Random aside: I've seen a 2015 game be accused of AI slop on Steam because it used a similar concept... And mind you, there's probably thousands of games that do this.

First it was punctuation and grammar, then linguistic coherence, and now it's tiny bits of whimsy that are falling victim to AI accusations. Good fucking grief

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PunchyHamster 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

All that is needed to solve that is to reliably put AI disclaimer on things done by AI

Which of course won't be done because corporations don't want that (except Valve I guess), so blame them.

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moron4hire 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

To me, this is a sign of just how much regular people do not want AI. This is worse than crypto and metaverse before it. Crypto, people could ignore and the dumb ape pictures helped you figure out who to avoid. Metaverse, some folks even still enjoyed VR and AR without the digital real estate bullshit. And neither got shoved down your throat in everyday, mundane things like writing a paper in Word or trying to deal with your auto mechanic.

But AI is causing such visceral reactions that it's bleeding into other areas. People are so averse to AI they don't mind a few false positives.

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bonoboTP 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's how people resisted CGI back in the day. What people dislike is low quality. There is a loud subset who are really against it on principle like we also have people who insist on analog music but regular people are much more practical but they don't post about this all day on the internet.

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trial3 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

perhaps one important detail is that cassette tape guys and Lucasfilm aren’t/weren’t demanding a complete and total restructuring of the economy and society

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Gigachad 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Not really. The scale is entirely different. I think less of someone as a person if they send me AI slop.

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gunsle 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think literally everyone could agree CGI has been detrimental to the quality of films.

	▲	Levitz 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		"Literally everyone" can't even agree on whether Polio is bad. I myself would disagree that CGI itself is a bad thing.
	▲	delecti 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I could maybe agree in the sense of "has had detrimental effects", but certainly not in the sense of "net detrimental".
	▲	CamperBob2 11 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		90% of the time, you wouldn't know CGI if you saw it. That's the 'good' CGI. Same thing is true of AI output.
	▲	NitpickLawyer 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Anecdata-- from me. I think cgi can be a net positive.
	▲	xnorswap 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Not just in the obvious ways either, even good CGI has been detrimental to the film (and TV) making process. I was watching some behind the scenes footage from something recently, and the thing that struck me most was just how they wouldn't bother with the location shoot now and just green-screen it all for the convenience. Even good CGI is changing not just how films are made, but what kinds of films get shot and what kind of stories get told. Regardless of the quality of the output, there's a creativeness in film-making that is lost as CGI gets better and cheaper to do.
	▲	sanex 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Project Hail Mary is a great example of not relying on CGI.

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sunaookami 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No there is a very loud minority of users who are very anti AI that hate on anything that is even remotely connected to AI and let everyone know with false claims. See the game Expedition 33 for example.

	▲	neutronicus 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Especially true in gaming communities. IMO it's a combination of long-running paranoia about cost-cutting and quality, and a sort of performative allegiance to artists working in the industry.

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Levitz 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And yet, no game has problems selling due to these reactions. As a matter of fact, the vast majority of people can't even tell if AI has been used here or there unless told.

I reckon it's just drama paraded by gaming "journalists" and not much else. You will find people expressing concern on Reddit or Bluesky, but ultimately it doesn't matter.