Big Balk

So I'm assuming that you, dear reader, are aware of the Present Unpleasantness. But if not, a brief recap: On Monday (November 9th), a group of IGF jurists published an open letter denouncing the harms of AI, pointing out that using LLMs for coding assistance is no different from other uses of the technology, and vowing not to nominate games made with AI for IGF awards. At this point in time it was public knowledge that a great internecine fight had happened within IGF judging over the topic of AI, centering on a highly popular game having an AI disclosure. Shortly after Austin et al released their statement, the information leaked that the game in question was House House's Big Walk. Multiple IGF judges confirmed this, quickly followed by House House themselves adding an entry to their FAQ that more or less repeats what was said to IGF judges about the LLM usage in the game. Two things about this are frustrating to me—I mean, everything about this is frustrating to me, but two things…

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