Microsoft is reportedly mandating that every single employee at King (Candy Crush) has to use AI on a daily basis
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bighugeguns
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Of course, how else are they supposed to be replaced?
Edit: kind of tongue in cheek, I know there's a super hateboner right now for Microsoft by basic dickheads and extremists.
Edit: kind of tongue in cheek, I know there's a super hateboner right now for Microsoft by basic dickheads and extremists.
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bitbydeath
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I'm going to
O
onQ123
up in this bitch.
Tin foil hat time folks.
Could Microsoft be the most evilest company to ever exist?
It appears that Microsoft are using Xbox as a testbed to see what they can get away with in terms of AI.
www.bbc.com
The problem is, if it succeeds, other companies will want to follow suit once they see a successful use case. This will no doubt cause a...
Could Microsoft be the most evilest company to ever exist?
It appears that Microsoft are using Xbox as a testbed to see what they can get away with in terms of AI.
Microsoft to cut up to 9,000 jobs as it invests in AI - BBC News
The US tech giant will axe 4% of its global workforce and plough money into artificial intelligence.
www.bbc.com
The problem is, if it succeeds, other companies will want to follow suit once they see a successful use case. This will no doubt cause a...
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bighugeguns
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That would explain the strange choices made in Black Ops 6 cosmetics (Activision Blizzard King is Microsoft owned now), some of the skins and tracer effects are basically game / brand ruining, could be creative leads silently protesting AI-use mandates by intentionally fucking things up.I'm going to O onQ123 up in this bitch.
Tin foil hat time folks.
Could Microsoft be the most evilest company to ever exist?
It appears that Microsoft are using Xbox as a testbed to see what they can get away with in terms of AI.
Microsoft to cut up to 9,000 jobs as it invests in AI - BBC News
The US tech giant will axe 4% of its global workforce and plough money into artificial intelligence.
The problem is, if it succeeds, other companies will want to follow suit once they see a successful use case. This will no doubt cause a...
Based Treyarch.
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ChorizoPicozo
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@Grok is this true?
@ChatGPT is what grok said true?
@Grok Is what ChatGPT said about what you said true?
@ChatGPT is what grok said true?
@Grok Is what ChatGPT said about what you said true?
Cyberpunkd
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Translation:
Employees at King are writing furry fanfics, alternatively letters to various devices, electricians, etc. during work time. Also grammar checks and email re-reads.
Cyberpunkd
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Regarding AI:
This was the case in the last - I work with many Fortune 500 companies. Everywhere it was the same for years: money on projects is easy to come by, increasing headcount was always a nightmare.
This was the case in the last - I work with many Fortune 500 companies. Everywhere it was the same for years: money on projects is easy to come by, increasing headcount was always a nightmare.
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
It'll be interesting revisiting threads like these in two years, when AI has already replaced so many jobs and we're more numb to it.
Very few industries are safe. Basically, if you're not in trades, your job probably isn't safe and will eventually be replaced. And until lawyers start being replaced by AI, I don't think we'll see real regulation on it.
Very few industries are safe. Basically, if you're not in trades, your job probably isn't safe and will eventually be replaced. And until lawyers start being replaced by AI, I don't think we'll see real regulation on it.
ChorizoPicozo
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The bubble hasn't burst yet. the question is what kind of expectations these companies have?
Knowing MS, I bet they think AI will solve everything, when in reality it'll just add another layer of complexity that should improve an already well-oiled machine and not fix systematic problems rooted in the corporate culture.
Baemono
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Nah, your random company calling its chatbot AI think this, but Microsoft knows it doesn't add real value, at least not more than Cortana back then
UniformDeliverance
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Candy crush is exactly the kind of game that ai could optimize development for. It's a cash cow with all the complexity of a slot machine.
ReBurn
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Companies are going to expect that developers of any software will learn use AI to increase their velocity and quality. They're going to be hiring people who know how to be productive with tools like GitHub Copilot. A developer who claims that AI adds complexity to their role will soon be unemployed because it is well established that the generative AI tools available now can generate entire custom software applications, including relevant business rules and unit tests, by ingesting a requirements document and following a few prompts.The bubble hasn't burst yet. the question is what kind of expectations these companies have?
Knowing MS, I bet they think AI will solve everything, when in reality it'll just add another layer of complexity that should improve an already well-oiled machine and not fix systematic problems rooted in the corporate culture.
AI isn't going to just replace everything, but it is going to put a lot of white collar workers out of work unless they learn to wield it. A developer writing code is the modern day equivalent of a blacksmith making horseshoes. Just as a foundry can make good enough horseshoes more quickly and less expensively than a blacksmith can make excellent horseshoes, generative AI can write good enough code much faster than a skilled developer can write excellent code. AI can make good enough video game art faster than an artist can produce great art. Most of the time good enough is good enough for corporations. It's already happening.
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Wildebeest
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One thing known to be less reliable and useful than AI is science reporting.The bubble hasn't burst yet. the question is what kind of expectations these companies have?
Knowing MS, I bet they think AI will solve everything, when in reality it'll just add another layer of complexity that should improve an already well-oiled machine and not fix systematic problems rooted in the corporate culture.
Angry_Megalodon
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Since AI has the ultimate (primary, actually) effect of making people more stupid and incompetent at their job due to the loss of basic skills, the meta goal is to replace them, not that they use it for their daily work. Using AI everyday for years will reduce the level of those devs so in the end there won't be any shorter development cycles. What you save with AI, you lose it in human talent.
Evil company run by evil cunts.
At least, they support pro-immigration fake games. How nice of them.
Evil company run by evil cunts.
At least, they support pro-immigration fake games. How nice of them.
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Topher
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"But another source suggested that the mandate isn't working: "AI adoption is very low apart from ChatGPT," they said. "King leadership is in general quite AI sceptic.""
What's hilarious is that the employees are apparently saying "fuck off". Probably figure they are getting laid off one way or another.
What's hilarious is that the employees are apparently saying "fuck off". Probably figure they are getting laid off one way or another.
xrnzaaas
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Microsoft's 'good enough' attitude towards their games has been going on for a while now and introducing Game Pass only strengthened it. Games like Avowed or Hellblade 2 wouldn't be released if they had to rely on actually selling some copies. Meanwhile Microsoft is happy that their sub is getting SOME games and they're not too eager to fund a lot of super high budget blockbusters like Sony's Spiderman 2.
bighugeguns
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Super high budget blockbusters like freaking Call of Duty? That series is probably a huge foundation of Gamepass.
I think this buys a lot of studios in that family a free lunch, which is why some xbox studio games are just strange. There are some great hidden indie gems, though.
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Punished Miku
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Avowed is a big improvement from Outer Worlds 1, which was a retail game with nothing to do with subs. It has some of the best 1st person RPG combat ever. Hellblade 2 is the best visuals ever in a game, and among the best audio. Your opinion on this one is exactly wrong. Both games were made by small teams as well, around 80 people or so.
Spider Man 2's "super high budget" is a colossal embarrassment and failure that even bewildered the managers of the studio that made it. It's barely distinguishable from the first game. If anything is a demonstration of why developers should use AI, it's Spider Man 2. That game is entirely unsustainable and they literally can't afford to continue making games like that with that kind of return.
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clappedcheeks
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So what was the revenue for Spider-Man 2 to make it a colossal embarrassment and failure?
Punished Miku
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I'm not a sales scientist. I just shit on Sony if the opportunity is there.
Angry_Megalodon
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If anything, it's a demonstration of why developers should be encouraged to DO BETTER, instead of doing the same shit at a lesser cost. Slop mindset + slop tools does not equal to good games.
Punished Miku
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Avowed and Hellblade 2 were both improvements. I can see the argument for people personally not like the choices they made with Hellblade 2, but they were choices, not a result of a sub or MS influence diluting the quality of the game. Hellblade 2 is the best looking game ever made, and that's what they chose to focus on. Avowed is absolutely better than Outer Worlds 1. They are doing better.
Dirk Benedict
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That's so fucking stupid. MS is making them train the AI so that they can let them go and replace them with the same AI they mandate the training on. LMAO!
Fuck this company so hard, even a redwood tree dildo wouldn't be enough for this company.
Baemono
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I belive the super high budget part of Spider-Man 2 is Disney's licencing fees after the success of the first game. I mean they pulled the exact same stunt with Spider-man movies when the second one was a huge success.
And probably the same issue with Indiana Jones, kind of forcing Microsoft's hand to announce it on other platforms even before releasing on Xbox
And besides that, 2 is a huge improvement over 1, running at 60fps with ray-tracing, in an open world which was already very impressive on PS4
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Sethbacca
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This has been true since the 90s when we were all calling them M$, it's not exactly a new thing. Microsoft practices fuck every market they enter.
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clappedcheeks
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Well at least you're honest about something.
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Draugoth
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The problem is that the true goal of the AI Industry is AGI, which is not going to happen. The tech is unprofitable, what happens to the thousands of AI tools and startups once the money stops pouring in?
We will have very few players left that will be forced to ask very big subscription prices. Even Meta is starting to slowly quit
Yup, people using AI are basically working towards being homeless. Imagining wanting to live in a world where games are developed like some Tik Tok Viral 'Hot Knife challenge' on mass
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mckmas8808
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The problem companies will 100% run into is that A.I. can't ACTUALLY replace all these jobs. It's not that good enough yet. It can replace some, but these companies will find out that humans are actually needed.
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
Not yet, but it's probably not gonna take as long as people think.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
I'm a huge tech guy and I'm VERY BIG on A.I. and what it'll do for human society in general. But you're right, the A.I. bubble will burst at some point. Probably in the next 3-5 years. There's only but so much startup and investor money you can get out of people, before you have to show a return on that investment.
And most companies will fail to generate net positive income. Google, Meta, xAI, Tesla, OpenAI, Amazon, Nvidia, etc will be fine. But the middle class companies and lower AI companies will mostly blow up and fail. And what will the rest of the Fortune 500 companies do when the price of using AI increases, once so-called AGI hits?
AJUMP23
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This isn't surprising. It helps them train the AI and train the employee to use it for support. MS has invested a ton of money into it. And they will force it to pay off.
They pretend to be green but then demand you use tools burn tons of electricity on a daily basis. Companies aren't green, they just pretend. Like hotels saying we wont give you new towels unless you ask because we are green, That isn't it, it saves dollars in water, labor, and electricity by not replacing towels under the guise of a green initiative.
They pretend to be green but then demand you use tools burn tons of electricity on a daily basis. Companies aren't green, they just pretend. Like hotels saying we wont give you new towels unless you ask because we are green, That isn't it, it saves dollars in water, labor, and electricity by not replacing towels under the guise of a green initiative.
Draugoth
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AGI will be the Global Infrastructure version of MAD, not so much as an intelligence but a weapon. The US tried to monopolize nuclear weapons, but they now have warheads aimed at them by their enemies.
If a competitor invents AGI (which will happen), they can threat to use it as a weapon to take down the entire global tech infrastructure that isn't connected to the internet. China could even Nuke the United States if they attempted to attack them with some AGI weapon before it had the time to shutdown their ICBMs.
But it's very likely the US Economy will take a serious hit because of the AI Bubble.
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mayham2199
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Of course they are. MS spent so much money on this. They need to show it's working.
Unknown?
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Making someone use something by force.... Not because it's helpful to the team but because their stock needs AI to succeed. Yeah we're in a massive bubble.
If AI was so useful for this sector, people would be using it by choice. Good/beneficial products don't need coercion.
If AI was so useful for this sector, people would be using it by choice. Good/beneficial products don't need coercion.
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drganon
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It'll be painful in the short term economic wise, but the sooner the ai bubble bursts the better.
spookyfish
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Broader brush.
hououinkyouma00
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People don't hate Microsoft for no reason though. Microsoft is and has been extremely easy to hate.
MiguelItUp
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Man, that's awful, but if anyone were to do this, it would be King. I mean, Candy Crush looks like it could've been made with AI, lol. I really don't know what Microsoft is doing, their behavior has been so damn odd the past few years.
Yeah, that's the thing. For minuet tasks, tedious code/text, and related backend stuff, AI could and would be very helpful. I mean, I honestly feel like that's where it shines. Hell, I've used to to figure out certain Excel formulas that I was stumped on for a few minutes and it provided a functional and correct answer instantly. But people trying to get it into the creative industry and related departments need to stop. It isn't anywhere near the quality of what a creative mind and team can do, nor should we want to make it so. I mean, in a world where we want to create and maintain jobs, AI should exist to make certain jobs a little bit easier and efficient. But it shouldn't exist to replace individual people and teams, that's absolutely ridiculous. Plus greedy companies will see it as a way to "save money" which again, is completely fucked.