.

    We need regulations not pathetic billionaire worship.

    So yes, steam is better than Xbox but it isn't good enough. Polished feces are still feces. Quality and price of games is directly affected by these vampiric mega corps taking 1/3 of the profits to buy boats. Grow up and stop being part of the problem.

  • TIL Gabe Newell (CEO of Valve) bought and owns the megayachts company Oceanco

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  • Whatever they are doing isn't worth close to what they are charging if gaben can spend 1 000 000 000 dollars on boats.

    But yes, they mostly host downloadable content that they then charge 30% commission fee for whenever someone buys it. That's the lion share of their business. What are you even getting at?

    I mention profits because it is about profits. The profit they are stealing from devs by colluding with other stores and offering a simple service at a massive cost. The profits they make that led to gaben being a billionaire. The disgusting profits clearly show we need regulations. Billionaires shouldn't exist even if they have a marketing team telling you this one is different.

    Defend Bezos and Musk next please. It's the same arguments. Amazon isn't only a drop shipping company either, you know.

  • TIL Gabe Newell (CEO of Valve) bought and owns the megayachts company Oceanco

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  • Yes because it's nitpicking and ignores the point. Are we going to pretend it isn't their main product, and that by far?

  • TIL Gabe Newell (CEO of Valve) bought and owns the megayachts company Oceanco

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  • You see articles like these pop up every few months. The theme is usually along the lines of "he's not just any billionaire. He is filthy rich but he is also just like you". It's transparent pandering imo.

  • TIL Gabe Newell (CEO of Valve) bought and owns the megayachts company Oceanco

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  • The other stores aren't the bar though. Epic being shit doesn't make Steam a saint. I also don't think giving free games is anti consumer. Exclusives yes but not the free games.

    Steam is under multiple lawsuits, including one because they threaten devs with delisting if they put their game up for cheaper on other stores (this is separate from their steam key rule).

    I think they have a massive ad campaign not only to make themselves look good but also to make the competition look bad tbh. I see a lot of seo work being done for instance. I'm guessing the budget is massive.

    Steam also popularized DRM and not owning your games. It's a money printing machine tbh. They have like 300 employees lol.

  • TIL Gabe Newell (CEO of Valve) bought and owns the megayachts company Oceanco

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  • Shame they aren't doing those things. Steam doesn't need 30% of the profits just for hosting the downloadable file.

    Fact is we need some hard regulations for all digital stores, especially when it comes to gaming but we will never get them because a large number of consumers are dead set on defending one of those stores.

    You can't clamp down on Microsoft for stealing from their customers (both devs and gamers) while steam, who's making even more profits, gets a free pass.

  • TIL Gabe Newell (CEO of Valve) bought and owns the megayachts company Oceanco

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  • Gabe has a very good PR team. Don't you remember all the "Gabe plays video games too" articles? Staying out of the spotlight isn't the same as being a good person.

    If he was a good person, he would be using his wealth to help society instead of owning more than a billion worth of boats. If he was a good person tbh, he'd close the spigot a bit so more profit would go to devs but he takes his fat cut like all the other store owners.

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    A racial slur

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    And I like it

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    Fedead

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    Watch as I make this sausage disappear!

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    Protecting your kids from predators already in the white house

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    God hears everything

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    Bill proposed to outlaw downloading Chinese AI models.

    www.hawley.senate.gov /wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hawley-Decoupling-Americas-Artificial-Intelligence-Capabilities-from-China-Act.pdf
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    DeepSeek AI raises national security concerns, U.S. officials say

    www.cbsnews.com /news/deepseek-ai-raises-national-security-concerns-trump/
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Have you seen UFOs and other aerial phenomenons you have trouble explaining?

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    New Zemeckis film used AI to de-age Tom Hanks and Robin Wright

    arstechnica.com /ai/2024/11/new-zemeckis-film-used-ai-to-de-age-tom-hanks-and-robin-wright/
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    The AI-focused COPIED Act would make removing digital watermarks illegal (as well as training any kind of AI on copyrighted content)

    www.theverge.com /2024/7/11/24196769/copied-act-cantwell-blackburn-heinrich-ai-journalists-artists
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    best app for lemmy?