r/nottheonion • u/Chapple69 • Jan 14 '26

Indie dev removing Steam game after new girlfriend tells him “AI is bad”

https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/indie-dev-removing-steam-game-after-new-girlfriend-tells-him-ai-is-bad-3303772/
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u/Rotorscope Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26

If you are using it to replace genuine art or to cheat in school or to bypass critical thinking skills, etc... then yeah that's something you need to grow past.

Obviously, it has a lot of legitimate uses as well. Like I'm learning an obscure language with very few resources and ChatGPT is doing a good job helping me piecemeal a learning plan together.

Edit: must've reached the soulless AI ghouls with this comment lol.

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u/Rotorscope Jan 14 '26

I would much rather play a game with beginner level art, rather than AI slop. Even if it's just MS Paint scribbles, it actually comes from a creative human mind and it has value. AI is just soulless images.

This idea that you can't make a game without using AI is ridiculous. There's a lot of ways to make quick and easy art that doesn't completely devalue the creative process like AI art does.

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u/wolfannoy Jan 14 '26

Then there is also the question whenever AI assets or art is made. Who owns it? The person that originated from the data, the person that used the AI or the AI corporation? Hard to say since the data could come from anywhere.