cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39480859

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney opposes Steam’s “Made with AI” label for games, arguing AI involvement is inevitable in future development and such tags are unnecessary outside art and licensing contexts. He emphasizes that mandatory AI disclosures for games are impractical and not meaningful for consumers.

Read more: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/109096/epic-games-ceo-says-steam-and-other-digital-marketplaces-should-remove-the-made-with-ai-label/index.html

  • Saprophyte@lemmy.world
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    If AI was so great and such a good business move they would be asking for this tag. Instead they produce slop without paying anyone so they can keep more profit and complain about being labeled as exactly what they are.

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    This is literally what the phrase “the customer is always right” is about.

    If you’re a company that sells red widgets, but the customers want blue widgets, then you should sell blue widgets or perish.

    The customers have made it clear they want a made with AI label. Even if Tim is right(unlikely) and all future development will use AI, it just means that all games will have the tag. If the customers want it, it should be there.

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    Oh Timmy boy, those AI disclosures mean a lot to people who actually give a shit about wanting good games and don’t want to destroy the environment. But considering your greasiness is enough to power every McDonald’s, you are going to try to squeeze through some loophole. Aren’t you?

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    how is this just not manufactured obfuscation between “ the entire game is made with AI “ and “ I consulted gpt or vscode’s intellisense because I could not remember how to do a bubble sort or the syntax to an iteratable’s stream… “?

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    If it’s without weight then let people have it, what’s the difference?

    But it does have weight, doesn’t it? It does influence sales, doesn’t it?!

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    It probibly should be a sliding scale from purist no ai was used, to ai assistance in programming, to genritive ai is used throughout, to hot slop. But if there is a label that says there is AI it could mean slop or the inturn used ai to flesh out a menu in a game file.