As the debate about the “art” of AI continues to rage on sites such as ArtStation, Twitter, and Reddit (as well as in the comments below this article), AI is already being used in commercial projects.Most recently, Justin Roiland of Squanch Games and rick and morty fame is his latest project Comedy First-Person Shooter high on lifeused machine learning algorithms to create poster art and vocal performances.
So-called AI art quickly became a hot topic in online artists and creators Because it’s easier than ever to get detailed (and sometimes great looking) digital images by just typing a few words. AI art isn’t created by humans, it’s just a mess of digital bits and bobs ripped from existing images, often placed without the original artist’s permission, which is why we It’s not art by any general definition.that a kind of It looks like how a human artist would create it. And in a world where it’s more difficult than ever for artists to make a living, AI art could destroy many lives, careers and futures. In response, AI tech buddies and their associated freaks say, “Haha baby boomers, keep going!” Now that technology is used in video games and I’m tired of all that.
of interview with sky newsJustin Roiland has confirmed that his studio Squanch Games used the AI art tool Midjourney AI. high on lifeThe production of to add some “finishes” to the world. Although not confirmed in direct interviews, People on Reddit found Many posters in-game Anything that appears to have been created using an AI art tool. (I know, because the “people” who made them don’t seem to know what humans or printed words look like.)
“It makes the world feel like a strange alternate universe to ours,” explained Royland. sky news“And we used it to come up with weird and funny ideas.”
Royland is most of the art high on life It’s handmade by people. But it’s also a shame that we live in a timeline that we have to confirm. The art of your game was made by people, not text prompts, plus lead his designer Erich Meyr said: sky news They used AI to prototype the characters’ voices, and one “minor” role in the game was actually left voiced by the AI.
“I don’t know what the future holds, but AI will be a tool with the potential to make content creation very accessible,” Roiland continued. “I don’t know how many more years it will take, but we just need people with big ideas.”
Ignoring Roiland’s statement that AI is used to come up with ideas and is for people with ideas, I was disappointed to see AI art rapidly infect video games. I’m here. But I am not surprised. The video game industry has long treated artists like machines. 14 hours a day, weeks at a timeAnd developers and artists are rarely paid fairly. So it’s no surprise that game studios and publishers replace workers with algorithms and various “AI”-enabled tools as soon as possible.
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Of course, some jump to the comments explaining that AI art is actually great, that people who use prompts to create AI art are artists, and that automation is a natural part of civilization and technology. And to those people I say: come. “
Imagine if we lived in a world where universal basic income was the norm, medicine and food were free, and safety nets were in place to ensure everyone was happy and healthy. , I would be more okay with AI art…and similar tools could replace traditional careers and jobs. But it’s not. Until then, more automation means more people will struggle to survive. It can be hard to stop technology from moving forward, but that doesn’t mean it’s universally right, ethically sound, or that we just have to let it happen. . Even if we truly believe that “AI-created art” is good, that doesn’t mean we have to accept the enormous toll it takes on real-life humans as our future.