Quoting: Nezchan

The speed gain ends up being negligible, and comes at the price of creativity, originality and doing work I actually enjoy instead of painstakingly fixing the mistakes of an algorithm.

The ultimate promise of AI is freeing us from the drudgery of work we enjoy so we can focus on tedious editing and error-checking at intern rates.

The assumption of AI replacing jobs was based on the premise that for the majority of population, a sloppy product is acceptable, which I think is unfortunately quite correct and the CEOs know that. Some will be willing to abandon the more demanding part of their clientele if the company ends up with a net gain from cutting down the costs of actual human input and QA of the AI-produced slop. Others will see an opportunity in entering the newly created niche. This will ultimately create a polarized market, not unlike the current distinction between mainstream and luxury goods. The question remains, how many companies will be successful in navigating the middle ground...

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@Kimyrielle your mention of "contains nuts" is actually spot-on, but not for the reason you intended. The law requires disclosing traces of allergens precisely because they can be found in products where we don't normally expect them. And behold, they are literally everywhere. Go to a shop and try to find a product that doesn't contain "traces of" something else entirely. It's the same with AI. We expect that the game was created by the developer listed on the storefront, but it turns out it contains "traces of" generative AI in coding, art, music etc. etc. Should we stop listing allergens and ai-lergens just because they are so prevalent? I don't think so.

You could argue that there's a difference, because they allergens are listed for health reasons, but it's much more than that. They allow the customer to make an informed decision on which product they will spend their money. I am not allergic to anything, but I avoid certain products for ethical reasons, so I'm also a - maybe unintended - beneficiary of that law. Besides, maybe it's a tad to early to authoritatively proclaim that using AI in games has no negative effects for our health...

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It's the unfortunate truth. I've already seen many steam games with *obvious* traces of AI art that don't have the AI disclosure. Tracking and enforcing it is futile. (Which doesn't mean we shouldn't at least try.)

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Last time I tried their free trial I got stuck in a rock after 20 minutes, with no way to reset my position. :whistle:

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Inb4 the return of Humble Android Bundle, this time with steam keys. :whistle:

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will there be participation awards, too? :whistle:

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Wouldn't it be better news the other way round? I.e. the game remaining with the original devs but free from Paradox?

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SteamGameCube looks sooo cute. But I only want the VR piece at this time. Exciting!

[edit] or shall we say... GabeCube? :whistle:

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The idea sounds good.
The name sounds terrible.

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I finished two games last week:
Rack'n'Slay, it was pretty cool.
Gris - while I appreciate the art style, the gameplay was pretty boring.

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