General gaming discussion

It can create images that have never existed before it created them. People can decide whether or not that constitutes "art".

It uses its knowledge of the database of art that has been fed into it which it uses for reference, but the exact same can be said of any human artist.

Here it is being asked to create a scene from "My Neighbour Hippo" by Studio Ghibli

It has obviously trained on Studio Ghibli's work as it understands the style. But it hasn't copied anything directly. It hasn't taken a screen grab and pasted a hippo from somewhere else on top of it. That scene does not exist anywhere except this image. That exact tree or that window do not exist anywhere in Studio Ghibli's work. The hippo certainly doesn't.

So the AI has sort of looked up a database of art it remembers being trained on and used it for reference, but it is far more complex than just mushing them together. It's really not very different to a human artist using references (and there is no such thing as an artist that hasn't referenced or been influenced by the work of others)

Of course the main issue is that it just isn't that good. Those rails at the front make no sense. There are weird things going on with the hippo's ears and nostrils. It's a rare ai-generated image that doesn't have these sorts of artefacts. Which is why it won't be replacing artists just yet but it can be a useful tool for things like prototyping or mood boards, and has specific use cases like the one in High on Life where they wanted the posters to have the kind of other worldly content that AI can often output.

Literature is a mish mash words and music is a mish mash of notes and chords.

From what I can find the matter is still in court and no doubt lawyers will find a way. As for the art on topic here, as long as it bundles some human originated art, it will still be able to be copyrighted.

I normally get a game to get stuck into over Christmas. I was thinking of getting Watch Dogs Legion. It was massively hyped in the run up to its release but it got very middling reviews when it came out. Is it worth a punt at €17?

Was going to buy this for the steam deck today so that's a lucky break. I've already played it twice. But it's a game that has stayed with me, I find myself thinking about it a lot.

If anyone is new to it, just push through to chapter 3, you get a pop up at the end of chapter 2 saying you will leave the area and gives the impression you can't get back, but you can easily travel back. My first play through I wasted hours trying to clear the first area but missions keep spawning and there is nothing you unlock that can't be got elsewhere.

The lead singer of Low Roar (Ryan Karazija) passed away at the end of October. He was only 50.

Their songs are a big part of the Death Strandings sound track. Kojima was on holidays in Iceland and came across their music. He said that trip, the scenery and the music, were a big part of the inspiration for the game. There are some lovely moments when it all works.

Fake-uine. A combination of fake and genuine.