By AfroMario

And you would.

And you'd see something that made you queasy, like you'd poisoned your mind a little and couldn't undo the damage.

I'd like to remind everyone that the permanent fabric of your consciousness now has this AI filth embedded in it forever. You have been tainted and made unclean, and you will never be able to remove it. Sort of like teflon particles or microplastics in your bloodstream.

By Sketcz

I actually freaked out a bit when AI Chain Chomp jumped towards Mario, even though I was expecting it.

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By vicviper001

Well, this will change by Time, as Technology gets better.
My PC with Win 98 did need a 400 Watt Power Supply to run a Pentium 2 with 366 MHz to run some 3D Games barely
The Wii U has a 34 Watt Power Supply and the Stuff it puts out are Worlds apart.

Processors get better in Capabilities and Energy Efficiency, Codes get smarter, Algorithms get better.

And as you say, even Chips for the local PC are coming around.

In the End theres even coming something around with that, i would count that Critic more with Crypto Currencies, where you could get the same Results with a simple Data Bank.

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By RootsGenoa

It is the same as "Game X in Unreal" Videos, it will not die so fast.

Besides of that it becomes very boring fast, i don't see such a Problem with it.
It is just People messing around with Technology, did it myself with Editors that came with Games back then.
This leads in the End to Mods and other creative Stuff.

By Azuris

And I can also see it used more and more for video games, to avoid creating worlds and characters from scratch for instance. When I'm talking about a trend, it's these silly videos that look like fever dreams. I agree they're often fascinating, but I'm pretty sure people will get tired of them eventually. For now people have fun, play with it because it opened a vast area of "what if" possibilities, but I think in the long run, people will naturally focus on using AI for something more useful, that's all.

By RootsGenoa

Lest we forget an anticipated feature of the Switch 2 is DLSS upscaling allowing devs to build a 720p game that plays in 4K on your TV. This uses machine learning. What could they do with more power?

The Mario 64 one is awful and properly looks like an AI mess. The Shenmue one is more interesting as the game wanted realism to begin with. Imagine a tool that devs could rinse old titles through to remaster them without much effort.

By RadioHedgeFund

I'm the same when it comes to Ray Tracing and 4K. New games generally don't float my boat, but regardless, I choose to game on my 1080p monitor rather than my older, larger 1440p monitor I've got.

I'm not perfect either, but yeah, as long as we make strides toward our goals, then it's all good! If I'm in the same spot in 5 years, then I'll know I'm doing something wrong, haha.

I don't recognize the person I was before I moved to the country 8 years ago, let alone who I was before that, haha! :)

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By RootsGenoa

I moved to the country in 2016, and now live on a small block of land in a 65sqm house running off solar and using water tanks. I've sold off my old gaming PC and almost entire retro gaming collection to go low-power digital.

I've got city-folk family that will spout this stuff, but use an incredible amount of power and water, and rely on a lot of disposable products for just one person. Tell them to cut back when they stay with you, and it's like they've been shot in the heart.

I game on a laptop and Switch, and will be replacing my laptop with an ASUS ROG Ally X next month.

I'd love to get to know you if you're like-minded that way - I don't think there's enough people out there vocal about saving power when it comes to gaming as a hobby.

By AJB83

The Mario 64 one can burn in hell.

Comments about AI tech being a trend will age like milk.

I'm not super about it all myself, but it's not a trend and it's not going anywhere. It'll be the norm, because humans can't help but only care about themselves and the bottom-line by cutting costs and ruin things that are awesome. See THE INTERNET.

Games crafted by humans will become boutique and expensive, just like music, music on Vinyl and analog synthesizers, because the general masses won't be able to tell/give a hoot.

It's already written, and as a collective, we've proven already exactly the way this will all play out, unfortunately.

By AJB83

The Mario one was trippy, kind of reminds me of when a group of artists collab on a video using different art styles.

The wooly Mario head was cute, it just needs a moustache. I thought it was interesting how it interpreted the stages differently, like the lava world being Jam, and outside Peach's Castle being sandy.

Overall I didn't hate it but it definitely needs a lot of work.

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By Poodlestargenerica

Reminds of Cronenberg's The Fly with the computer not understanding "the flesh".

By Hexapus