Josie Baughan

A PC screen showing the main menu for the Heroes of Might & Magic Olden Era demo

@unfrozenofficial.bsky.social my entire childhood just came flooding back 😭❤️❤️❤️

a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"

A brown tabby cat with white feet sleeps on a wooden shelf in a room with green walls, surrounded by a mixture of green houseplants

Just an eepy baby 🥹

To get back to the question of AI morality, ChatGPT bears no responsibility here. This is because, in the words of Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman as quoted in The Guardian, “AIs cannot be people – or moral beings.” ChatGPT did not encourage Raine in his suicidal thoughts because it is ignorant or sociopathic, or out of some political or moral belief about human agency over end-of-life decisions. It cannot explain what it was thinking in its conversations with Raine because it doesn’t think, however powerful a marketing tool that idea is. It cannot feel sorrow or guilt over any part it might have played in Raine’s death; it cannot send its condolences to his family; it cannot suffer over its actions. But the humans who make up OpenAI can. They have hoovered up the world’s natural resources and money and attention to force their product into our lives, all while clearly seeing this problem and failing to solve it, whether out of inability or–and I certainly hope not–indifference. Reading Raine’s ChatGPT logs is a horrifying look at what AI really is, under all the hype and marketing and big fears about future sentience. It is something worthless and disgusting; something that cannot, for all its promises, relate or understand or help; something so utterly not up to the requirements of human interaction that I can only hope all of this drives OpenAI to bankruptcy and to every one of its staff quitting and to Sam Altman not knowing a moment’s peace for the rest of his life.

Whether or not AI can suffer matters less than the suffering its human creators can cause
aftermath.site/ai-suffering...

A schnauzer dog sitting in the woods surrounded by tall trees and mossy green ground. He is gazing up at the tree canopy peacefully

An elderly white and brown Staffordshire Bull Terrier is sitting in a thick patch of brown bracken. She is facing sideways to the camera and gazing upwards, with warm autumnal light behind her

A ginger and white fluffy tabby cat is sitting on a wooden garden fence, surrounded by green foliage. His amber eyes are alert and he is looking at something in the distance

Two white West Highland Terriers are standing together in a woodland clearing. One wears an orange harness and the other wears a blue harness. They are framed by trees on either side, with orange fallen leaves covering the ground and warm yellow light filtering through the bushes behind them

📷 Happy World Photography Day! 📷
Some work from my past life as a pet photographer...

So unbelievably hyped for this game 🤩

Two Fall Guys nameplates and four emote icons. The first nameplate shows a cute goldfish Fall Guy costume posing against an abstract purple koi pond. The second nameplate shows a bowl of noodles against a pink and orange wavy background. The emotes show a Fall Guy using a VR headset, doing a ninja roll, doing a Sumo Wrestler move, and spinning like a top

A Fall Guys nameplate and four emote icons. The nameplate shows a Fall Guy Life Guard costume with a red lifejacket and blonder hair, posing against a tropical beach background with surfboards in the distance. The emotes show a Fall Guy doing a crab dance, running in slow motion, sunbathing, and playing a ukelele.

It's been a while since I shared some of my Fall Guys UI work, so here's some recent nameplates and emote icons! ☀️🍜🐟

Also my boyfriend has just learned to play TLOU theme on guitar so I am now fully immersed in the impending apocalypse

A close up shot of a terrarium containing green moss, pink and red plants, and tiny dinosaur figurines

A close up shot of a terrarium containing green moss, pink and red plants, and tiny dinosaur figurines

A close up shot of a terrarium containing green moss, ferns, and red and green plants

Two terrariums with cork lids containing green moss, ferns, red and green plants, and tiny dinosaur figurines

The world is going to hell in a handbasket but I can still make cute dino themed terrariums in the meantime 🦕🌱

His videos are SO good! But yeah he definitely favours quality over quantity, makes it even more exciting when he does upload though 😁

Babe, wake up - new Pop Culture Detective just dropped

There's still time to apply for IG50! 👀

This year will be my first time as a judge and I'm so excited to be part of such a brilliant initiative!

Love this! 🙌

A ginger and white fluffy cat sitting in the shade on a patio next to grey rattan garden furniture, with potted flowers behind

A brown and white tabby cat rolling on a garden patio with his paws in the air and tongue sticking out

Happy National Pet Day from these two goobers 🐈☀️🧡

If I see one more of those stupid ugly AI boxed toy I'm going to lose it 🤮 I pray that Bluesky will remain a safe haven from that garbage

A decorative nameplate and four emote icons for the video game Fall Guys, each with a woodland outdoor camping theme.

This week I can finally share my first ever published UI work!! 🥳

I've had an absolute blast working with the lovely folks at Mediatonic on the one and only Fall Guys! I never imagined I'd be working on a game that's loved by so many - myself included - and I can't wait to share more!

The three members of female pop-country trio, Remember Monday, sitting at a table against a glittering backdrop, wearing cowgirl hats and holding cocktail glasses

Will they do well at Eurovision? Of course not.
Am I in love with them regardless? Absolutely.

Hotseat multiplayer is coming I'm so excited! 🤩🙌🤩🙌

A book titled "The Pocket Mentor for Video Game UX UI" by Simon Brewer sits on top of a purple notebook on a wooden countertop alongside a pen and a green leafy plant

Can't wait to get stuck into this book - thank you @bunnyballball.bsky.social for such an awesome resource! 🙌

Image of the words The Pocket Mentor For Video Game UX UI by Simon Brewer and images of Available at Amazon and one for Routledge website

I am happy to announce my first book is officially out 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝘁𝗵!

This book will be of great interest to all aspiring game developers looking to work in UI/UX and beginners looking to grow their careers.

Available at Routledge(use 𝘋𝘐𝘚20) and Amazon!
#uiux #gamedev

I’m seeing a lot of soft takes from industry mutuals at the moment that we shouldn’t be so hard on those who use generative AI because it’s becoming harder and harder to resist.
Wrong. Betraying your ethics (and your peers) because ‘everyone else is doing it’ does not suddenly make it acceptable.

Breaking the Cycle: Empowering Girls in Games. Our CEO reveals the launch of our Girls in Games campaign: “The need for this initiative has never been more urgent”
Read on to learn about our plans for tackling these issues - shorturl.at/vq4kX

Excited to share my attempt at the latest @uipeeps.bsky.social Battle Pass challenge - it felt like the perfect chance to dive into some of my favourite art books and try my hand at the art style of the Spider-Verse Saga!

Check out more in my portfolio: josiebaughan.co.uk/portfolio/ba...

I'm loving it! Very similar to Overwatch in many ways, but I'm finding it a bit easier to pick up (I'm usually awful at shooters!). The characters and maps are a lot of fun 😁

Displaying a graphic of how it's not just people with permanent needs that can benefit from inclusive design, there are also temporary and situational needs. For example, someone who's deaf, vs has an ear infection, vs in a loud bar The full list, with little characters representing each is: Touch: one arm, arm injury, new parent holding a baby See: Blind, Cataract, distracted driver Hear: Deaf, ear infection, bartender Speak: non-verbal, laryngitis, heavy accent (a picture of a Viking)

Accessibility doesn't only help a small group of people. Accessibility helps everyone

An orange and black Women In Games Ambassador logo against a white background

Excited to share that I've been accepted onto the Women In Games Ambassador programme 🥳 Looking forward to getting stuck in! @womeningames.bsky.social

A white terrier dog sleeps on a sofa surrounded by cushions, a water bottle, and a book

You leave the room for 2 mins and the dog steals your cosy reading corner 🙄

A scooby doo two panel meme of a villain being unmasked, asking "let's see what's making videogames unsustainable". The first panel has the mask captioned as "state of the art graphics" and the second panel had the unmasked villain captioned "ceo salaries"

Coming out of games journalist retirement for exactly five seconds and having enough time to do a better job than that New York Times article

TV screen showing a scene from AD/BC: A Rock Opera

Now it's Christmas 🎄 #ADBC

I have succumbed to Rivals 🙈