Muh prompts tho /s
Yes I most definitely mean the recent hype train from the likes of chatGPT which kickstarted a market bubble.
.... Because if I were to include all Machine Learning, that'd be silly. We've been using things with machine learning in it for decades now and -- No one cares. It's the best kind of technology in that it is invisible.
Reminder: Your stick figure doodles during math class are worth more than the most gorgeous thing AI has spat out.
I do feel that, unlike Crypto, AI (or, to drop the buzzwords, LLMs and other machine-learning based language processors and parsers) will end up having a place in the world.
As it is NOW, the AI hype train is definitely an investment bubble and it will definitely explode in a glorious fashion eventually. Taking a lot of people down with it.
But unlike Crypto, AI does -- It like does things, you know? Even if I personally feel like it's mostly only good for a toy, all my attempts to use it for anything society would deem "valuable" were frustrated, but at least I can RP with it when my friends aren't available. It is a thing that exists and can be used.
Crypto was funny because it was literally useless. Just an incredibly wasteful techno-fetishistic speculative vehicle with precisely zero shame about being that.
As for what's next, I think Quantum Computing might be it. That is, assuming the Tech Industry even survives the bubble's burst in its current form. Because everyone in the industry is putting all their eggs including theoretical eggs that haven't even been laid, and in fact there's not even a chicken in this AI hype train. And even with AI becoming part of people's lives, as I predict it indeed will, when the bubble does burst it might end up hitting the reset button on who is truly in charge of things.
They weren't trying to skin us for every dime we had.
Also mid-shelf games, though those have been making a comeback of sorts, mostly on account of half a dozen former-indie studios that are now too big to be truly 'indie' but haven't been vored by the AAA industry yet. (see, like, Supergiant Games, or Owlcat Games)
Just. -- Titles that aren't trying to be EVERYTHING UNDER THE FUCKING SUN because they aren't the biggest investment the studio has ever made ever, nor are they indie projects made by like 5 people. Just -- Games. With a decent budget.
When Midshelf games reigned, we had a lot more diversity in styles of game. And there were experimental titles that had like. A budget to be more than just a 2 hour title that makes your eyes water with how wonderful it plays but then is just over.
Fallout: Equestria mentioned!
Fun pointless fact about me, my closest friend group to this day basically started as an Fo:E Book Club.
You definitely are.
I can't really do fanfiction. I have trouble with middles. I can do beginnings and ends. That is where the collaborativeness of RPs helps develop a story.
It's also a gateway to other more general RPs and those are always a ton of fun.
I have so many Blorbos from my Friend Group's shared imaginations.
Deviantart, Mastodon (check the #portfolioDay hashtag, it's all artists self-promoting, they do it every few months, and many of them have commissions open), ~~Furaffinity (a lot of people in fA don't JUST draw furries!)~~
Only sickos don't use their blinkers
Linux looking at other Unixes who are pretending it's not there and saying "Look at me brother"
Poor pupper 3:
And also that anyone existing in a place without spending money is probably a criminal, especially if they're not white.