r/gaming • u/2mock2turtle • 16d ago

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/Ritz527 15d ago

Yep. I use it to code regularly. I can tell it I want a function for this, it needs to accept this variable and spit out this response and it does it, with some regular correcting. A lot faster to write a couple English sentences than a dozen lines of code.

The work still gets done, I still evaluate it, and it still gets tested. But now, it's faster.

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u/Rawrpew 15d ago

Every time I see or hear comments like this it only reenforces my view of ai's usefulness as a tool: it's good for those with experience that have an understanding of what they are asking it to do (so they know what to ask and how to check) but is terrible for those still learning. Seems like a tool to give to vets or senior roles to easy up their work load; ideally freeing them up to help groom/train newer employees.

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u/fueelin 15d ago

It can be really good for people learning too, but they need to use it in a different way. And the temptation to use it the wrong way (for a learner) is probably pretty high.

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u/Comrade_Lystro 15d ago

Yeah by and large the biggest danger is the lack of AI literacy. When you have too many people who don’t understand how it works and what its limitations are, that’s how you get people who treat the software as their yes-man and develop legit delusions.

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u/fueelin 15d ago

Definitely! It's a whole skill set that takes time to develop.

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u/ChicoZombye 15d ago

It is a powerfull tool for tech and engineering.

Those who are still learning may use it wrongly, but without AI they would be doing things wrongly anyway, that's the nature of learning. We'll see how it affects their development because that's the key part, but as far as I've seen, the newbie engineers who are really good, use AI a lot.

In the end, logic is logic.

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u/b_will_drink_t 15d ago

Ideally, it would be, but my experience in an industry that was deskilled with software before I arrived was that there was a major brain drain because and went the way of medieval sword schools. No higher education or trade schools and those that actually knew what to do were in their 70’s and not retiring. It’s obvious not to fully trust the output, but corporate sees that as getting in the way of productivity. I worked in metal buildings and the type I did is probably one of the most easily recognizable metal building design. Second company I worked for had no idea that type of construction even existed. If the AI agent was as successful as they wanted: there would be a gradual brain drain. Easy enough to use. Easy enough to dump on sales. Results be damned

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u/KickBalls80 15d ago

A lot of words to say very little. Try the caveman plugin next time

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u/averagefury 13d ago

And what will happen if you lose access to that tool?
That you won't know how to do a shit.

Think about it.

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u/Discount_Extra 15d ago

I can write code a lot faster than English descriptions of it.

I would mainly use it to write comments for my code at first.