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Anyone else excited about the fact that AI will slowly replace game developers?

With AI, we won't have anymore drama.

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ZVWQP-9B8TM-VH9CT said:
it will, because when the model moves to a Local LLM (running on your own computer), the technical barriers and "safety filters" imposed by a corporation are removed.
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That's not the model at all though. The idea is that computers get ridiculously expensive and everyone has a subscription for everything in the cloud using a device that is basically (or actually) a phone that doesn't have the power to run much locally.

Gg.
 
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Lmao. Imagine thinking that AI would get rid of any agendas game devs wanna put into games. They'll just run their prompt of choice and have AI implement it for them.

Also fuck no. AI is dog shit. Everything devs have been using AI for is piss poor.
 
ZVWQP-9B8TM-VH9CT said:
I think this is quite positive:

  1. Since a lot of tedious work is reduced, the developers who continue to work can focus on more meaningful things and improve them.
  2. AAA and AA games will now take much less time to create.
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I'm pretty sure the same thing was said at the beginning of each new generation. Yet here we are. But, but - this time it will be different!

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ZVWQP-9B8TM-VH9CT said:
I think this is quite positive:

  1. Since a lot of tedious work is reduced, the developers who continue to work can focus on more meaningful things and improve them.
  2. AAA and AA games will now take much less time to create.
  3. Let's not kid ourselves, especially AAA studios today have a bunch of useless parasites of questionable gender with blue hair. When the time comes for layoffs, the most useless parts will inevitably leave the company so that those who remain can work with AI and get the job done.
  4. The entry barrier for games is being lowered. Now small devs will be able to produce AAA scale games as AI will offer them an infinite workforce to work with, which now the big studios are forced to pay for for years. This will allow LOTS OF GREAT games of excellent quality to be released by people working alone using AI for their project. And not only in games, the same will happen in movies. Will anyone miss Netflix if it shuts down because AI has now advanced so much that anyone with a little directing skill can produce a 2 hour movie from their computer? Good riddance.
Edit: Since some people brought up that AI is leftist too, the answer is that it won't be, because when the model moves to a Local LLM (running on your own computer), the technical barriers and "safety filters" imposed by a corporation are removed.
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AI will NOT be replacing game developers goofball.

AI is a tool at best to make pre-production and certain development tasks a lot less mundane and quicker to go through. A human still needs to be fully involved or you will end up with a jumbled mess that no one will want to market or play.
 
ZVWQP-9B8TM-VH9CT said:
I think this is quite positive:

  1. Since a lot of tedious work is reduced, the developers who continue to work can focus on more meaningful things and improve them.
  2. AAA and AA games will now take much less time to create.
  3. Let's not kid ourselves, especially AAA studios today have a bunch of useless parasites of questionable gender with blue hair. When the time comes for layoffs, the most useless parts will inevitably leave the company so that those who remain can work with AI and get the job done.
  4. The entry barrier for games is being lowered. Now small devs will be able to produce AAA scale games as AI will offer them an infinite workforce to work with, which now the big studios are forced to pay for for years. This will allow LOTS OF GREAT games of excellent quality to be released by people working alone using AI for their project. And not only in games, the same will happen in movies. Will anyone miss Netflix if it shuts down because AI has now advanced so much that anyone with a little directing skill can produce a 2 hour movie from their computer? Good riddance.
Edit: Since some people brought up that AI is leftist too, the answer is that it won't be, because when the model moves to a Local LLM (running on your own computer), the technical barriers and "safety filters" imposed by a corporation are removed.
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There is nothing positive about people losing jobs, whether you agree with their political leaning or not. What a twonk.
 
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ZVWQP-9B8TM-VH9CT said:
I think this is quite positive:

  1. Since a lot of tedious work is reduced, the developers who continue to work can focus on more meaningful things and improve them.
  2. AAA and AA games will now take much less time to create.
  3. Let's not kid ourselves, especially AAA studios today have a bunch of useless parasites of questionable gender with blue hair. When the time comes for layoffs, the most useless parts will inevitably leave the company so that those who remain can work with AI and get the job done.
  4. The entry barrier for games is being lowered. Now small devs will be able to produce AAA scale games as AI will offer them an infinite workforce to work with, which now the big studios are forced to pay for for years. This will allow LOTS OF GREAT games of excellent quality to be released by people working alone using AI for their project. And not only in games, the same will happen in movies. Will anyone miss Netflix if it shuts down because AI has now advanced so much that anyone with a little directing skill can produce a 2 hour movie from their computer? Good riddance.
Edit: Since some people brought up that AI is leftist too, the answer is that it won't be, because when the model moves to a Local LLM (running on your own computer), the technical barriers and "safety filters" imposed by a corporation are removed.
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Fuck no!

I don't want a clanker making my games. I don't want mass unemployment and the industry flooded with AI dog shit.
 
So, basically this is all you care about:
"Let's not kid ourselves, especially AAA studios today have a bunch of useless parasites of questionable gender with blue hair."

Now, to follow your argument, you know the blue haired people will be the ones commanding the AI in that scenario. Right? :D
 
ZVWQP-9B8TM-VH9CT said:
I think this is quite positive:

  1. Since a lot of tedious work is reduced, the developers who continue to work can focus on more meaningful things and improve them.
  2. AAA and AA games will now take much less time to create.
  3. Let's not kid ourselves, especially AAA studios today have a bunch of useless parasites of questionable gender with blue hair. When the time comes for layoffs, the most useless parts will inevitably leave the company so that those who remain can work with AI and get the job done.
  4. The entry barrier for games is being lowered. Now small devs will be able to produce AAA scale games as AI will offer them an infinite workforce to work with, which now the big studios are forced to pay for for years. This will allow LOTS OF GREAT games of excellent quality to be released by people working alone using AI for their project. And not only in games, the same will happen in movies. Will anyone miss Netflix if it shuts down because AI has now advanced so much that anyone with a little directing skill can produce a 2 hour movie from their computer? Good riddance.
Edit: Since some people brought up that AI is leftist too, the answer is that it won't be, because when the model moves to a Local LLM (running on your own computer), the technical barriers and "safety filters" imposed by a corporation are removed.
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Log off.

 
I'm extremely excited that AI will replace the utter dogshit entertainment industry we have today. All of it.

Good things made by talented people will still exist but slop will make no sense to be produced when AI will be so much better at it.
 
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64gigabyteram said:
nice way to start off the new year on GAF.

This forum's utter contempt towards the very people who make the games they like needs to be studied.
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I appreciate the people who used to make the games I like. They've long since been replaced. I have little interest in modern games (or TV or movies or music).
 
ZVWQP-9B8TM-VH9CT said:
I think this is quite positive:

  1. Since a lot of tedious work is reduced, the developers who continue to work can focus on more meaningful things and improve them.
  2. AAA and AA games will now take much less time to create.
  3. Let's not kid ourselves, especially AAA studios today have a bunch of useless parasites of questionable gender with blue hair. When the time comes for layoffs, the most useless parts will inevitably leave the company so that those who remain can work with AI and get the job done.
  4. The entry barrier for games is being lowered. Now small devs will be able to produce AAA scale games as AI will offer them an infinite workforce to work with, which now the big studios are forced to pay for for years. This will allow LOTS OF GREAT games of excellent quality to be released by people working alone using AI for their project. And not only in games, the same will happen in movies. Will anyone miss Netflix if it shuts down because AI has now advanced so much that anyone with a little directing skill can produce a 2 hour movie from their computer? Good riddance.
Edit: Since some people brought up that AI is leftist too, the answer is that it won't be, because when the model moves to a Local LLM (running on your own computer), the technical barriers and "safety filters" imposed by a corporation are removed.
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I imagine AI replacing your job
 
Your idealized vision of AI developers would be a great solution if the problem was the number of games being produced rather than the depth and quality. If I wanted to immerse myself in a tepid sea of content to engage my senses with soulless, brain candy, I would just scroll through Tiktok with a game controller.
 
thefool said:
I'm extremely excited that AI will replace the utter dogshit entertainment industry we have today. All of it.

Good things made by talented people will still exist but slop will make no sense to be produced when AI will be so much better at it.
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The talented people shouldn't be afraid. They will be fine. Only the dei hires are scared.
 
If you can't tell why AI making games would be a bad thing, you're operating on such a low level that you would enjoy any AI slop being thrown at you. Also Ubisoft games would be great for you.
 
IDKFA said:
Fuck no!

I don't want a clanker making my games. I don't want mass unemployment and the industry flooded with AI dog shit.
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If they are actually better than the AI, they shouldn't be afraid. But is it so? I see the purple haired freaks crying online that they are threatened as "localization specialists" (localization censorship) or as "artists" (designers of fat ugly women).
 
Shifty1897 said:
If you can't tell why AI making games would be a bad thing, you're operating on such a low level that you would enjoy any AI slop being thrown at you. Also Ubisoft games would be great for you.
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They are trash, they aren't made by AI. You enjoy them.
Why are you afraid? Since people prefer purple haired tr00ns creating games, the demand for AI games will be non existent, so you won't miss the trash games that exist today.
 
If you ahve worked in any creative production environment you would know AI isnt' replacing anyone. The slop that the general public is familiar with is useless in any production pipeline.
 
Polaris said:
I want A.I. to do my taxes, not my art.
Now people want A.I. to do the creative stuff so people can spend their free time doing chores.
I hate it here.
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But AI isn't creating, it's just combining.

Knight of the Round said:
I asked ChatGPT to estimate when the A.I. bubble will burst, based on the historical data of how investments and market crashes worked in the past with numerous technological breakthroughs and the stockmarket.

It said the 'crash' won't be an overnight crash but the market will have to course correct. It estimated around the end of 2027. But even after that, it will take a few months for the GPU and DRAM prices to start going down.
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Estimating when an "AI bubble" might burst is inherently uncertain — especially because no one can predict markets with precision. However, we can make an informed assessment using historical patterns of technological bubbles and investment cycles.




📉 What a "Bubble Burst" Typically Looks Like


Historically, bubbles tend to:

  1. Rapidly inflate as investors chase a new trend.
  2. Disconnect valuation from fundamentals.
  3. Peak when hype overtakes realistic expectations.
  4. Correct sharply once confidence declines.


Examples include:

  • Tulip Mania (1637)
  • Dot-com Bubble (late 1990s–2000)
  • 2008 Housing Bubble


In each case, the bubble grew over years, often decades, and deflated either suddenly or over several years.




📊 What History Teaches Us



Dot-Com Bubble


  • Began in mid-1990s
  • Peaked in 2000
  • Burst over ~6–12 months
  • Market valuations dropped ~78% in tech stocks



Housing Bubble


  • Grew through early 2000s
  • Burst in 2007–2008
  • Real estate and finance declined over ~2 years



AI Investment Surge


Since the rise of modern AI (2012–2016 with deep learning breakthroughs) and especially since 2022 with generative AI:

  • Private equity, VC, public markets, and new startups have seen explosive growth
  • "AI" has become a label driving valuations — sometimes irrespective of cash flow or profit


This pattern resembles past bubbles in growth and hype, though AI has more real economic application than, say, early dot-com companies.




🧠 Core Differences With AI


AI is not just hype — it is already:

  • Integrated into major industries
  • Generating real revenue
  • Driving productivity and automation
  • Supported by major public and private R&D


So even if an investment bubble bursts, the underlying technology is unlikely to disappear.

To put it another way:

There could be a valuation correction without the technology itself collapsing.




📅 Reasoned Estimate


Using historical patterns and current financial data, here's a plausible timeline:


📌
Short-term (2025–2026)


  • Rising interest rates and valuation scrutiny could lead to:
    • Declines in unprofitable AI startups
    • Reduced hype valuations
    • Investors demanding profitability over growth



📌
Medium-term (2026–2028)


  • A broader correction if:
    • Macro conditions tighten (recession, credit issues)
    • AI revenue expectations fall short
    • Major sell-offs in tech indexes


This would look like:

  • 20–50% decline in speculative AI stocks
  • Consolidation among startups (failures and acquisitions)



📌
Long-term (Post-2028)


  • The broader AI sector stabilizes
  • Strong AI companies survive and grow
  • New fundamentals replace hype





📊 Why Predictions Are Uncertain


A bubble burst depends on many external factors:

  • Interest rates
  • Geopolitical events
  • Regulation
  • Earnings performance
  • Investor psychology


AI is unique — more like the evolution of electricity or internet infrastructure than a fad.




📉 What "Bursting" Might Actually Look Like


Instead of a single crash, we may see:


🟠
A slowdown in funding


  • Fewer mega-valuations
  • More emphasis on revenue/unit economics



🟡
Sector rotation


  • Investment flows into other areas (biotech, energy, engineering)



🔴
Selective correction


  • Most hype-driven companies lose value
  • Market leaders get stronger





📌 Summary Estimate

Period​
Likely Market Phase​
2025–2026Early cooling; rising scrutiny
2026–2028Peak risk of valuation correction
Post-2028Stabilization & maturity
Estimated peak bubble risk: ~Late 2026 to 2028




🧠 Final Takeaway


  • A bubble in investment may burst sooner than people realize (2026–2028)
  • But the value and utility of AI as technology won't vanish
  • The crash — if any — is likely to be valuation-driven, not tech-driven




If you want, I can also:
✅ Compare AI with specific historical bubbles in detail
✅ Show key financial metrics indicating a bubble
✅ Explain which AI sectors are most at risk in a correction
 
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WhamBamThankYouMaam said:
So, basically this is all you care about:
"Let's not kid ourselves, especially AAA studios today have a bunch of useless parasites of questionable gender with blue hair."

Now, to follow your argument, you know the blue haired people will be the ones commanding the AI in that scenario. Right? :D
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You missed the part about the low entry barrier, where basically any user, leftist or not, will be able to run a capable AI local LLM and create an AAA scale game he has envisioned. The indie devs will have much more power then, and they will not need a small studio at all to create their game. I prefer to have 200 new alternatives per day of GTAish games than relying on Rockstar and the politics they allow in their game.
 
What instead will happen is that AAA studios will have a bunch of unpaid interns and outsourced SEAs monitoring AI while it creates the slop you will be fed and gladly eat. And to some extent, it's already happening.
 
evanft said:
So no different than what we have now?
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But games these days aren't bad because the people working on the code or art assets are bad at their job, it's because the publishers and producers set out to make bad games from the get-go. Those guys won't be the ones replaced by AI, we'll still be getting slop on an assembly line, except we'll be getting even more of it.
 
ZVWQP-9B8TM-VH9CT said:
It creates videos and photos from scratch. It will be able to create videogames from scratch soon, only with prompts. That will happen and it will be a massive win for gaming and massive loss for the dei hires.
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It's not 'from scratch'. That's the whole point. Maybe you should look up how AI works.
 
This is one of the most retarded posts I've ever seen on any forum. Congratulations.

It looks like social media and empty-head consumption, coupled with long nights of deeply self-affirming conversations with ChatGPT has caused irreversible brain rot to some pople.

Video games is an artform and you can't make art without humans. Gen-AI is just absolutely worthless slop.
 
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