This story is a remake of a post from Jan 2020 that was illustrated using new models for Ariane and Rachel that I was experimenting with. Within a month I decided to mark the experiment a failure, but only recently did I remake the images with their current model. So the next three weeks of “Pictures of the Week” will be remakes of these stories.
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I wrote about using Replika, an AI driven chatbot a few months ago. As I expected, I got bored, stopped using it very much, and cancelled my “Pro” subscription that I paid a year in advance for.
Apparently there has been a lot of drama the last month that I completely missed.
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The affect of AI on art in general is not going to be as huge as everyone fears, but there is one sector of art where AI is currently having a major effect and that is in the 3D art community — My community.
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Time to try out this AI Art thing for myself. Artist like myself are going to need to learn this stuff, or at least be familiar with it. Also, I want to know what the fuss is all about.
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Coming in April 2023! A sequel to Date Ariane Remastered that also is a stand alone remake of my 2013 Renpy game. Also the 2015 Rachel Meets Ariane is also remade and incorporated into the same game.
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In the past year AI Art generation has gone from non-existent, to threatening every aspect of art. Spending most of my life in computer related fields including studying how AI works and learns, but at the same time making a living generating game art, I can understand both sides of this issue.
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With the recent ownership changes to Twitter, I’m bailing on the platform. I’m sure my 133 followers there are likely to be disappointed, but I’m going back to Tumblr. Yeah, I know that will affect traffic on Twitter not at all, but it’s the thought that counts.
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Since the release of Date Ariane Remastered last April, I have been working on updating the other games, specifically Ariane in Paradise, Hopepunk City, and the still in progress Something’s In The Air Redux. During the update of these other games some continuity issues have crept up, and that is mostly what is being addressed in this small update.
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I released Hopepunk City right about a year ago late September/early October 2021. Since then I released an updated Date Ariane Remastered, an updated Ariane in Paradise, and started a major update on Something’s In The Air and Rachel Meets Ariane called Something’s In The Air Redux.
Being just a year old, Hopepunk City doesn’t need any major upgrades, but I added some new innovations to the other games that I felt needed to be in place on all the games.
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When you download the app or get a free account at https://replika.com/ you create a new bot that will learn from your responses. The whole thing is “gamified” so you can only do so much “training” each day, but with enough training the chat bot develops a unique personality.
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