Emulation and modding are about to be revolutionized

[Norion]

curl-6 said:

Norion said:

I just don't think more slop content is an issue though. Like according to SteamDB over 20k games were uploaded to Steam last year which is double the amount compared to 2020 and quadruple the amount compared to 2016 but my experience using the platform hasn't been hurt by that at all cause it's not hard to ignore the bad stuff so I'll gladly take more good games getting made for even more bad ones getting made as well.

For bad uses in general again the solution here is to support regulation to crack down on the aspects you dislike. You can't uninvent technology so it's best to take advantage of the benefits of it instead of inherently opposing something just for using it, especially when said technology is becoming increasingly ubiquitous. AI in software development now means certain things that used to take months can now be done in days and there's a ton of good that is gonna arise from that.

People will do bad things cause of that too but I'll be opposing that while supporting the good stuff. The technology is becoming so powerful and broad that reacting negatively to something just cause AI was utilized isn't tenable long term when it's gonna be be used to help do things like develop cures for diseases.

Slop is absolutely a big issue. People hate it and people are sick and tired of almost every platform being flooded with mindless AI garbage. 

Regulation is badly needed, yes, because the problem is ultimately one of human nature; even if something is potentially useful in some ways, most people are going to use it shitty ways because it hands bad actors the ability to do bad things more quickly and easily.

When a technology's applications are so overwhelmingly harmful and bad (like I say, I'm being generous in saying at 1 in a 1000 cases are good) it's just common sense that people will oppose it, especially when it is increasing making our lives worse.

I have no issue finding good stuff to watch, play, read and whatnot thus it truly doesn't bother me at all so I can't really say much other than that's an aspect that I just can't relate to. At its core I suppose it comes down to me thinking the trade off of even just one good piece of art coming into existence thanks to increased ease is worth however many more low quality works that happen.

That mindset of mine also applies to the 2nd part. I place more importance on people being able to good things more easily and benefit from it than people being able to cause harm more easily. Like social media gets a lot of deserved criticism but I'm glad it exists for the people that have benefited from it.

I'd say the ratio of good to bad is way more balanced than that but we've gone into that before so no need to repeat that debate. The main thing is that I can't relate to the last part either cause AI hasn't made my life worse at all, in fact it's improved it somewhat so far. For opposition in general something important to keep in mind that it varies massively by country. Public sentiment in the core part of the Anglosphere leans negative but it's a lot more positive in other places like Asia so the technology certainly isn't making lives worse in general.

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