Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney recently proclaimed that Steam should not disclose which games on its platform have been made using generative AI. After all, "AI will be involved in nearly all future production." Why bother, then? Why fight the tide? How dare they? How dare they.
You can choose to link today's Fortnite fandom suspicions to Sweeney's statement; I won't stop you. I'm not saying the two are truly related, but it's hard to deny how poorly-timed this is in the eyes of anybody who has considerable issues with the usage of AI-generated "art" in video games.
Copium overdose.
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RingtailVT posted two images from the freshly-launched Chapter 7 to Fortnite's official Reddit page, urging players to say "no" to "AI slop." Apropos of very little, but I really hate how prolific the word "slop" has gotten this year. You know, though, we should keep saying it specifically for AI. We really should.
Both the "Sauce Talk" and Marty McFly are coming under heavy fire here, but as a top commenter mentions, there's a certain in-game yeti poster that appears to have shoved respect for real artists into a "High Mile...
