There’s one game director that thinks AI is coming for your jobs and will make creators obsolete. In a new interview with Famitsu, Nier: Automata creative director Yoko Taro was asked about AI in game development and where he thinks it’s going to go.
“I also think that all game creators will lose their jobs due to AI,” he told the outlet (translated). In 50 years, game creators may be treated like bards.”
He continued: “Eventually, I think we will change from an era where people imitate the style of their favorite creators to an era where they can generate their favorite scenarios. AI judges the user’s preferences and successfully generates route branches that the person wants to read, and the ability of recommendations is developing more and more.”
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Taro isn’t the only prominent name in gaming to recently talk about AI and its future in the game development space. Recently, Warhorse Studios co-founder Daniel Vávra said that he hopes AI can help him develop and release more games before his time in the industry is up.
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