Comment on Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage
Maestro@fedia.io 1 day agoDo you know where those rules are? I'm genuinly interested in where exactly they draw the line. I constantly see people ranting about gen AI when used for art, but even simple, basic code autocomplete is AI under the hood these days. I can't imagine developers not using autocomplete.
rtxn@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The rules are on the same page I linked (www.indiegameawards.gg/faq), under the “Game Eligibility” tab. Regarding AI, the document contains a grand total of one sentence:
I’m assuming the definition of what that entails is “at their discretion”, meaning whatever they feel like at the moment. I see that sentiment reflected in this thread too.
Unfortunately the boundary between “AI” and “not AI” is the polar opposite of sharp and well-defined. I’ve used Allegorithmic Substance Designer a lot for CGI work (before Adobe ate the devs; fuck Adobe, all my homies hate Adobe), and it contains a lot of texture generator algorithms from simple noise to complex grunge textures. Things like Perlin noise and Voronoi diagrams are well-known algorithms. What about an algorithm that uses real-world samples? Machine learning is not the same as AI, so is that allowed? Where’s the line? I’m reasonably certain that everybody has a different answer based on different criteria.
I gave them the benefit of doubt and assumed that they had defined the exact line of what is and isn’t allowed, but apparently I was wrong.