D&D General Allegations of AI Usage Cause unnecessary Controversy

[Retreater]

You won't believe the YouTube channels I don't watch! (Number 5 will shock you!!!!)

 

[Morrus]

News at Ten: YouTuber posts clickbaity nonsense.

In a sense it's hard to blame them. They get tens of thousands of views out of that stuff. It's a shame so much of it is completely content-free.

 

[Morrus]

I refuse to watch anything by Roll For Combat because of stuff like this.

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You should see the Doctor Who stuff... makes the D&D stuff look level-headed by comparison.

 

[Sacrosanct]

You should see the Doctor Who stuff... makes the D&D stuff look level-headed by comparison.

Oh god no. I stopped watching "fan" reactions to Dr. Who after they announced Jodie Whitaker was the next doctor. I suspected the reactions were...predictable.

 

[CleverNickName]

Yeah, out of the whole set of "Manufactured Outrage Videos" on YouTube, D&D barely makes a blip on the radar.

Even if you restrict it to just geek media, Star Wars, Dr. Who, Star Trek, whatever Marvel or DC movie is or isn't being made this week, World of Warcraft, and video game console wars all have far more clickbait and fake-outrage videos than D&D.

 

[mamba]

Hard to say if this claim is true, but if WotC gets accused of using AI art regardless of whether or not they are, they might just decide there's no longer any reason not to use AI art.

there is, you then cannot deny it after being accused

 

[the Jester]

Indestructoboy is actually a really good designer and could go on to design for WotC, Paizo or even a video game developer if things like this didn't keep happening. He just needs to use more judgement and discretion with how he conducts himself and possibly look into those anger issues which seem to be driving a lot of his missteps. Hopefully, this apology video is a start of that process since I am sure a lot of folks who might be interested in hiring him wouldn't because he is too much of a loose cannon.

There are a ton of D&D Youtubers who are extremely reactionary, and I can't watch any of them.

 

[Remathilis]

Yeah, out of the whole set of "Manufactured Outrage Videos" on YouTube, D&D barely makes a blip on the radar.

Even if you restrict it to just geek media, Star Wars, Dr. Who, Star Trek, whatever Marvel or DC movie is or isn't being made this week, World of Warcraft, and video game console wars all have far more clickbait and fake-outrage videos than D&D.

Nobody hates a piece of media quite like its fans...

 

[Ancalagon]

The Adze of Annam got twisted handle(heavy twisting) and warped rune(or some symbol of Annam? blured). And the place carry that rune or symbol seems connect into the axe's blade.And the Axe's blade... Idk, i'm an artist too, but I cannot understand that blade. just like, just like.... a shoe?

an Adze is not an axe. It's a somewhat similar, but different tool. If you don't know what you are looking at, it makes it hard to tell if it's done "right" or in the strangely wrong way some AI art is....

 

[pukunui]

I’ll agree that the perspective on the handle of the adze looks a bit warped, but there’s nothing about the image itself that suggests AI generation to me.