I've always wished the planet descriptions weren't so dry, the RNG generates some pretty compelling combinations sometimes.
So I spared an hour or so and vibecoded this quick tampermonkey extension for the game. It scrapes the page and assembles a prompt from planet stats for AI image generators.
Try it out if you wanna give it a try, it supports both Gemini and OpenAI API, or you can just copy the prompt it generates and input it manually: https://pastebin.com/tGcJTBQw
Example of what it does - https://imgur.com/uIpthQS
I'd say Gemini(Nano Banana) definitely generates more interesting stuff than gpt-image. It's output is less realistic and it messes up often, but it actually manages to synthesize some pretty neat novel environments.
My prediction: pairing AI with high-resolution satellite data will allow us to find untapped reserves of high-quality timber in the Amazon basin, enriching the local populace and the wise investors who get in to this metatrend on time.
But seriously, this list reads like an eerily accurate vision of the corporate hellscape that is to come.
I can't tell if the author is genuinely naive to the effects of near-perfect surveillance and profiling in the hands of governments and megacorps, or if it's just dressed up in pleasantries because there's money to be made there.
In some materials, this hidden configuration might have interesting properties. It could even be (quasi)stable once the original pattern is suppressed. So, novel superconductors or metamaterials, maybe?
The art doesn't even need more detail or realism, it just needs consistent detail.
Even just a simple palettization/pixelation preprocessing for every sprite could be enough - https://i.imgur.com/oPH7paD.jpg
The definition of enforcement is left extremely vague in standard CoC, so let's extrapolate a bit.
Biased enforcement will follow quite naturally.
The generic call for project leadership to resolve all issues will eventually become unworkable for larger projects. This process can be hastened by swamping the project leadership with a large number of reports.
It's likely that a subcommittee or enforcement team will be formed to deal with this at some point. These teams will naturally attract people interested in moderating the project and enforcing CoC. Mostly left-leaning people who are interested in achieving "social justice", I'd expect. Thus, a separate branch of leadership with mostly homogenous viewpoints and considerable power to prosecute is formed.
Unless the enforcement is done by randomized jury, this outcome is almost inevitable.
That's a motte-and-bailey argument.
The easy to defend idea of CoC is of course that one shouldn't discriminate and act unprofessionally.
But declaring a CoC is just the first step - it needs to be enforced.
And by design the enforcement seems to involve backroom committees and no chance for the accused to even know about specific allegations, let alone defend against them.
It can result in downright kafkaesque situations and unnecessarily forces identity politics into the mix.
There should definitely be an additional axis for alternative, non-mainstream sources.
It doesn't really work if you're just lumping everything together as either Democrat or Republican.
I'd say Gemini(Nano Banana) definitely generates more interesting stuff than gpt-image. It's output is less realistic and it messes up often, but it actually manages to synthesize some pretty neat novel environments.