Unity AI out in Open Beta to give developers the fabled "make game" button

AI, AI, AI - now in your game engine too! Unity has rolled out Unity AI in Open Beta that will apparently help games be created faster.

The trailer, that you can watch below, I will jokingly say is Unity adding in a "make a game for me" button. Because, that really does seem to be what they're playing on here. We've long seen jokes in game developer circles about how people expect developers just to be able to add in things at the press of a button - and now with the power of AI, they might actually be able to.

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We're going from "asset flips" to "AI flips" now right?

Jokes and hyperbole aside, some parts of this really could be helpful, but it still comes with all the usual caveats when it comes to anything involving generative AI. Their AI policy page notes pretty clearly it uses Google Gemini, so the usual copyright issues come in here - who actually owns the code and models it generates? And, who understands it? If people are just entering prompts - what are they learning? Not a lot. Creating games faster maybe, but without the understanding and artistic intent behind it.

How do you feel about games being made with AI like this?