Dev of Steam game 'Hardest' will delete it after new girlfriend made them realise AI is bad

Hardest is getting removed from Steam by the developer at the end of the month, as they say "AI is bad" and "AI is evil" - oh my. Never heard of it until it was pointed out on Mastodon to me.

In a Steam announcement the developer mentioned they made the game in a few Summer months using AI "because in university there is so much brainwashing on students and all the tools are given for free". Now they have "realized the AI is not actually free, and it has a major effect on the economy and environment." and that some AI companies "can use this game just existing as a reason the get more investment for their AI companies, that benefit no one, but rather suck resources from the economy from hard working people".

While they say they coded it the game used AI generated assets and that makes it "a disgrace to all game makers and players". The sticking point for the developer? They said the "girl I've been dating for a month made me realize this" and so it's getting deleted from Steam on January 30th.

A tiny game that had a Mixed rating on Steam from 33 overall reviews. I don't think anyone will miss it. Probably the first time this has ever happened though?

Realistically, we're still only in the infancy of seeing how generative AI is going to affect the gaming industry. More and more developers are using it. The bubble will burst eventually.