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See, I don't mind AI if it's used for stuff like NPC interactions and what not, but not for the creation of assets or mechanics.
At least in it's current iteration, AI can stand out like a sore thumb and once you see it, something is taken away from the experience.
I don't think I've played a game where I've seen AI but this definitely applies to other faucets.
only if the dialogue is already pre-written by people.
Which other faucets?
Bathroom sink, outdoor, utility…
Stop, I can only get so wet.
Art, news articles, etc.
Facets?
The more you know. I always thought faucet was used colloquially like "another faucet of information."
I stand corrected.
Well... Not to confuse the matter but a 'faucet of information' could technically be correct, if you're referring to a source of information. A FACET is like another side of something. A different face, if you will
Yeah, that could be a metaphor, I think. Or simile? I have forgotten my English lessons
Yeah its more like different facets of the same diamond, in my head at least
I guess more appropriately would be the same gem cut in different facets
Idk English is weird lol
I never thought about that, but “faucet” in that context totally makes sense too! That’s delightful—my partner had a very similar thing where they thought “SMH” meant “so much hate”, or SMDH “so much damn hate”. In all contexts, it just kinda worked!
Almost certainly you’ve played a game where some of the code was AI generated. That’s pretty much impossible to notice.
I don't know any coders who doesn't use any kind of llm help these days. From prompting a snippet to fill blown agents.
Then you're 100% living in a bubble. High. Full time software engineer who does not use LLMs. Most of my friends do not use LLMs. There's way more of us than you think
I'm not saying you don't exist, and I'm happy for you that you have an opportunity to code yourself, but yeah where I'm at it's a slumbering art.
Senior software dev here at a company you know of. I was forced to use Claude for a week at my job and it was absolutely miserable. I hate LLMs and don't use them in any way, shape, or form. I do spend a lot of time cleaning up the fucking slop written by some of my colleagues who have no qualms about unleashing them on our codebase which is already bursting with tech debt.
Like, it's gotten to the point where I check potential new dependencies for
AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md/Claude as a commit co-author/.cursorin.gitignorebefore I use them. It's obviously not possible to avoid using code written with LLMs, but I've had too many fucking problems at this point, so I'm going to try.Oh I agree it creates many problems, especially when going full vibe. I'm a tech lead at a company you will never hear about and we're being pushed to experiment with llms, trying to find ways to increase productivity.
Engineer/programmer here. Me and my coworker have never used AI to code.
We have a mature codebase, there's no point to have an LLM make code for us.
Hi.
Nice to meet you!
That's why I've said "once you see it." I'm fully aware of vibe coding and I know it's useful to help speed things along and cut down development time.
I think I was more leaning towards assets than anything else, though I've seen people argue about mechanics and code, so I figured I'd include it.
It's more noticeable than you think in execution time, memory usage and file size
Ooh instead of the same shitty dialogue from unimportant NPCs they can vary what they say every time you talk to them? That genuinely sounds like it'd improve immersion but we're so beyond that level that I don't find it very appealing at the moment.
Typically NPC dialogue also serves more than immersion, such as helping the player solve a quest or find a hidden thing. Some are for world building, too, but even that might be risky with AI since you may end up with inconsistencies that would actually be counter to immersion in the long run.
Like, you don't get actors to ad lib whole scripts in a movie no matter how versed there are in the story.
Look up the Mantella mod for Skyrim.
General Sam has a great video showcasing what the mod can do. He literally ends up going on a couple random quests with a fuckin bear because some town guards killed the bear's friend. It was awesome.
The sad part is, it could with a little tweaking.
But that well has been so heavily poisoned by corporate bubble blowing interests, that attempting anything with it is a potential death sentence for your entire project.