Is it just me or does this article just run on and on without actually proving whatsoever that these jobs were lost to AI?
They even acknowledge that these layoffs are mainly due to over-hiring during the pandemic. I see no concrete proof that AI had anything to do with this. Just speculation.
Does anyone else agree? Perhaps I missed something?
They do say straight away that the concept and design departments are getting slashed, now with very few human artists, all who are forced to use AI in their workflow.
The same is happening in VFX and film to some extent, though I know that from personal acquaintances and not the article.
That’s it. The rest is conflated as you say. It is a very loooong article so I didn’t finish it. Perhaps I missed the real horrors at the end of it.
It’s not a good article. I was following along until, 5 minutes in, it suddenly decided to be detailing and describing exactly what AI and LLMs are. Like, long after showing some of the ways it’s hurting the industry, presumably to pad words.
For every shitty article pushing AI hype out there, there’s a shittt article pushing AI hate. Extremism generates clicks.
I thinks there are some nuggets of good information in there. The bits on first-hand accounts from former and current Activision employees, and on how it’s mostly the concept artists that are hurt is interesting. But you really have to wade through a mound of shit to get there, and I genuinely don’t have the patience to wade through the second half and see if there any more truth in this soft mound of turd that Wired called journalism.
But you really have to wade through a mound of shit to get there, and I genuinely don’t have the patience
I’ll ask ChatGPT to pull out the key takeaways for me so I can have an unreliable summary of a tedious article.
For anyone interested, here’s what I got. I vouch for none of it.
Sure, here are the key takeaways from the article:
Workplace Changes Post-Pandemic: Many companies are reevaluating their workplace practices and considering hybrid work models as a permanent option.
Employee Expectations: Workers are increasingly valuing flexibility, remote work options, and better work-life balance, influencing employers to adapt their policies.
Talent Attraction and Retention: Companies are focusing on how to attract and retain talent through flexible work arrangements and enhanced benefits.
Impact on Office Spaces: There’s a shift in how office spaces are used, with a trend towards creating collaborative and social spaces rather than traditional workstations.
Technology Integration: Businesses are investing in technology to support remote and hybrid work environments effectively.
These points highlight the evolving nature of work environments and the adjustments organizations are making to meet new expectations and technological advancements.
This is why gamepass is mediocre. They fire the people that can create great games and then think AI can do what they did. Activision and blizzard were great when they had great people working there.
No, generative ai is a blanket term that covers them both. Lots of people are both forcefully opinionated about this topic, and clueless. Like the person you’re responding to
Ohhh dammit. Of course. Man that sucks. Thank you for clarifying!
I was hoping they would make gold cheaper because that’s really all that I need. But of course they tack on every other thing and then raise prices even more.
As a rental service game pass is great. But at regular price it is too much for me. I’m gona miss converting 3 years of gold to ultimate, though, lol. I’ll be going back to the cheapest tier when I run out.
I’m not sure why this style isn’t more common! My guess is that the main indie engines (Unreal and Unity) aren’t built for it without some heavy modification, and so if a dev is interested in this style, they settle for voxel graphics that don’t snap to a voxel grid.
I know, I would love to see more games using that style! Then again, I completely understand that it might be easier for some devs to use skeletal animation on voxel models instead of making a static voxel model for every frame of animation.
No wonder I never played anything on Roblox - it’s for kids. I feel like parents have a lot of blame to shoulder in this case too. They should be preparing their kids for these situations, but seemingly thousands fail.
You should see how excited some kids are about Roblox. I used to work in public schools around like 2017, and even then I met kids who were OBSESSED.
And I think you’re 100% right - parents are responsible for this just as much as Roblox themselves. But the point is that Roblox could absolutely be doing more.
I mean, an open and seemingly poorly censored market place of assets and “experiences” targetted at children sounds like a recipe for disaster to begin with. Many parents aren’t technologically adept enough to look past the website, seeing it’s marketed at children and going “must be fine”.
This isn’t a defence, but the world gets more and more complicated every day and people are just asked to deal with it… Seems like many governments have just given up trying to regulate anything, and therefore there’s no incentive for trash companies like Roblox to put in any protections.
Perhaps not exactly what your looking for, but there is an indie puzzle game based off picross 3d (one of my all time favorite puzzle games) that uses voxel styling
I loved Picross 3D 2 (or Round 2 or whatever it was called) on the 3DS! As you surmised, it’s not what I’m looking for, but I’ll try to snag it the first chance I get. Thanks!
In a statement shared with GameSpot, Humble Games confirmed that Humble Bundle will have "no impact on its operations. Additionally, ongoing and upcoming games from Humble Games will still move ahead and be published by the company.
“Yeah, we just laid everyone off, but it’s business as usual, nothing will change for the consumer.”
Don’t overestimate what unions do. MS is still perfectly in their right to close down the studio and fire all it’s staff, if they had a mind to.
It’s just a matter of doing it properly. Severance Pay, Pensions and such. Which I honestly don’t think Microsoft cares too much about.
I mean, if they can avoid paying it, they would. But they do actually have a legitimate business side. And severance pay for the entire Blizzard staff would likely still cost them less than what they had to pay Kotick to get rid of him.
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