Ha! I was using unity when they lost their shit. HAHAHA How does it feel?? Lmao I kid. But no, yeah, that sucks :/ 🫂 I would say hopefully epic pulls their head out of their ass, but not only has it been up there from the start, but it seems like people and companies that taste AI get hooked in because it's like easily accessible ragebait catered just for you. You feel like you're getting stuff done, but when the dust settles, you realize everybody knows youre an asshole but you and you accomplished nothing but shitting in your own mouth and trying to convince everybody else to have a taste.

That fully tracks for Disney which, long before the GenAI bubble was a glimmer in grifters' eyes, had already settled into being the place creativity went to die while old shit continues to be rehashed and resold to consumers ad nauseam by corporate drones.

I'm not convinced they'll crash and burn. Fortnite still prints money. Limited-time skins and the continued existence of children still works. Plus, fortnite has hundreds of "games" within it at this point just from Epic, plus all kinds of user-created modes. It's pubg, it's roblox, it's Lego, it's hot wheels. Honestly more shocked that it sounds like this Disney venture is making separate titles and not just more fortnite modes.

The real shame here is that the fall-out won’t be as sudden and the people who ought to be getting the brunt of it will manage to squirm out of any responsibility.

Thank you for the wise way of putting this, because I was getting excited with the whole "too subtle and sudden approach of justice to escape it" opposite emotion-driven interpretation, where dangerous fools always escape justice with some scratches, leaving others to suffer, but this time they will get complacent. Like with debt or with antivaxxer ideas.

Don't worry, the bubble pop will make it much harder for companies to afford doing this.

Current estimate, based off the financial side of the AI industry, is mid 2027 or earlier.

Look up Ed Zitron if you are interested in following the current situation.

At the same time AI-transitioning companies are not those under whom the control is being centralized, all those managers don't seem to understand this. If demand for developers and their negotiating position against employers is eroding due to this technology, then so is that of those employers against their customers.

Meaning, of course, that there will be changes in demand for tech workers in the world even after the bubble burst. I'm mentally prepared to try myself in trades. Woodworking is nice. All the dangers of losing your fingers or getting git in the head with something heavy, accompanying construction jobs, are sad, while construction is cool.

They don't. It's just that only the worst ones make the news.

Although there have also been a bunch of "project bans all AI contributions" stories as well.

A general rule of thumb to be a sane, rational, empathetic, and well-adjusted person is to take the opposite view point of Tim Sweeney at every opportunity.

Latest version of Unreal engine plus a fully slop game on top? Reckon you might get 13 fps to go with those 13 fingers.