Google’s Project Genie AI, Which Lets Users Create Playable Worlds, May Be an Avalanche in the Making for Game Publishers

Neat idea. We all know this will be terribly misused right? Like disturbingly so.
 
Well, i mean its hard for AI not find its place when humans are also producing derivative products routinely.
The derivative market will remain just as big, and " indie" gaming will remain the place of innovation, I guess same as always .
I suppose the drop is due to the fact that in time, even with little money indie innovators will be able to create quality in most aspects that would challenge big boys, idk
 
Uvilla said:
Well, i mean its hard for AI not find its place when humans are also producing derivative products routinely.
The derivative market will remain just as big, and " indie" gaming will remain the place of innovation, I guess same as always .
I suppose the drop is due to the fact that in time, even with little money indie innovators will be able to create quality in most aspects that would challenge big boys, idk
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The problem nobody is talking about here is the cost of computation. How much hardware is needed? How expensive is the AI time to do this past the venture capitalist free use window?
 
The arguments against AI costs and power consumption remind me of early computer skepticism. People probably said the same stuff. Too expensive, uses too much electricity, breaks all the time, requires expert knowledge to use. Fast forward a few decades and suddenly everyone's got one in their living room. History might be repeating itself here.
 
Skillz said:
The arguments against AI costs and power consumption remind me of early computer skepticism. People probably said the same stuff. Too expensive, uses too much electricity, breaks all the time, requires expert knowledge to use. Fast forward a few decades and suddenly everyone's got one in their living room. History might be repeating itself here.
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Oh I don't doubt that it is. I'm just saying low funded dev's exulting in the use of AI to create their in game assets at a cost better than hungry artists is interesting. Knowing full well that the real cost hasn't been passed on yet as everyone is proving value with use. Once the bills start rolling that hay day will dry up.

It will come back as compute catches up and exceeds demand again... eventually... hopefully in my life time.
 
Skillz said:
The arguments against AI costs and power consumption remind me of early computer skepticism. People probably said the same stuff. Too expensive, uses too much electricity, breaks all the time, requires expert knowledge to use. Fast forward a few decades and suddenly everyone's got one in their living room. History might be repeating itself here.
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Not the same thing. Computers were designed by engineers and were conceptually sound. AI is "designed" by AI bros throwing more computational power at the wall to beat the other AI bros. Well, not even beat as there is no finish line, just to keep ahead of them in a race to nowhere in particular. They are like greyhounds chasing the rabbit, except nobody knows what exactly the rabbit is.

Everyone already has 10 AIs in their living room, we are getting beaten over the head with it. And 99.999% of AI usage amounts to slop, it creates no value. I can count on one hand the times where AI was somewhat useful for me since its inception. Even if we dismiss the environmental concerns and look at it from a pure economics point of view it hardly justifies billions of dollars worth in data center investments and energy usage.
 
Yep, it repeats alright just not the history of home computers but the far more laughable and recent precedents of crypto, NFTs, and the metaverse.
 
Meh nothing a couple of thorium reactors cant fix.
Im not much for the energy argument we should become more advanced, and more energy intensive, dyson sphere here we go. How you go about it is crux of the matter i guess. Use fresh sunlight , burn old sunlight, or use old supernovas.
 
Ongoing critique of many publisher's is not paying attention to what people are wanting to play. Seems to me this is a ripe opportunity to do just that and use their resources to bring a quality game to market.
 
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