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“Why game developers don't want to use generative AI | GamesRadar+”
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/why-so-many-game-developers-dont-want-to-use-generative-ai/
> Perhaps pro-AI developers didn't want to talk to me or I just didn't run into any during my survey, because I heard an overwhelmingly negative assessment of generative AI's origins, capabilities, and risks. By the end, I'd heard dozens of developers make a case against using gen AI at all.
@baldur I'd love to see game companies cry when it's harder to create new studios because of the increasing RAM prices
I would take a guess, simply from the characteristics of dinner to AI:
Creative teams work interactively in iteratively. Each artist knows that he or she can produce what they intend.
Generative AI is a dice roll. It might be fun to use it to put random shit together and see if it offers them in inspiration, but in terms of a process to get to a working style with the system that has no stylistic sense or even thought processes it’s totally useless.
@baldur Note the incredible manipulative framing. Not wanting to use AI is the default. It's common sense. We're not the anomaly here, AI bros are.
@baldur The area where AI makes sense in gaming, in my opinion, is the enrichment of NPCs behaviourally and conversationally, as well as for employing smarter automated opponents in strategy games. The latter has been called "AIc for long anyway. In both cases, small specially trained models can make a big difference.
@baldur An old friend has been tweeting about #VibeJam https://vibej.am/
I like playing the dinky little games that come out these coding contests, but it's not quite the same when I know the glossy bits of design are all generated from Large Leaching Models.
It's also noticeable that they're pretty rough around the edges. We might hope that the AI coding revolution would allow these vibe coders to create bug-free smooth-intro slick gameplay experiences. But no. Not really.
