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[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 40 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (4 children)

The ethics and utility (or lack thereof) of AI is an important discussion in it's own right. In terms of Steam though, I really don't think it's relevant. Players want the disclosures, that's it, that's all that should really matter. Am I missing some nuance here?

[–] Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 20 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

They want it? I don't know, the review score of Black Ops 7 begs to differ.

Personally I'll give money to a hard working indie dev that may use AI to help in their work spiradically over a big company shoving AI in everything to replace workers.

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 27 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Perhaps they meant players want AI disclosures.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Oh yes that is what I meant. Edited for clarity.

[–] Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago

Thanks, I thought it meant people want AI slop garbage 🤣

[–] borth@sh.itjust.works 19 points 4 hours ago

The nuance is that Tim doesn't give a shit what players want, him and his cronies don't want it because it's harder to convince someone to play AI slop when they know it's AI slop before they even try it 😂

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 16 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It might make players demand lower prices if some cheap AI slop is used in the game. That's the thing publishers want to avoid. They want to sell cheap slop for full price and pocket the difference. That's what it's about in the end.

[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

I haven't really seen demands for lower prices on AI slop, but I've seen a lot of outright refusal to buy at any price, and returns when the disclosure came later.

[–] Sl00k@programming.dev 0 points 2 hours ago

I posted this in another comment but I think the nuance is really in what did they use the AI for. Are they using Claude code for the programming but did the entire artwork by hand? How many really care about that?

Compared to someone who tried to one shot a slop game with full AI assets and is just trying to make a quick buck.