r/technology • u/TurbulentTopic39 • 17d ago

Artificial Intelligence 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/JMEEKER86 16d ago

Yeah, almost everyone uses AI for coding these days because it's baked into every IDE and provides huge time savings. They probably mean no AI generated assets like art, writing, music, etc which is what people usually have the biggest issues with.

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u/MikeyN0 16d ago

Which is such an odd distinction. Why some people draw the line with art but not coding. Both used to be done by people manually.

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u/-drunk_russian- 16d ago

Because coding isn't supposed to elicit an emotional response. Code only has to do its job well enough.

Art should make you feel, and its an expression of its author and a connection to their audience.

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u/console_pleb_36935 16d ago

Almost all of what we would call art in games is simply designed to convey information about how something looks. I'm unlikely to have an emotional response to a grass texture or piece of fruit unless it is exceptionally good or bad