It really is great. I got into New Who late, but I’m really glad I started at the beginning (relatively speaking). That first episode does a fantastic job establishing everything you need to know and what to expect, even in The Doctor’s very first lines - “Nice to meet you, Rose. Now run for your life!” I was hooked from the start.

I understand Eccleston had a rough time with shooting and had every reason to step away, but I really would have loved even one more season with him.

There’s a real possibility of an AI becoming radically self-improving, then super-intelligent

There’s zero possibility of that happening anytime soon. As for if a chatbot given control of missile “defense” would inadvertantly start WW3? That fully depends on the people implementing it and the safeguards put in place. Though the very act of doing any of that would demonstrate an inability to set up a suitably secure system.

In short, a nuclear apocalypse triggered by the likes of chatgpt wouldn’t be due to an “AI” singularity. It would be caused by typical human incompetence.

“Knife spooork! For kids!”

This is one of those things that, while it’s awful, it’s also a lucky break since they are clearly incapable of providing acceptable medical service.

A huge piece of shit in almost every respect, but the character had his moments of poignancy.

What a terrible fucking headline. Even if they kept a record of every single interaction on hand for the chatbot to reference (which is preposterous), the notion that it could reiterate it verbatim to a degree that is sufficient to hold up as evidence of anything is ludicrous. It’s also wildly inaccurate to the actual story. Bad job all around.

Inb4 he’s just another right-wing ragebaiter.

Remarkably similar to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALKTM7OzdMQ

I wonder if one inspired the other.

The thing with Starfield is that it was much bigger than Skyrim, since it encompasses multiple star systems. And, from my point of view, it felt like they just stretched out the “budget” allowed by the engine, which consequently makes it feel much emptier by comparison. It’s certainly not the only issue with the game, though. The whole things was a pretty big whiff for a studio like Bethesda.

Where did I say anything about loading screens? Design choices are predicated on what the engine can handle, and they were working with a 12 year old engine at that point, leading to all the issues you pointed out. With a new engine, they (ideally) would be able to handle a more diverse and interesting setting, but they thought Skyrim: In Space would be good enough.

People that use “cringe” unironically are typically referring to others that are simply not embarrassed to be open or outgoing. I could see that being the case about this show.

While the show might be bad, using “cringe” in a professional media review article is just embarrassing. The word even in casual use is just bad and says more about the speaker than what they’re speaking about. In a “professional” critique, the word provides absolutely zero information other than the to the quality of the article itself.

*Just watched the first two episodes - it’s Scrubs, but updated. Nothing wrong with it unless you don’t like Scrubs in the first place.

Imo, the engine is what held back Starfield the most. I was hoping they were taking this time to come up with a new, modernised engine instead of just revamping the old one again. Maybe it’ll be worthwhile, but I’m sceptical.

Not interested personally, but guessing at the plot, maybe this will instill some much needed distrust of big-tech in some kids. That wouldn’t be terrible.

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It’s not. I’d recommend reading it. It’s pretty good.

Here’s some well written fiction illustrating why that’s probably a bad idea: https://qntm.org/mmacevedo

It’s uncanny.

I appreciate that, thank you.

I didn’t embed it in purpose. I’d also appreciate it if you edited yours, because now it’s muddying up my inbox.