Good lord what is happening in there?!

Yeah, before 2000 would make sense. Before 2038 would make sense. But specifically May 2020? That feels like an intentional choice to me… but why?

Absolutely. I’m way past the age of feeling like I “need” a game that hasn’t even released yet, lol.

I remember I definitely felt that way about the first Assassin’s Creed game back in the day, but the video game landscape was completely different back then.

I agree with this, that capitalism as a philosophy promotes greed as a virtue. No doubt this influences the people that don’t stop to question it - which I’m sure is a larger portion of the population than I would like to admit.

However, I also think that greed is something that has always and will always exist in society. Consumerism is a modern invention, by virtue of industrialization allowing us to consume, but people have always wanted more money, more power, more things.

I honestly disagree, I think Buddhism - while not perfect - holds just as much truth then as now.

I agree it’s unethical for companies to push us to consume, but it feels like you’re implying we have no agency in it. Rejecting consumerism is a great first step on the path to happiness, in my opinion - and isn’t limited to the ultra-wealthy by any means.

I could explain my point, but I can tell you’re more interested in role-playing as a daycare worker, so I won’t interrupt your fun.

neal.fun definitely deserves a mention.

These games also have a similar feel:
Paper Trader
Guess The Year

I don’t disagree, I’ve spent my whole life firmly in the working class. I’m just saying that there are a lot of people focused on having more, regardless of where they’re at.

Like, obviously many people are struggling. I know that. I’ve been there. I’m not talking about that.

I guess my point is best illustrated by Buddhism’s second “Noble Truth”: that suffering is caused by desire. This is a pretty decently established philosophy, and didn’t spring into existence after the advent of Adam Smith - is what I’m saying.

Thank you, I’m likewise proud of you for your ability to patronize.

I don’t know about you, but I’m not about to be the guy to say that people are only greedy under capitalism.

I’ve avoided these AAA games for a long time, but I gotta admit, an Assassin’s Creed game set in Japan does pique my interest. Can’t wait to buy it once the DRM expires - assuming reviews are good.

It’s worth noting that this applies to most people, not just the ones “at the top”.

I mean, this is obvious, right?

The whole issue with LLM models right now is that they are notoriously difficult to control. If it were up to Google, every single response would include a reference to some sponsored content - but they can’t do that without completely destroying the usefulness of the output and besmirching the sponsor’s brand.

Of course, as time passes, we’re going to refine this technology, until we have enough control to implement these terrible/profitable ideas. Like any aspect of life under capitalism, we can really only enjoy it while it lasts.

Even faster if you count all the various orbits that thing is twirling around.

I wonder how much of this idea that you can be “too old to learn” came from the advent of schooling and childhood education. Like, in a time before everyone went to school up until a certain age, did people still have this mindset?

Yep, I did the obvious thing and checked when the app last updated, and it was May 3rd. So disregard every word of that post!

Ahh, that’s very possible, fair point.

I never used the old voice feature, so I guess I assumed based on how it looked and such. If it actually works the way I’m imagining though, that’ll be insane. I don’t think I’m prepared for that.

[[ EDIT: Disregard this whole message - I got ahead of myself and none of what I said is based on anything. ]]

The speed aspect is impressive, but I’m really disappointed about the “natural” conversation feature.

Like at first, I was super impressed with the presentation, but on the app, there’s one crucial difference: you need to tap to interrupt.

Watching the presentation, I was thinking maybe there was a continuous input feed, and the AI was reacting to that in real time - so for example, if I said “Ahh, I see”, the AI would hear that, but continue talking.

However, it seems like the input is still broken up into request/response the same as before, and this is actually just a new front-end (with some improvements in the response).

So overall, this is kinda neat, but sadly it’s not at all what they seem to by hyping it up as, as far as natural conversation goes.

Sitting at my desk, thinking about how nice it must be outside.