The debate over generative AI in games continues.

Clair Obscur won multiple awards but used generative AI art as placeholders during production.

The Indie Game Awards revoked Clair Obscur’s Debut and Game of the Year after the AI disclosure.

IGAs reassigned the awards (Blue Prince, Sorry We’re Closed) and reignited debate on gen-AI use.

  • Leon@pawb.socialEnglish
    105·
    6 hours ago

    Yeah I think if you removed like…

    • The theft and plagiarism
    • The privacy infringements
    • The government bribes
    • The massive energy costs that are leaving people at a risk for blackouts
    • The environmental destruction in the areas the datacentres operate
    • The complete disregard for the health of the people living around the datacentres
    • The constant lying in an attempt to pump up stocks and grab as much money as possible before nuking the economy
    • The creepy-ass plans to institute an authoritarian techno-dystopia
    • Whatever else I’ve missed on the list

    I’d be a lot more positive about it.

    The thing is, this is all more or less intrinsically baked together into a fetid seeping mess. Just how you can’t remove the milk from coffee once you’ve put it in, you can’t remove this from the AI we have today. You’ll have to discard the cup and do it over.