A smiling cute creature shaped like a sphere enters frame saying, “Hey kids! Let’s learn our ABC’s”. There is a blue door in the distance. Text at top of frame: “A is for…”. A large letter A appears through the door saying, “AIR POLLUTION”. Sphere creature is still smiling. Zoomed in closer on creature and door. Text at top of frame, but slightly cut off: “B is for…“. A large letter B saying “BIODIVERSITY LOSS” is attempting to enter through the door but is being pushed back in by the sphere creature. The sphere creature is still smiling but there are several beads of sweat visible on its brow. Zoomed in even closer on creature and door. No text at top of frame is visible. The sphere creature is visibly struggling to keep the door closed. It's still smiling but the expression is pained and it is sweating profusely. No letter is visible but it can be heard through the door saying, “CLIMATE CHAN—” before the letters get cut off.

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It’s funny, Connor. I used to be demanding of our corporate artists. Change this, do this, don’t do that. But as soon as “AI” came out, I’d let any old dogshit go to print. It turned out that all I wanted the whole time was to be in charge.

it's funny

A comic all about what it means to be Irish! Panel 1: Happy looking text --surroinded by suitably Irish symbols-- saying "You know you're Irish when" Panel 2: "You subsist on the BLACKSTUFF and Chris." A dark pint-shaped void, with tendrils of reaching all corners of the panel. In front of it is a white male human head with a gentle smile saying "Chris." Panel 3: "THEMAM asks you:" A little girl looks on in fear as a strange mummified looking figure says "DID YOU SWITCH IT OFFFFFFF" Panel 4: "You vanish rivals to the NULL-PLACE" A ghostly, distorted humanoid figure falls down a long pit towards us, a look of fear on their face. Up above, two children look down at them with smiles on their faces.

you know you're irish when

the future of video games is making everyone sort of look like aubrey plaza
everyone
mario will be aubrey plaza
kratos will be aubrey plaza
all the character models hideo kojima fastidiously made to look like other celebrities will become aubrey plaza

Skeletons are not attacking you, they are trying to free their bone brother from their flesh prison.

The metaverse 2 will be in real life, it will be a big pit and everyone will pay me to stand in it

A crab is crabe

If an artist isn't able to visualise their ideas on paper (or on the screen) without the use of genAI, they are not an artist. I know some artists who aren't capable of visualising things in their head, yet they can still create stunning art. I know others who brainstorm their ideas and compositions with literal scribbles and stick figures, only to end up with a beautifully rendered piece. There is absolutely no excuse for a self-respecting artist to use genAI at any point during their process.

Someone over on Instagram saying that genAI is bad for art, but can still be used by artists who have trouble visualising their ideas.

I had to reply.

P1: A Corgi bounces along like a stupid idiot P2: slams their idiot head --body-- into the ground. Smoosh. P3: the idiot flies up into the air P4: and keeps going, leaving even the mountains themselves behind like they're nothing. That idiot will go further than any of us, as they embrace the very heavens.

A woman imagines her own skull. Text reads: "thinking about my beautiful and iconic skull".

It probably looks amazing.

Bro scribbled something on a pizza box.

You have waited many months for new content. Here it is! Finally! My masterpiece!

Ted Lasso, a closeup of his face. He has a horrible rictus grin, and mad eyes, pupils mere dots. His flesh visibly contorts as he moves his head to his left. Above him, a single word believe

can't wait for the american man to come back and force us to all feel good again 😊❤️❤️

C looks more like a horror game.

A

imagine being the guy who accidentally said "weasel" at a weird time 2400 years ago

Everything is cleaned up and colored. Now I am working on the last details and doing some final procrastinating. 😎 #animation

Something with a rat. Or multiple rats. Bonus points if baby rat. Rat!

"but we have to use this technology or our shareholders-"
"but if we don't make games faster then-"
"but if our company doesn't exist then hundreds of jobs will be-"

maybe the companies that will survive will be the ones who actually still make art

because they'll stand out in a sea of slop

Anyway, I preferred when AI was used for its actual useful use cases in science and not as a shortcut for people's lack of creativity (which just produces slop for entertainment + is a plight for humanity, because you can't believe any content anymore).

GenAI results have become boring af nowadays. Everything is pretty much within the range of what humans have already produced. (I am sure someone will now come along and post some weird AI picture of a Kermit and Miss Piggy hybrid and use it as a proof that AI has invented something new.)

AA and AAA games will become even more boring. More news at 11.

COMING SOON: AI + Guy™

the larian stuff sucks to hear a lot. you have to be a true all-timer loser to think generative AI is useful for concepting ideas or artwork. you let the machine do the fun part you dumbass. it doesnt tell me you think efficiently it tells me youre a fuckass who's given up on being interesting

A comic called Animals with Misleading Names. There's an electric eel labeled "not an eel". There's a mountain goat labeled "not a goat." There's a maned wolf labeled "not a wolf." There's a king cobra labeled "not a cobra. Also, snakes are typically self-governing." There's a peacock mantis shrimp labeled "Not a peacock. Not a mantis. Also, not a shrimp." There's a horny toad labeled "Not a toad. Only thinks of you as a friend." There's a mayfly labeled "active through the spring and summer." There's an eastern kingbird labeled "found in the west. Many birds do not recognize its authority."

Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.

Don’t worry! I’ll be dead before global warming gets bad, so I won’t have to see it!

don't worry!

Where does your tongue rest in your mouth?

I am sorry but you forgot to draw the edge of the skateboard between his hind legs and I can't focus on anything else. My brain tries to compute the shape of the skateboard but it can't and restarts and I'm suddenly back in bed again, hitting my alarm clock, going to the toilet and opening Bluesky.