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Well that should depend entirely on whether or not it actually works, yes? Either it makes it cheaper and/or faster to develop new games, or it doesn't.

ReptileMan 2y ago
I was kinda hoping for better games, not cheaper or faster.
- colechristensen 2y ago
  With powerful tools you get both easy slop and cheaper masterpieces.
  - ashoeafoot 2y ago
    Authorart without the (Its500$LetsHaveAMeetingAboutThat)Gremium of meddle management art critics meeting. Scandalous!
  - namaria 2y ago
    Nobody is sculpting better than Michellangelo with angle grinders though.
    - colechristensen 2y ago
      Yeah but the analogy goes, if Michelangelo could snap his fingers to remove the first 80% of material on a chunk of marble, he could focus on the details and get more done, or have more time to perfect. Generative AI is best at things it has been trained on the most, so the most repetitive, rote, boilerplate, tasks become much quicker.
      - palmotea 2y ago
        > Yeah but the analogy goes, if Michelangelo could snap his fingers to remove the first 80% of material on a chunk of marble, he could focus on the details and get more done, or have more time to perfect. No. If that was a valuable thing that could be delegated, he could have "snapped his fingers" and have assistants do it. Or maybe sculpting isn't all about the later detail work like you assume, and removing that first 80% also requires skill and can't be delegated.
- rsynnott 2y ago
  'Better'? No, no, that's not AI bubble thinking. "Crap, but very large volumes of it" is what is in right now.
palmotea 2y ago
> Well that should depend entirely on whether or not it actually works, yes? Either it makes it cheaper and/or faster to develop new games, or it doesn't. What if it makes them cheaper, faster, and worse?
- tbrownaw 2y ago
  Then I suppose someone would miss their sales targets.
- sadeshmukh 2y ago
  Is it so bad that nobody buys, or does the cost of fixing exceed the initial otherwise cost?

ReptileMan 2y ago

I was kinda hoping for better games, not cheaper or faster.

colechristensen 2y ago
With powerful tools you get both easy slop and cheaper masterpieces.
- ashoeafoot 2y ago
  Authorart without the (Its500$LetsHaveAMeetingAboutThat)Gremium of meddle management art critics meeting. Scandalous!
- namaria 2y ago
  Nobody is sculpting better than Michellangelo with angle grinders though.
  - colechristensen 2y ago
    Yeah but the analogy goes, if Michelangelo could snap his fingers to remove the first 80% of material on a chunk of marble, he could focus on the details and get more done, or have more time to perfect. Generative AI is best at things it has been trained on the most, so the most repetitive, rote, boilerplate, tasks become much quicker.
    - palmotea 2y ago
      > Yeah but the analogy goes, if Michelangelo could snap his fingers to remove the first 80% of material on a chunk of marble, he could focus on the details and get more done, or have more time to perfect. No. If that was a valuable thing that could be delegated, he could have "snapped his fingers" and have assistants do it. Or maybe sculpting isn't all about the later detail work like you assume, and removing that first 80% also requires skill and can't be delegated.
rsynnott 2y ago
'Better'? No, no, that's not AI bubble thinking. "Crap, but very large volumes of it" is what is in right now.

palmotea 2y ago

> Well that should depend entirely on whether or not it actually works, yes? Either it makes it cheaper and/or faster to develop new games, or it doesn't. What if it makes them cheaper, faster, and worse?

tbrownaw 2y ago
Then I suppose someone would miss their sales targets.
sadeshmukh 2y ago
Is it so bad that nobody buys, or does the cost of fixing exceed the initial otherwise cost?