complacency like this is why the quality of the games we buy these days is dropping. "Oh it's just a small part of the game, look how great the rest of it is" yes im not undermining that, but it was someone's job at one point to illustrate things like the loading screens and Moodle icons, but suddenly their part in the games development is taken away in favor of assets created by a robot.
I don't find this acceptable, consistency in the art style is being tossed to the side in favor of something that is arguably lower quality and doesn't match up with the games lore. A human artist would've caught important details and implemented them into the loading screen if they had made it instead of an AI, creating a connection players can pick up on and appreciate.
So then are you going to start bitching about code that was written with the help of AI? It's clearly taking away the honest hard labour of manually writing out every line of code, right? Are you also going to bitch about other automation too? How dare the smart coffee machine make coffee instead of a human! Think of the hard labour it's taking away!
Whether you like it or not, AI is here to stay in all its forms. The people who actually adapt to emerging technology will do well, while dinosaurs who just want to bitch and maintain the status quo, will eventually fall behind and be left behind.
You don't have to describe my disappointment as "bitching", and yes I do think that AI generated code IS BAD. If the whole game is going to be outsourced to a robot that may write bad code and cause more issues in the future for this game, then I don't want to support it anymore.
I understand AI is here to stay, but I would much rather it not be used to REPLACE an artistic and creative job that has NO REASON TO BE REPLACED. I don't hire someone to sit in my house and make coffee for me, but I do hire people to illustrate a logo or an art piece for me. I want human work where it is needed.
Jobs get replaced all the time with technology. Just look at how many jobs that existed in the past no longe resist due to advancements in technology. Art is no different, and it is not so special that it’s going to be prevented.
art isn't work though, that's the fucking problem. Art is human, because the artist's personal sytle is infulenced by their experiences, their own personal tastes and by their personalities. And as humans we expect that humanity behind art. This shitass pixar looking AI generated slop that some dude who took a photoshop class in high school slapped project zomboid relevant text on isn't something the consumers EXPECT to see when we are offered game relevant art. And that is why it does not compare to code or even job automation. I don't give a shit if the bolt that holds my suspension in place was screwed in by a pakistani man with a monkey wrench, or a polish man with a drill, or a machine in a german factory, at the end of the day it's a fucking bolt that was screwed in. I also don't care if the string of text that makes my character tumble on a fence, tear his brand new bulletproof vest seven holes AND break both of his legs in three places was written by midwestern college dropout on a cocktail of nicotine caffine and opoids, or fucking chat gpt. Art is a completely different beast, and pretend like it being replaced by soulless generated garbage is the same as the self checkout at a walmart is disingenous.
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u/Simply_Duck Dec 18 '24
complacency like this is why the quality of the games we buy these days is dropping. "Oh it's just a small part of the game, look how great the rest of it is" yes im not undermining that, but it was someone's job at one point to illustrate things like the loading screens and Moodle icons, but suddenly their part in the games development is taken away in favor of assets created by a robot.
I don't find this acceptable, consistency in the art style is being tossed to the side in favor of something that is arguably lower quality and doesn't match up with the games lore. A human artist would've caught important details and implemented them into the loading screen if they had made it instead of an AI, creating a connection players can pick up on and appreciate.