True. There’s AI which is a helper to the human, and AI where the human is the helper. The former could be a benefit in many cases, but the latter is what everyone thinks of as AI at the moment… and it’s what corporate types are salivating for.

You can smell the desperation, right? Look at all the AI that's been forcefully inserted into every app under the sun. It's kind of telling there's no option to disable, and even more that none of it is actually *useful* ...unless you're a student trying to cheat on your term paper, I guess.

I haven't seen anyone saying that who wasn't talking about something that didn't really need the efficiency boost. In my experience, editing something bad to be better is always less efficient than simply starting over from scratch - but execs who don't understand a creative industry don't get that.

AI enthusiasts keep saying "but it'll only get better!", as if an AI singularity is just around the corner. It just needs more money, more time, more training, and eventually it will do all the things it's promising... and until then, you better not miss out!

Miss out on what, exactly? 🤔

What you have right now are execs throwing AI at anything and everything it could possibly be used for in the hopes that *something* will stick. And I've yet to speak to anyone on the inside who says it's doing so well. So who'll get blamed, in the long run, when that becomes impossible to ignore?

I mean, let's break it down: AI doesn't produce useful assets. It doesn't produce useful code or writing. At best, you need humans to manage and edit the product to the point where it becomes mediocre (and that's generous). If mediocre is what you're aiming for... all good, I guess?

Like I said, it took an episode or so for me to get used to him - or for him to get used to being Geralt. I remember Cavill looking really awkward in some initial still pics as well, so take that for what it's worth.

Yeah, it was a bit "we need to deal with this extra character, for some reason", involving him in a plot he didn't really need to be a part of? Meh.

Geralt's own plotline was decent, and I thought Hemsworth acquitted himself well in the big fights - especially at the end, though the introduction of the Queen of Rivia felt a bit... sudden? Meh. Whatever. It all kept my attention well enough, so I encourage anyone who's watched to keep doing so.

Overall, I didn't really like that our three heroes stayed on mostly separate plotlines throughout, but even so Yennefer's plot was the real treat (and her climactic battle the highlight). Ciri's plot... well, I'm ashamed to say that the end of it made me happier than it was probably meant to. 😅

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To be fair, Ella does this a LOT. 😅

Personally, I've always loved being able to write TO VALHALLA! and then dropping out of the chat.