Njord

@Njord@mastodon.gamedev.place
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I run @kitsunegames with @eniko. Narrative designer and lead writer for Kitsune Tails ( also Kitsune Zero and Super Bernie World)
Amateur Extra class ham radio license holder

I mostly post weird polls and pictures of my cat. Sometimes I also post about Covid.
Location: Cyprus
He/Him

Njord2d ago
Foone🏳️‍⚧️May 9

I've been bedridden for the last 6 months, unable to work as I try to get a surgeon and insurance lined up for my operation to let me work again.
If you could send a couple dollars, it'd really help. Time isn't on my side here, and waiting is very expensive.

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Njord2d ago
Natasha Jay2d ago

Why do we say 'slept like a baby'? Babies wake up every two hours crying.

I want to sleep like my cat. 14 hours, no responsibilities, zero regrets.

Njord2d ago
Are you a lesbian foxgirl?
Of course
No, I'm a bisexual foxgirl
No, but I'm a witch who loves lesbian foxgirls
Other
Poll ends at .
Njord2d ago
Do you ever suffer from imposter syndrome?
Yes
No
Maybe a little
Poll ends at .
Njord2d ago
rally3d ago
Just hanging out.
Njord2d ago
Kitsune Games3d ago

The Kitsune Tails team is honored to receive the Best LGBTQ+ Indie Game award at this year's Gayming Awards, thank you! https://bsky.app/profile/gaymingmag.bsky.social/post/3ltj2ovvard2r

If an award winning SMB3-like with queer fox girls sounds like your kind of thing, Kitsune Tails is still 25% off on Steam until tomorrow: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1325260/Kitsune_Tails/

Gayming Magazine (@gaymingmag.bsky.social)

And the #GaymingAwards25 Best LGBTQ+ Indie Game is... Kitsune Tails! 🦊 So well deserved! Congrats @kitsunegames.bsky.social! Stream the full show on @WOWPresentsPlus.bsky.social! #IndieGame #LGBTQGaming

Bluesky Social
Njord2d ago
Do you like Cicadas?
Yes
No
I don't have strong feelings about them
I don't really know much about them
Poll ends at .
Njord3d ago
Jari Komppa 🇫🇮3d ago
How often do you run your dishwasher?
Every few days
34.7%
Every other day
22.1%
Daily
38.4%
More than once a day
4.8%
Poll ended at .
NjordJul 3
Valerie RoneyJul 3

Quick poll:

Whether you are one or not, do you know what a "spoonie" is?

Boosts appreciated for broader sample size. Danka!

Yes
61.7%
No
38.3%
Poll ended at .
NjordJul 1
Eniko FoxJul 1

worried RSI or poor reflexes will mean you won't be able to enjoy the lesbian fox girl platformer? don't be! there's a playstyle where dying pops you back up on a temporary cloud, so you won't lose any progress

and, there's even cheats if you need them

Kitsune Tails is 25% off for the Steam summer sale: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1325260

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Show threadEniko FoxJun 28

"Eniko why do you hate AI?"

the same reason everyone does, the output cannot be relied on, its unethical, unsafe, and sucks the humanity out of everything

https://news.byu.edu/intellect/byu-study-finds-the-real-reasons-why-some-people-choose-not-to-use-artificial-intelligence

like idk man why would i hate the thing that outputs unreliable dogshit lies devoid of any humanity or personality which is also unethical and unsafe? it's a fucking mystery really

Show threadEniko FoxJun 28

do you also need me to spell out for you why i hate liars, buffoons, and snake oil salesmen, why i hate thieves and plagiarists, why i hate the privacy violations of big data, or why i hate corporate slop with any soul or human connection sucked out of it?

why do i hate AI? why the fuck do you think

Show threadxrvsJun 28
@eniko from what i see of people who delegate thinking to LLM i think they do /sarcasm
Show threadEndlessMasonJun 30

@xarvos
Now the ai bots will slurp your text and present it, completely stripped of context/tone ... Just like nature intended.

Hey, unrelayed, you know protesters used to drive metal spikes into trees to damage the saws at lumber mills... It mostly didn't harm the trees

@eniko

Show threadxrvsJun 30
@EndlessMason @eniko huh how does that work? wouldn’t the lumber notice and remove them?
Show threadEndlessMasonJun 30

@xarvos @eniko I think the point is that it makes cutting trees require more inspection, so each tree takes more labour... and if they don't catch it, they have to stop the machines to replace the blades/chains etc

I guess these days the tree felling / planking machines have hardware to detect this kind of thing, but building that feature in costs money too

Show threadHuman NameJun 29

@eniko maybe an unpopular opinion based on the replies here, but the generalization of LLM's and "AI" in this thread makes these absolutist statements against "it" hold way less ground.

You specifically mentioned "cloud based" at the beginning, leaving the potential for supporting locally hosted LLMs, but then started using the term AI more generally. So that also makes it a bit harder to nail down what you're actually against here.

If the idea is that LLM's and, in general, all machine learning algorithms are inherently bad by the fact of their mere existence regardless of how they are created, executed, or used, then I think you've actually stumbled into a bit of a hard line stance. If I'm wrong about this, and it wouldn't be the first time I've completely mistaken somebody's opinion, then please let me know.

If I'm on the right page, then I'm curious what you consider the line the seperates okay-to-use Algorithms versus ones that will always be bad. Is it the type of algorithm, the way it's used, the type of data it's using for input, the type of data it outputs, does the context matter, am I completely missing something here?

Hope that wasn't too much for a single reply. Still not used to platforms like this.

Show threadHuman NameJun 29
@eniko also, Kitsune Zero/Tails both look amazing, definitely wishlisting them!
Show threadToot EngineerJun 28

@eniko

wild how those reasons are all rational and based on overwhelming evidence whereas the pro AI argument is based on 'well it will cure cancer' and 'i just want to fire all my employees'

Show threadChaucerburntJun 28
@big_louse @eniko and "all the cool kids are doing it and you don't want to miss out, do ya?"
Show threadSnowFoxJun 28

@eniko I hate how they've framed it as "fear".

I'm not afraid of LLMs, they're just crap.

Show threadCassandrichJun 28
@snowfox @eniko Exactly. I don't "fear" eating shit (even though there are of course very rational reasons to). I don't eat it because it's repulsive and doesn't meet any of the requirements for "edible thing". Same with "AI".
Show threadVictor W AllenJun 28
@snowfox popped in to say the same thing. So tired of valid criticism of AI framed as irrational, emotional, or uninformed
Show threadAlexander The 1stJun 28

@snowfox @eniko There is *one* thing I fear about LLM output, and it's not just that it will be inaccurate, it's the reason people who claim it worked well were clearly skimming the output:

- It is easier for it to Brandon Sanderson the output when it should (And better clean code practice) is to Ernest Hemingway it. Instead of "For sale: baby shoes, never worn",it will generate "For the availability of purchasing in the Kingdom of the Seven Dynasties: in this essay I will describe shoes of..."

Show threadAlexander The 1stJun 28
@snowfox @eniko - That is, even if they are fans of Brandon Sanderson's works, I strongly suspect that they have not reviewed the LLM generated output, if for no other reason than that they expect me to "LGTM" a 400K lines of code generation they claimed to have made over the weekend.
Show threadAlexander The 1stJun 28
@snowfox @eniko Case in point, even though it's not 400k Lines of Code [ https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/114763006362237205 ]; Alan Turing would have a *field day* if he was asked to break Enigma encrypted messages today.
Eniko Fox (@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place)

Attached: 1 image Speaking of AI, I was trying to find out if the heatwave hit Cyprus yet and I came across this weather report https://famagusta-gazette.com/11772-2/ And right at the bottom? "Let me know if you’d like a shorter summary or a headline with it." A fucking AI wrote this. It's a fucking weather report. This shit is everywhere and it's so fucking cringe it makes me want to scream

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Show threadSnowFoxJun 29

@AT1ST @eniko I'd call that "concern" (or maybe "worry"), not "fear" which suggests primarily an emotional, likely irrational response (it's the name of a base emotional response!).

In fact, the press release doesn't use "fear" except in that list and the phrase "fear that AI might replace their jobs"; elsewhere it's "concern".

It feels like they've intentionally switched to "fear" in the list to frame the listed concerns as irrational, instead of as actual issues with LLMs.

Show threadAlexander The 1stJun 29
@snowfox @eniko I mean, I have other proper concerns - it's more that it's the thing I would agree could be considered a "Fear", as it's something people tend to label a fear of it, like a fear of clowns rather than a "concern" for clowns.
Show threadAndomonir 🎲Jun 28
@snowfox @eniko it's a pretty standard and crude way of obtaining broad support and shifting perceptions in a society. It's just a shame "ellellemophobia" doesn't trip off the tongue a little better, would have been a slam dunk
Show threadEric Engestrom 💙Jun 28
@eniko and to me the most important one: cognition. Making people forget how to think (or even worse, in the cases where this is used on children, they never get to learn it in the first place) is horrible for humanity and we all know who benefits from a population that cannot think and just believes what the machine tells them
Show threadKris Dreemurr (they/them) of the Pnictogen WingJun 28
@eniko oh, it's a FEAR, it's not objectively measurable or anything
Show threadcrowJun 28
@eniko

tangent, but "GenAI" in that scrot makes it sound like "General AI" and not "generative 'AI'" which is such a slight of hand

it's not even close to general intelligence

it predicts tokens, or diffuses images - neat tricks but i am tired of the "AI" branding
Show threadAndrew DeaconJun 28
@eniko " that outputs unreliable dogshit lies devoid of any humanity or personality which is also unethical and unsafe?" wait, are you saying Donald Trump is an LLM?
Show threadAknorals⚑Ⓐ 🏴Jun 28
@eniko It would be one thing if we could look at it at-will rather than being forced into every aspect of our lives, but here we are.
Show threadBen FultonJun 28
@eniko I don't see why a lack of human connection is a reason for not interacting with a machine. I interact with my bicycle all the time without worrying that it lacks a human connection.
Show threadDonald BallJun 28
@benfulton @eniko Your bicycle doesn’t intentionally masquerade as a human, while that performance is the defining feature of the LLMs being sold as AIs in this iteration.
Show threadChristopherJun 28
@eniko What about that it burns unnecessary energy that is increasing the probability of a getting more likely by the day environmental collapse. OK, that could be under 2, but 2 is usually about artists and copyright and so on.
Show threadEniko FoxJun 28
@dearlove certainly not a fan of that personally
Show threadgkrnoursJun 28
@eniko on top of all that, AI is by definition conservative. Not racist bigot, but unable to progress out of its training. It cannot make new things, only more of the same.
Show threadRichard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️Jun 28

@eniko

Massive waste of energy and water should be on that list

Show threadjess :3  Jun 29
@eniko what i think is crazy is that this seems to build on the premise that everyone should use AI, as if that was supposed to be the “normal” behavior. honestly, if anything, the people who should be researched further are the ones who fully trust AI without any good reason to do so but “it comes from a place of authority so it has to be good and true”
Show threadity [unit X-69] - VIOLENT FUCKJun 30
@eniko the more folks hate on AI for not being human the more I will start liking AI not because I think it's good but because I find humans finding something not human valuable, I hate humans. The less human the humans will find me, the happier I will be, I want nothing in common with humans.
Show thread64kbJul 1

@eniko its annoying we taught computers how to guess but then forced it into all the places where a computer can give a precise answer.

The guessing thing is a *little* bit useful, sometimes - but pushing it into every place is insane.

Show thread64kbJul 1
@eniko it reminds me of when XML was the new hype, people said some insane stuff, like "your hard drive will communicate via XML" - but as far as I'm aware no-one actually did that, or the most insane suggested things, this time we are going for bust.