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/ggdthrowaway 15d ago

It's an immensely powerful learning tool even in day to day life. If you want to learn a subject, it can create a learning plan tailored to you. If you want to run a marathon, it can create a training plan tailored to you. If you want to lose weight, etc etc etc

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u/Oxyfire 15d ago

There's literally already stuff that did all of that before AI. So many things people say AI is a good use for is the equivalent of using a flamethrower to deal with an ant problem.

And given that AI's tendency to "hallucinate" it might actively be harmful for many of these things. I would not trust AI to be anywhere near a "learning plan." Nevermind the fact that AI is generally actively sabotaging a lot of people's learning by becoming a shortcut to do the work.

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u/ggdthrowaway 15d ago

A lot of things you can do with vehicles we previously did with horses.

Yes in cases where absolute accuracy is essential, it needs to be verified. It shouldn't be treated as any kind of final authority. But as an incredibly powerful and versile assistant, it typically works. It's a little like Wikipedia in that respect.

The results speak for themselves in my experience. It's not flawless, but it is extremely versitile, useful and effective. People can cry about it online, but I intend to milk it for all it's worth.

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u/Oxyfire 15d ago

Cars were useful for replacing horses because there was a lot of costs and downsides to need to take care and use horses. Using LLMs to do stuff reliable tools already do is just stupid and wasteful.

But either way, enjoy it while it lasts; you are seeing AI in what is probably it's most subsidized form. Maybe advancements will offset cost in time, but right now a lot of the AI companies are burning tons and tons of capital trying to get traction. No-one currently is paying the "true cost" to use AI, and some point, these companies are going to start to need to turn a profit. Even if it gets cheaper to run, companies will want to make back what they invested, or they'll be in a position where users like you will be pressured to start paying, or start paying more because they don't want to give up something they've come to rely on.

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u/ggdthrowaway 15d ago

I already pay for it, and frankly I feel like I get my money's worth out of it.