No, every piece of software, that hasn’t been released to the public, does not need a license. So there is no need to talk about free software, because that is a decision you make (sometimes made for you if you modify a GPL piece of software) when you release to the public.

Absolutely not. It’s a tool that they used successfully, and they can put it in their method or whatever, but it’s not a person. We never describe other scientific applications as authors, even though they are often essential to reaching a goal or understanding. Think about all those proofs using computer based exhaustion methods and the like. I think people are confused because an LLM interacts so human like. But it is still quite a logical statistical algorithm, as long as we don’t go towards genuine general intelligence with reasoning capabilities and an own identity / “soul”, it is absurd to act like it’s a person. And the situation of a truly conscious and independent AI is still very far off, if it’s even possible at all, in my opinion.

What types of projects do you contribute to? Do you indicate that your contributions are done using AI?

Doesn’t that depend on the sudoku though?

Or do you mean that there were puzzles that were harder to solve than even the hardest sudokus in the world?

I am a huge proponent of privacy, anonymity and freedom of information and I also totally support this idea.

A public place where people have to speak as their public selves is useful to have and doesn’t mean other spaces have to be removed. Especially for official communication from public entities, I prefer them to use this than some other sites that are rampant with bots, imposters and the like.

Yeah that one really felt like a perfect match!

As you can see in the amount of games and genres I hovered up last year(s), I am interested in a lot of stuff.

Mostly interesting, meaningful games which are not too long and have a good narrative or emotional impact. I also love a good puzzle game, as there the emotional impact comes from solving the puzzle and appreciating the design. But also big blockbuster experiences if they are well designed and have a captivating narrative. My favorite games I played this year are:

• The Last of Us Part I
• Monument Valley
• God of War Ragnarok
• The Case of the Golden Idol (waiting for a price dip on the sequel)
• Thank Goodness You’re Here!
• If Found…
• Outlast
• Platonic
• Cocoon
• The Walking Dead: The Final Season

I’ve done a few, but must sleep now, I’ll continue tomorrow morning :)!

How old is your daughter?

You can read it if you add archive.ph/ in front of the link (replace the www with it). It really is a well written article. I also don’t like paywalls, but I like good journalism and as they are still figuring out a way to earn money on the web I also understand their choice for these types of strategies.

There is a difference between telling and putting videos on the internet of you masturbating.

As someone who lives in Europe (Belgium), this sounds absolutely insane. If a prison were to do something like this here it would be all over the news! Simply disgusting.

In Belgium publishers are obligated to send a single copy to the national library, so in that case the only public funding that is wasted is the extra storage space, which would be rather minimal. I don’t know if Japan has similar rules, but I wouldn’t call it a “massive” waste compared to some other places where public money is spent.

I studied some courses on archival, so I am probably biased. I think preservation is important, and even in this case I would prefer for them to be archived too, as the box and box art are also part of the piece and of cultural significance.

This just makes me so incredibly sad. I don’t know how it is in other countries, but here in Belgium, and by extension some of Europe, the public is becoming more and more aligned with the Palestinians and even governments are starting to stir. It’s just so fucking sad that it has to take so many lost lives and homes before anything gets going…

They are just posting the article headline, direct your anger to the BBC and not this kind soul taking the time to share it.

This is a great question! A few from the top of my head:

The original Assassin’s Creed: I would never have the patience to play something like this on my PC. It is too repetitive and basic for me to enjoy while the rest of my PC is available. On Steam Deck though, I loved playing this in bed as a way to turn my mind off and just enjoy a simple story / game. I had a similar experience with the 2008 Prince Of Persia reboot. I 100% completed both, something I would never do on PC or TV console.

Undertale I also enjoyed way more during my second playthrough on Steam Deck. I think it has something to do with being fully immersed and again, playing from the comfort of my bed.

Also Slay The Spire, I got reasonably into it on a pirated copy on PC, then played it for hundreds of hours on the switch, then finally got a steam deck and it was the first game I bought for it, now sitting at 700h on Steam alone. So I went from piracy to actually owning the game twice :).

Any visual novel like Steins;Gate, Zero Escape series, Danganronpa… I would never be able to complete these games on PC or console.

What I notice, is that longer games mostly only work for me portably, because of the way you can sneak in extra hours on a portable machine. Time spent playing on TV or PC is always quite scheduled, and I often feel like I don’t want to waste it on a single experience for too long.

I find this so strange, because it is often the friction / mystery that compels me to keep playing. See Blue Prince, Sifu, Soulslikes, Outer Wilds…

I have a playthrough going on of Bravely Default on my 3DS, but I got stuck on a difficult fight and never finished it. I wonder if I should go back, but it’s been a while and I’m unsure if I remember the story.

While I do agree with a lot of the points made in the article, most of them seem rather basic stuff that everybody has been talking about since AI has started to rise. The tool isn’t necessarily the problem, it’s the capitalist incentives for which it is created and used that drive us further towards dystopia. I found it rather funny to read a former exec criticizing capitalism. I wonder what he’s up to now?

Also, both the year 2027 and the timespan of 15 years seem confidently pulled out of his backside :).

This is such a measured response, I love you for it!