Epic CEO Tim Sweeney made a controversial statement on Wednesday. He believes that the artificial intelligence (AI) label is meaningless when listing video games on the market, as more developers will tend to use the technology in different production processes in the future. The view comes as the games industry is divided over the use of artificial intelligence, with some rejecting the technology’s use in games while others see the benefits of AI-generated art, 3D models and animations.
Tim Sweeney says AI tags in games are unnecessary
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The comment was in response to another user’s post highlighting that Steam and some other digital marketplaces have started using the “Made by AI” label on games. These labels serve as a means of disclosure to let users know that the digital artwork or enhancement was produced using generative artificial intelligence technology.
With opinions divided in the gaming industry, many will find Sweeney’s comments about artificial intelligence becoming the norm in the future controversial. Recently, Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, director of the hit game The Witcher 3, told Eurogamer: “I think AI should help humans, but AI should not replace humans. It needs to develop into a tool to help us.”[..]Not something that steals the author’s rights and creates graphics or animations because it learns from people’s creations[..]I don’t think a game created solely with AI would have a soul. “
Opposition to the use of artificial intelligence in games is even more prominent when it comes to story-based games and role-playing games (RPGs), which are primarily text-based, meaning low-effort games can be developed quickly and flood the market. According to one post, there are over 1,000 games on Steam that use generative AI to some extent.
However, at the other end of the spectrum are games like Arc Raiders, which uses AI-generated text-to-speech and is trained on real actors. The rest of the game is developed using human developers and automated tools that have become part of the industry.
