"AI is Theft, I Have to Use It, Otherwise I'll Get Fired": GDC Reports One-Third of Game Workers Are Using GenAI for Daily Tasks
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The question is who funds these theoretical new studios? Indie studios more often than not have to make deals with the devil so they can eat. Then, even if their game is a smash hit, the investors take the lion's share of profit and still control the actual devs by the purse strings. This society is sick.
what is going to happen when the prices rocket up and who is going to create the content for future AI?
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Well of course not, AI did it in 1 minute.
...so you're proving yourself wrong?
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...so you're proving yourself wrong?
Not at all wrong, just showing what can be done with virtually zero effort and time.
I could most likely perfect it in a few minutes more, still a fraction of the time of doing it by hand. I'm not extending a proof of concept to win arguments on the Internet.
But as I noted at the bottom of the comment, which apparently nobody bothered to read, there are ALREADY royalty free libraries for this kind of thing. So it also has to be faster than searching libraries that are already there.
Of course that action is it's own time sink as anyone who has gone looking for "the perfect font" can tell you.
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I could see using AI for tasks that are so mind numbing and mundane it might actually be cruel to make a human do it.
"I need a perfectly tileable concrete wall texture for a video game, make it light gray with random spots of yellow and white paint."
Took about a minute.
But then, if you're going to do THAT, there are already royalty free libraries where it's already done.
The problem with your example is there are traditional algorithms that can do that, and better.
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Not at all wrong, just showing what can be done with virtually zero effort and time.
I could most likely perfect it in a few minutes more, still a fraction of the time of doing it by hand. I'm not extending a proof of concept to win arguments on the Internet.
But as I noted at the bottom of the comment, which apparently nobody bothered to read, there are ALREADY royalty free libraries for this kind of thing. So it also has to be faster than searching libraries that are already there.
Of course that action is it's own time sink as anyone who has gone looking for "the perfect font" can tell you.
It's not really a proof of concept if it doesn't even meet the only mildly challenging criteria laid out...
You're getting roasted because you basically did the equivalent of going, "well I asked ChatGPT and it said, [demonstrably wrong answer]".
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If you were to listen to the internet, it would seem that AAA studios are be on their last gasp, with indie devs dancing on their graves.
The reality is that, aside from the big indie game of the moment (think Silksong or Expedition 33, if you want to count the latter as indie), most gamers don't care or don't even know indie games exist in the first place.
I have a few gamer friends (each of whom spends a few hours daily on games), and only one of them plays maybe one indie game per year, and only those who manage to breach through his bubble via influencers and streamers.Indie devs don’t need to reach mainstream mindshare to become successful. An indie team that’s stays small and nimble doesn’t need to reach a million unit in sales. Like how many mainstream gamers have heard of Tiny Glade a game that made a few million dollars created by two people.
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I could see using AI for tasks that are so mind numbing and mundane it might actually be cruel to make a human do it.
"I need a perfectly tileable concrete wall texture for a video game, make it light gray with random spots of yellow and white paint."
Took about a minute.
But then, if you're going to do THAT, there are already royalty free libraries where it's already done.
Someone skilled in Substance Designer can also do that in minutes. And then you have a file that can generate an infinite number of variations that look artistically consistent including normal maps, roughness maps etc.
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Theft of what? The jobs are a legitimate concern though.
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The question is who funds these theoretical new studios? Indie studios more often than not have to make deals with the devil so they can eat. Then, even if their game is a smash hit, the investors take the lion's share of profit and still control the actual devs by the purse strings. This society is sick.
Isn't that already the case though?
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Theft of what? The jobs are a legitimate concern though.
I guess you're living up to your user name.
and
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/wga-disney-openai-deal-theft-of-our-work-1236606872/
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But of course when corporations infringe on copyright it's fine right it's not theft at all.
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The problem with your example is there are traditional algorithms that can do that, and better.
They can, but they also don't meet the corporate dictate of "Everyone use AI."
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They can, but they also don't meet the corporate dictate of "Everyone use AI."
Who are these dictators that need to meet the guillotine?
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Copying != stealing
The laws are written so people richer than you can be even richer. Don't support them unless you're a useful idiot.
