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Rockstar co-founder [Dan Houser] compares AI to 'mad cow disease,' and says the execs pushing it aren't 'fully-rounded humans' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

You don't have to threaten to deport your workers if you sign the contract beforehand though? Once they've agreed to the salary, they've agreed to it. Did they make less than a pureblood Brit in the same role? Perhaps. We don't know that. But generally speaking, you don't go importing labour unless you literally can't find enough locals anymore. The bureaucracy nightmare isn't worth the cost savings otherwise. Particularly because a lot of countries don't allow you to pay the imported labour less than you'd pay your purebloods in the same role. Exception of course being people from countries with whom you have freedom of movement (so anything intra-EU is allowed)

Also, it's not like he was the CEO or something. He was the creative director. I swear some people just want to be angry at everyone.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social -2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

If he wasn't part of the hiring decisions, I take back what I said. But creative directors do influence who gets assigned roles in a studio, and what tasks get sent to the visa’d. There’s nothing indicating he wasn't aware the studio hired visa workers when he worked there. Accents and vernaculars differ. I doubt he was oblivious that roles he assigned to foreigners were not hired to be exploited.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

If he wasn't part of the hiring decisions, I take back what I said.

So you have no idea if what you're saying is even true?

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Stop strawmanning?
Are you saying he wasn't involved in role assignment of visa extortion as a director?

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 51 minutes ago

I quoted you directly, stating that "if this turns out not to be true I take it back" which implies you have no strong evidence for it being true.