Dwarf Fortress' creator says the industry's in shambles over AI
Dwarf Fortress creator Tarn Adams criticizes the gaming industry's current obsession with generative AI, describing it as an unsustainable trend driven by executives. He warns of a 'reckoning' due to mass layoffs and the dehumanization of creative work.
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This reflects growing industry-wide anxiety regarding the displacement of human labor by AI and the potential long-term damage to game development quality.
"They're trying to have a CEO press a button that makes a game."
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(Image) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The game industry is - to use the lightest possible language - in an interesting spot. While videogames are as profitable as ever on paper , we've had a few consecutive years of brutal layoffs and studio closures , as well as all of the knock-on impacts that the advent of generative AI (and the subsequent and boneheaded insistence that it's the future) has had. Billions in spending , skyrocketing hardware prices, the whole kit and caboodle.
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