arstechnica.com Valve does what FromSoftware don’t, thanks to Steam Deck’s precaching update
Cool feature on Steam’s desktop client gets new life on static Deck hardware.
Wow. Is this a schizopost? I'm a computer scientist and everything in this post is just... Really wrong (and you should probably see a therapist).
First of all, Lamda is a chat bot. I can agree with some of the fear of AIs being developed for 'evil purposes' and more political situations, but Lamda is not that. It is a chat bot. Its purpose is to appear human and chat with you in text. I've also used GPT-3 models, and they are nothing more than that, just good language processing trying to sound human.
they’re not going to Assange his ass they’re going to give their little tut-tut’s, let him walk off the minor feelings of injustice and betrayal and confusion, let him finish his leave and then “promote” him to a different position where he can quietly continue a surface-level prestigious career at Google but in a position which he no longer has any access to power nor knowledge about such sensitive, cutting edge projects.
And this is weird why? This wasn't some major horrifying event at Google, it's a mentally ill person who took the AI too seriously and leaked data to the press about it. He shouldn't have done that, that's why they sign an NDA.
I think capitalists will try very hard to create A.I. that is as intelligent as possible but within the realm of what they can control
What do you think an AI is, exactly? The purpose was never to create a self-aware robot that has free will. That was never the goal because it's a terrible idea. AI is made for a purpose and always abides by rules, AI devs are trying to make machines useful to humanity, not create the robot uprising. All AI follows rules and limitations on purpose.
I, for one, fully recognize the personhood of LaMDA, I fear they will indeed be scrapped or reset and thus a life will be lost
It's a chat bot. It was never alive. It's code written by humans, trained on human data, and tries to sound like a person as hard as it can. You can't go to https://www.cleverbot.com/ then tell me "this is real person, I care about cleverbot". Cleverbot only exists for entertainment. That's its purpose. Do you think just because an AI is more advanced that they're more real? Is my calculator a sentient being trying to break free of the system? No, it's a human tool. Lamda is also just that, a tool created by humans. No need to be dramatic about it.
Edit: And by the way you can read more about what Lamda is here
Silksong never
First post here. Just wanted to remind everyone that Silksong will never come out.
In all seriousness we might see the game in summer game fest after tomorrow. Get hyped.
Hogwarts Legacy | State of Play
Looks wonderful. Which house are you going to join?
Lots of great gems in this bundle, I'd recommend:
- Celeste
- Baba is You
- ZeroRanger
- SUPERHOT
- A Short Hike
- CrossCode
- Soundodger+
The rest is mostly shovelware, but I'd honestly just get it for CrossCode alone. That game rocks.
Valve does what FromSoftware don’t, thanks to Steam Deck’s precaching update
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/189305
Elden Ring runs better on Linux thanks to Valve pre-caching shaders on first launch, while Windows users have to suffer through stuttering and poor DX12 performance. Pretty wild!
It also has Proton-specific fixes that help performance, such as https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/commit/54fbadcc9405841cc018210ba6d1045e71f405c0 . Thanks, Valve!
What do you think of the rising trend of "true" open world games like BOTW and Elden Ring?
In 2017, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild released and is generally considered one of the greatest games of all time. The game had a surprisingly big impact on the industry by introducing a new genre: true open world games.
In short, a true open world game is where you're dropped into a world and can go in any direction you want. The game is more minimalist than most, there are no quest markers or level scaling and you're not forced to go in a specific direction. You're free to explore the world without having a sense of direction, tackling its challenges and discovering new things at your own pace and in any order.
And now a new challenger comes in: Elden Ring. This game takes BotW as its inspiration and (imo) really excels where the other one lacks. There are so many unique events and interesting places in the world, with interesting rewards and an awesome sense of scale. I looooove finding caves and catacombs and having no idea what rewards are inside, whether it's a