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2025: Where AI Went Wrong

Posted on December 20, 2025 by arianeb One comment

An image that appears beautiful on top and ugly on the bottom.

Time magazine announced “The Architects of AI” as the person of the year. I had to laugh. Yes, these tech bro fools were one of the most influential in making headlines this past year. And I think they will be influential in most of the headlines next year, too. Just in the wrong direction.

Because as I will demonstrate, AI is not getting better! We have spent billions, maybe even trillions to find this out. Probably the most expensive lesson in history.

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The First “AI” Visual Novel shows the flaws in the concept

Posted on October 28, 2025 by arianeb Leave a comment

Being in the Visual Novel development community, quite a few have wondered if it would be possible to integrate AI into a visual novel game. Instead of choices to choose from, an AI engine would be capable answering any question related to the situation, and any question not related as well.

It’s a big concept, and recently an independent game developer studio Anuttacon actually did it. The game is called Whispers from the Star

Early Preview of Date Ariane Remastered 2.0 (aka Date Ariane 2)

Posted on October 4, 2025 by arianeb Leave a comment

This whole past year, I have been making Daz Studio versions of all the pictures in Date Ariane Remastered, just like last year when I did all the pictures for Ariane in Paradise. Now I’m formally announcing my plans.

Date Ariane Remastered

The urge to stop supporting Microsoft and Google

Posted on September 1, 2025 by arianeb Leave a comment

Let’s face it. The Internet has become shit.

Between AI slop, robots posting and robots responding to boost engagement, this is becoming evil incarnate.

I can’t stop them but I can’t support them, either. Here’s what I am doing:

Internet

Censorship of Adult Games at Itch and Steam

Posted on July 24, 2025 by arianeb One comment

There’s been a lot of controversy over a recent Steam statement that they can no longer sell games that are against the rules with Visa and or Mastercard. This was the result of an Australian censorship group Collective Shout.

This morning itch-io posted their own statement that they are making changes too.

Nothing But Pride Collection

Posted on June 28, 2025 by arianeb Leave a comment

This is a slideshow gallery so you can see the full sized images with a click. I usually delete old picture posts, and move them to the gallery but I’m leaving this collection as a permanent post.

Weekly Art

Remaking Rachel Yet Again

Posted on May 1, 2025 by arianeb 3 comments

Last year I remade Ariane in Paradise in Daz Studio. The most difficult part was remaking Ariane and Rachel in Genesis 8.1, I think I ultimately got Ariane pretty close except her cheekbones are too wide which I narrowed since finishing AIP, but Rachel proved a bigger problem…

Ariane in Paradise

Hopepunk City is on Steam

Posted on March 3, 2025 by arianeb Leave a comment

You can now get Hopepunk City on Steam, at this address. You may need to sign in to Steam ad do the age check thing to see it. The price is $9, a dollar less than my other games, and for the first week it’s 15% off. It coincides with the Steam Visual Novel fest, which only Something’s in the Air Redux qualifies, so it will be on sale that week too. Date Ariane Remastered and Ariane in Paradise will be part of the Steam Spring Festival sale later this month.

The Damage Done by Deepseek

Posted on January 28, 2025 by arianeb Leave a comment

A post I made on Reddit: OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta, Anthropic, and Nvidia (Yes, Nvidia too,) were building LLMs in hopes of controlling the market, maneuvering to become a monopoly in the AI marketplace. That goal is effectively dead, so is the goal of making ever more powerful LLMs with the goal of AGI, that dream died in November,

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