It already has.

Full nihilist mode here, bruh.

Who said anything about basic training?

Soldiers don’t go around saluting each other, no matter what stage of training they’re in.

I don’t give a shit about anybody’s job. I’m just talking about what AI might or might not be able to do a decent job of and not ruin the product.

every time they salute each other

That’s how you know for sure it’s fake. Soldiers in training don’t salute each other. They only salute officers.

Nah, they’re deliberately conforming themselves to a standard they think is ideal.

IMO, ai-generated assets are not a deal-breaker, especially if it’s done in moderation. For example, using AI to generate the texture for a human-made 3D model.

If major portions of the game are AI-generated, that’s going to be terrible. But if they’re just using it as a shortcut to fill in some of the minor details, that’s probably fine.

I’d like to play the next one, therefore I will buy it.

There be other options, matey.

Without this scandal I would have never known a sequel was on the way.

Makes me wonder if this might actually all just be kayfabe to drum up free publicity…

You basically just need to be able to make tunable oscillators and amplifiers. You need to find inductors, capacitors, and transistors. The hardest part would probably be finding manually adjustable inductors or capacitors these days. I guess maybe you could make your own tunable inductor by coiling the wires around a core yourself, then stripping off bits of the outside edge of the wire and selectively shorting it out. Adjustability is imperative, to make your radio’s frequency tunable, so you can get them all on the same frequency. Oh, and you’ll also need some buttons/switches, speakers, microphones, and batteries. All of those should be easy to find, except maybe the batteries as time goes on.

But, really, a radio is fundamentally a very simple device. It shouldn’t be that hard if you know what you’re doing. And there will be literal mountains of scrap machinery that’s full of electronic components you can salvage.

Full-on computers and network systems might be impractical to maintain, but the post-apocalyptic wasteland will have many uses for someone who knows basic electronics, someone who can build and repair simple circuits from salvaged scrap.

Being able to cobble together a few working radios will make your band of cannibal raiders way more effective than the other bands, giving you an edge for survival.

Sure, the multiple guns are stealing the show, but what’s with the 2 ducks and 2 bowling pins? (And everything else besides that is pretty much just dentist stuff, not general purpose doctoring.)

But 99% of the problems can be avoided if you just don’t do stupid things.

People who say you need a profit motive to do work are just passionless and detached from the world…

You might even say they’re feeling alienated, as a certain German economist might say.

Brave > Chrome

That’s not saying much.

Literally any mainstream browser is better than Chrome. Chrome is the worst browser in use today.

I do, actually. But I’m not going to spend it on this frivolous bullshit.

I think instead I’ll install some solar panels on my house…

A bear would totally run away and abandon you on a hiking trail. No difference there.

Speaking from experience.

“I thought he was only seeing other men!”

Who asked for this?

All I can think of is the poor workers who will be abused and rushed like hell in order to make this happen.

Honestly, yes, I think it’s one of the best examples of anarchism in action the world has ever seen. And an especially pertinent example to point out to those who’d say things like, “Why would anyone do work or innovate without a profit motive?” Lots of good and innovative software, made without any profit incentive by a collective of people who are working on it just because they want to and they enjoy it.

I really hope that at least one European country’s official response is, “Sorry, we are unable to send assets to Iran right now. Our navy is too busy reinforcing the defenses of Greenland against unprecedented threats.”