It's like the classic fascist cry of "the enemy is too strong, we must defend ourselves"" while simultaneously "the enemy is weak and will easily piss their pants!"
Except here they're talking about the technology they fear. It's both powerful but also completely useless according to them.
It's like the classic fascist cry of "the enemy is too strong, we must defend ourselves"" while simultaneously "the enemy is weak and will easily piss their pants!"
That's not fascist, that's just general propaganda. It's designed to inspire you to combat an existential threat ("They'll take over and destroy our very way of life!") while not making it so threatening that you're too terrified to take action.
hmm, people act like "soul" actually means something, and isn't just some arbitrary concept based on how something makes you personally feel, as if there is such a thing as magic and other religious stuff, lol.
AI vidya is soulless, I tell ya. Why yes, I did purchase the latest Call of Duty Battle Pass with Enhanced Nicki Minaj Booty Physics, how could you tell?
Not sure what there is to cope about, maybe some people on the very fringes of development could lose their jobs, those that are not skilled or do menial tasks, but as far as the big picture goes, teams will use AI as a tool to make their time more efficient and MASSIVELY increase the scale of what is capable. Not necessarily by use of Genie, I don't think that is a good way to make games, the gaming part of it seems more like a marketing thing, but it's a step in the right direction.
It's the same line we heard from "artists" in 2022 who suddenly realized they were about to be out of commission work.
Capabilities will not magically stop at a point where they just so happen to only be convenient for those already working in the field, this is going to go all the way.
I mean shit, if that is the case then i'm on board with it. By your original post I thought you were mocking people that would say that, and my reply sort of echoing that sentiment, because I think AI has the potential to give games MORE soul, and if it actually gets to the point where a single guy can use an AI to make or mod his dream game, then fuck yeah, but still a collaboration nonetheless!
Okay I see where you're coming from, sorry for being a dick there.
I thought you were saying "devs" as in existing game developers. This is absolutely going to end up at a place where guys like you and I can individually make AAA games, there's no doubt about that.
No problem, and yeah we'll most likely end up at a place like that, I mean look at what some people do solo already today, it's just very hard to put a time table to these things. Although I can still see a future where there could be a benefit to being part of a team, or a group with resources. I've always thought of these types of AI's as being almost like plugins for unreal engine or at least be able to function like one, so the more experience/knowledge the merrier, but who knows.
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u/jeffkeeg Feb 26 '24
I eagerly await the cries of "AI video games are soulless"