I once worked with a pressman who was angry because they were getting rid of his old press. He was losing his craft that he spent more than two decades perfecting. I’d be bitter too.

He did NOT want to learn the new replacement machine. I felt bad for him.

He begrudgingly adapted, then retired.

I say FORCED on us, because yes… this was forced on us, and marketed to us as a world-changing tech innovation. We can’t hold back the tide. Graphic design was once done using paper, glue and ink, and now it’s all on computer. We adapt or die.

AI is different, though.

Thinking about AI after coming across that Kotaku article… I’m still not over the fact that the AI we hoped for is not the AI we ended up with (and in some cases, forced on us.)

I’ve written fiction where AI is a positive presence, even after the real-life rise of it.

It’s just disappointing.

From the article: Baier-Lentz hopes that AI skeptics will turn that frown upside down, saying that gaming is often more embracing of “marvelous new technology.”

The utter contempt and entitlement is as blinding as the unfiltered sun.

So, Moritz Baier-Lentz is shocked and sad that gamers hate AI so much.

For someone with Moritz’s credentials he is either tone def, or doesn’t care.

I hate AI slop. I don’t want it in my video games.

Oh wait, this affects his bottom line, doesn’t it?

So, not tone deaf at all…

When I’m listening to an audiobook, I really give it a chance before giving up on it.

I’ll give it an hour, maybe two.

I gave ‘86 Fix a shot. I really did, because I love time travel.

3 hours and 15 chapters in, no time travel, no nostalgia. It was just a rundown of someone’s sad regrets.

I’m dealing with a lot today.

Fridays used to be my day to be totally in the zone, getting work done.

Lately it’s been fire after fire.