Because they used, and then removed, placeholder AO generated textures in some unspecified location?
I hate to break it to you buddy but for the last 2 years every piece of software you’ve used, including this one, has had the dev experiment with AI tools.
It wasn’t some unspecified location. There are images of the AI textures. Why should anyone believe they were placeholder textures as opposed to crap that they thought nobody would notice?
I’m not against the use of AI, so why you would assume that I do not know. I expect transparency on its use. The developers clearly were not transparent if it ever got to the point where they won an award despite a hard anti-AI rule.
They removed the AI content less than a week after release. By unspecified I mean it wasn’t a deliberate “this is the AI section”.
The awards were given 4 days ago, 6 months after release (more?). So the judgement is not on the game as it stands or even as it was submitted.
The awards don’t matter, I’m just genuinely baffled by this person depriving themselves of joy because of some virtue signalling that relies entirely on just not being aware of AI being used everywhere else.
Following the publication of this article, Sandfall Interactive wishes to provide the following clarifications.
The studio states that it was in contact with El País on April 25 - three months prior to this publication. During these exchanges, Sandfall Interactive indicated that it had used a limited number of pre-existing assets, notably 3D assets sourced from the Unreal Engine Marketplace. None of these assets were created using artificial intelligence. Sandfall Interactive further clarifies that there are no generative Al-created assets in the game. When the first Al tools became available in 2022, some members of the team briefly experimented with them to generate temporary placeholder textures. Upon release, instances of a placeholder texture were removed within 5 days to be replaced with the correct textures that had always been intended for release, but were missed during the Quality Assurance process.
“Virtue signalling” really? This is some AI bro bullshit. Like clockwork, everyone who is exposed for using art theft slop comes out and claims that they didn’t use it. And if they did, they only barely used it. So that makes it okay, apparently. That’s on you if you just blindly believe the oopsie from the developers.
just not being aware of AI being used everywhere else.
Talking completely out your arse there, and ignoring what I just said in my previous comment.
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 20 hours ago
Because they used, and then removed, placeholder AO generated textures in some unspecified location?
I hate to break it to you buddy but for the last 2 years every piece of software you’ve used, including this one, has had the dev experiment with AI tools.
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 19 hours ago
It wasn’t some unspecified location. There are images of the AI textures. Why should anyone believe they were placeholder textures as opposed to crap that they thought nobody would notice?
I’m not against the use of AI, so why you would assume that I do not know. I expect transparency on its use. The developers clearly were not transparent if it ever got to the point where they won an award despite a hard anti-AI rule.
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 19 hours ago
They removed the AI content less than a week after release. By unspecified I mean it wasn’t a deliberate “this is the AI section”.
The awards were given 4 days ago, 6 months after release (more?). So the judgement is not on the game as it stands or even as it was submitted.
The awards don’t matter, I’m just genuinely baffled by this person depriving themselves of joy because of some virtue signalling that relies entirely on just not being aware of AI being used everywhere else.
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 18 hours ago
“Virtue signalling” really? This is some AI bro bullshit. Like clockwork, everyone who is exposed for using art theft slop comes out and claims that they didn’t use it. And if they did, they only barely used it. So that makes it okay, apparently. That’s on you if you just blindly believe the oopsie from the developers.
Talking completely out your arse there, and ignoring what I just said in my previous comment.