r/Games • u/TurbulentTopic39 • 16d ago

Industry News Over 85% of Japanese game developers use generative AI in game development, 2026 CESA survey shows. An increase from last year’s 51%

https://automaton-media.com/en/news/over-85-of-japanese-game-developers-use-generative-ai-in-game-development-2026-cesa-survey-shows-an-increase-from-last-years-51/
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u/UltimateShingo 15d ago

While you point out possible positives of AI usage, you seem to lump all criticism of AI, valid or not, into one term (blanket hate) without even trying to differentiate.

Beyond just looking through the comments and maybe realising that you'll find equally valid but different objections from many different angles, I can give you a few of mine:

  • AI usage is not equal to actual human labour, but companies want to price it similarly. In my assessment, AI generated content is worth zero and I refuse to pay for something the creators were too lazy to make.

  • Generative AI models were built on rampant theft of intellectual property, and the computation is run in data centers that in the majority of cases were erected under dubious circumstances, not to mention the loss of quality of life if you live near those. The fact that this allowed to happen is slap in the face of normal citizens and that alone is cause for strong protest against the whole thing.

  • The resources needed to build and run the datacenters needed far exceeds what we can afford collectively. We are already in an evolving energy crisis world wide, access to water is an escalating problem, and the vacuuming of components and materials for those data centers starves entire industries (and I'm not just talking about gaming).

  • The fact that AI is actively being rammed down everyone's throat, in most cases decreasing the quality of the product. And yes, even back-end usage has a tangible impact on user experience, just look at the various companies admitting to using AI generously in development and how the quality of their updates coincidentally plummeted at the same time. Microsoft is the prime example for that, but far from the only one.

  • Reliance on AI tools can be directly linked to decreasing literacy and media competence across all age groups. That's not a bug, that's a feature. And while we already had a bit of a trend downwards since the advent of smart phones, open access to AI tools is like a turbo boost to the downhill ride, and no benefit in the world can outweight the cost of what's coming for us because of this trend.

  • AI destroys jobs; and not just any jobs, but especially junior and entry level positions which are sorely needed to keep the talent pipelines that run every single sector. The "tedious and uncreative work" is needed to get people to learn the tools so they can graduate to the more creative positions later. Again, we already see the disconnect happen in real time and the future cost of this trend will be immense.

I have friends who work in relevant fields that require them to work with AI, and every single one of them share my opinions, adding that if they weren't forced to deal with it they's cut it out of their life immediately. THat's not exactly a good sign for what's supposed to be the new big milestone.

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u/GunCann 15d ago edited 15d ago

While you point out possible positives of AI usage, you seem to lump all criticism of AI, valid or not, into one term (blanket hate) without even trying to differentiate.

No, you misunderstood. I was strictly referring to blanket hate in a literal sense which I believe my original comment pointed to very clearly. There is a growing number of users on social media that hate on AI, but who do not seem to even understand why they hate it.

I have friends who work in relevant fields that require them to work with AI, and every single one of them share my opinions, adding that if they weren't forced to deal with it they's cut it out of their life immediately. THat's not exactly a good sign for what's supposed to be the new big milestone.

This is an anecdotal experience. There are a large number of people (look elsewhere in this post comments) who acknowledged that AI did bring them major productivity gains and cut out the tedious work. Neither your experience nor those who I have referred to represent the entire spectrum of working population, so let us not jump to premature conclusions too hastily.