Olivia Wood

We're making a game where you play a courier rider in 13th century Mongolia

No combat, just you, the horse(s) you've tamed, bred and trained and the vast wilderness.

Would you play this?

The creator of ChatGPT is named "Altman," as in "alternative to human" and he leads OpenAI, which is completely closed. His main opponent is the company Anthropic, meaning "human-centered" is led by "Amodei," as in "loves gods". Then there's "Gemini," meaning "two-faced," from a cmpany that says it will do no evil. Brilliant work as always Kojima! [picture of kojima, watermark of @mediocre_mason on tiktok]

Frustrating how being childfree gets ignorantly painted as either hating the concept of kids, or being maniacally career-driven, or deeply selfish, while MOST of us just want to focus on living as an underwater witch making contracts to overthrow the king of the sea and that's👏completely👏valid 👏

We're so fucked. (Society, humanity. Not like just 'writers')

I'm so tired. I was rage crying on Sunday. I wasn't meant to contain all this.

New Zoombombing scam just dropped www.linkedin.com/posts/martha...? sigh

Well, when AI nonsense kills my job, I'll have plenty of time to hang out there. We can keep each other company.

Let's Play MyVoiceZoo! YouTube video by Johnny Chiodini

At 4pm UK time (8am PT, 11am ET) I'll be playing MyVoiceZoo, a zoo management game that has you voice all the animals using a microphone. I absolutely cannot be trusted with that kind of power. youtube.com/live/FLG91F_...

Mine actually seems to believe similar stuff to me, and seems to care. But also seems to have no power to influence anything. Not sure I get the point of MPs if they can't do anything.

What. The. Fuck.

Newcastle pubs ban AI art from breweries to protect local creatives As two pubs in Newcastle ban AI art, artists discuss the impact it can have on creatives.

"If I was to use ChatGPT for my designs rather than our designer Sean, that's taking money out of the local area into the hands of a multibillionaire ... removing value from the local community and local artists [and] into the hands of some of the richest people in the world."

#AIslop #refuseresist

me: it's okay to be a person struggling with productivity during a prolonged crisis my brain: not u though me: not me though

FYI for fellow narrative designers/game writers: the studio in question is Sentona Games and it’s my understanding they are currently interviewing to replace me. Be very careful with them. They were very nice to me and easy to work with right up until I needed the money I was promised.

AHH SOME JOY

When a company in an industry built on hype tells you that a use case is a bad idea—and actually dangerous—that means it’s a *catastrophically* bad idea.

The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it

Sometimes I think about the fact that we have less wildlife than at any point in human history but it is more photographed / documented than at any point in human history.

16.25kg on one side of a squat bar

Some ridiculous amount of weight on one side of a squat bar. Double it and add 20kg.

Me vs my husband

I swear, getting the right weights at the gym can feel like a tower of Hanoi puzzle. With added ‘I can only lift 25s to the middle and lowest holder’ so I have to plan with care. No take backs.

Ooh! If the shop no longer exists th then that’s the way. thank you!

It’s very faded but yes! That’s a good worst case - thanks!
If the shop exists I want to give the person money, though.

A black tshirt with 'BOG WITCH' written on it in block caps.

At 5-6 years ago I got this tee. I've no idea from where (online though, I think?). There are plenty with the same words, none EXACTLY the same. Anyone know where I got it? (It's fading and that makes me sad...)

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

Laser guided cheese guillotine. What more does one need? (Well, the cheese based outcome, which was Beaufort (été).)

If you are (understandably) too angry to exercise discretion in what you post then log off for a while.

I think I’d die happy if I could work with Timothy Dalton for even just 30 seconds.

Yes, he’s my Bond and that influences everything but also WHAT an actor.

Thank you! ❤️ And just getting strong feels so good. Grounding.

Olivia’s gorgeous husband sitting on the floor by a squat rack. He has a beautiful octopus tattoo.

Happy New Year! My best friend and beloved already has me at the gym. We’ve become that kind of couple, gross I know.
Anyway, here’s the person who makes my life one of joy, who encourages me to successes. @thewizardlockwood.bsky.social thank you for being you.