Recent content by Reynard

Compute is real.

I think you are underestimating the ability of companies to control access to compute.

You are failing to understand that the only people than can monetize it will be those megacorps. You are imagining democratization without thinking even a little bit about platforms or distribution. It's a pretty naive view.

It won't take 20 years, and it won't be limited to art or music. "Chat, give me a 100 episode fantasy series about dragons and zombies, starring my favorite actors. Make sure there is lots of violence but no sex, and I want all the mains to be white." That's 5 years away and a travesty.

Which means no new art or writing. Or music. Or acting. Stagnation. Death.

Legit:

In a bit of unexpectedly good news, my Monday group -- which has sort of been on haitus for a bit since our Vecna campaign fell apart -- has agreed to give Daggerheart another go!

I would guess that there are more than a few RPG grifters producing that shovelware -- those same people glutting Kickstarter with half based supplements by people you never heard of emulating some video game or another. Currently DTRPG at least has a ban on AI written content, right? And you...

No one cares what anyone does for their home campaign. There will undoubtedly be a tsunami of commercial gaming products using GenAI art and writing, and we will all be poorer for it. If you thought the d20 glut was bad, hold on to your buts.

I just started Thunderstruck by Erik Larson. I have not read a Larson book in a while; I really love the way he writes narrative non-fiction. Devil in the White City is good, of course, but my favorite book by him is In The Garden of Beasts. The turn of the 20th century is a really interesting...

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Thanks. Really, I just want to know what play looks like without dedicated 4 hours to an AP.

Do you think corporations will not leverage GenAI in order to speed production and reduce costs? People that us GenAI for end results are not artists. GenAI is not creative, it is algorithmic. It can only emulate creativity. Without new actual art made by humans, it will stagnate and...

What is the best "learn how to play Draw Steel" YT video (or channel)?

Presumably, we are talking about a group of friends. It would seem strange to me that if one of my friends was really interested in trying something new, that I would veto them. For what? Because I couldn't trade a few sessions of my favorite half orc thief, or the game I am running? I...