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[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 259 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Even if that did happen, it wouldn't defeat the point of the disclosures at all. In fact, people will appreciate it all the more if a game is made without any AI involvement and it will become a selling point.

[–] Carnelian@lemmy.world 105 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Plus, shouldn’t he want that information to be front and center anyway if he actually thinks it’s a good thing?

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago

He, like the that Microsoft suit, has just enough awareness to realize how AI is being thought of by the general public, and knows it would affect his bottom line. Which is really all he cares about.

[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I only play organic games.

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

I think it would be helpful to know how AI is used.

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 12 points 1 month ago

It already is becoming a positive marketing point!

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[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 128 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm glad that Tim Sweeny and its Epig Games Store is not the market leader.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 52 points 1 month ago (1 children)

lol I just found my 7 year old post on Reddit (when Reddit was cool) of a Epig Games logo creation: https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckepic/comments/bvw5ru/epig_games/

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

But pigs are cute :(

Why associate them with such a shit company?

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 99 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Tim Fashy again demonstrates why Steam is as successful as it is without a monopoly.

Also, another reason to never, ever do anything to do with epic, proven by the Chief Enslavement Officer itself.

[–] who@feddit.org 69 points 1 month ago (3 children)

PC gamers (sample size: at least 1) say they struggle to think of anything valuable that Tim Sweeney has ever said.

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 26 points 1 month ago

Up that sample size to 2 baybee

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[–] Feyd@programming.dev 62 points 1 month ago

Information good. Hiding information bad. Nefarious intentions.

[–] SpaceScotsman@startrek.website 61 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sugars and additives are in nearly all foods, maybe we should stop asking manufacturers to disclose it on the ingredients list.

[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 57 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

If most games will contain AI content, then an "AI-free" badge couldn't be more important. He must understand that that statement is a complete logical fallacy, right?

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

It's Tim Sweeney, he doesn't understand where the sun goes at night.

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[–] Durandal@lemmy.today 56 points 1 month ago

We're seeing the rise of push back against AI gen stuff... https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/827650/indie-developers-gen-ai-nexon-arc-raiders

Doubling down on the glazing of the ai bubble is pretty on brand for him. In before "tim sues steam for spurious claims against ai" or some other bullshit.

Sidenote: IsThereAnyDeal.com has the steam ai declarations as part of the quick reference section on game pages now. https://mastodon.social/@isthereanydeal/115606686918493913

[–] artyom@piefed.social 52 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

If it's available in "nearly all" development then you can switch the tag to say "no AI" and then I can continue discovering and buying games that don't have that BS.

But we all know, as does Sweeney, that that's a lie. And also that I wouldn't shop for games on Epic Store anyway, for reasons just like this.

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[–] KiwiTB@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tim continues to not 'read the room'

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

On the wrong side of nearly everything. Disappointing, he was a gaming pioneer. Now just a petty greedy corpo.

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[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 42 points 1 month ago

Then put the disclaimer in all games? So what, not like they're limited quantity

[–] nuko147@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yes, like we don't have Handmade tags in products...

I dont know about the future, but a "No AI-Art" tag, makes sense to me.

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[–] Shape4985@lemmy.ml 37 points 1 month ago

This is just one of many examples on why epic is inferior

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago

And CEOs will be the easiest position to replace with AI. Can't wait for the share holders to figure that out.

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 month ago

And wonder why Steam is succeeded but Epic is an AI slop wasteland

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 34 points 1 month ago (6 children)

yea that's just playing on semantics. Of course machine learning will keep assisting many different workflows, thank you Tim.
Go ahead with your ML-assisted procedural animations, your ML-enhanced denoising, your ML-powered stochastic mesh pruning.

What people don't want is generated visuals/music that try and pass off as art. I'd love to summon debility to explain that the ruling class doesn't get it, but they do -it's a convenient way for them to save on human labor that is also... just too tempting to use for replacing art as well.

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[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And people wonder why Epic games has the smallest market share of all the game stores

[–] Reference4054@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, I can't imagine why people aren't flocking to the Epic Store. Must be Valves fault.

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[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

They make sense because we don't want your AI shit Sweeney

[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Tim: Valve doesn't understand the market. AI is going to lead gaming industry.

Also Tim: VALVE IS A MONOPOLY AND SHOULD SEIZE TO EXIST.

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[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Then some clueless person complains that Steam dominates the market. When Epic is constantly shooting their foot.

People like to make informed decisions and those labels help. In proper countries even beer have content labels to say if there is rice or corn with the barley.

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[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

Never buy another Epic game again, understood!

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

"Crypto/NFT disclosures make no sense, because all games will become "Play to Earn" and have NFT objects where you can transfer your Mario hat to COD 2028."

I am being glib, Sweeney probably has a point, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't take a critical look at his intentions.

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[–] GLOOMSDAY@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Using AI for checking a code, and then double checking it yourself is different than some waste of sperm dictating prompts to AI, and telling his friends at parties while high on ketamine adderol and coke "this is going to be the next Morrowind x Cyberpunk x Mario Brother Kart Theft Auto" is the AI badge Valve is talking about.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 20 points 1 month ago

These guys live in a bubble, huffing each others’ farts

[–] Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 month ago

It is useful to know what games i want to avoid and boycott.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 19 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

This is why Epic is losing lol

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[–] Angelevo@feddit.nl 18 points 1 month ago

More info = good.

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tim can suck my sweaty balls.

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[–] jaselle@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago

It being ubiquitous does not mean it makes no sense. They can still say how and to what extent gen AI was used.

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

nahh men. This is why you (Epic) are giving away games every week for free. Nobody likes you

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[–] julysfire@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Epic CEO [Tim Sweeney] is an idiot

[–] holymole@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago

I guess I won't be buying nearly all games.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 14 points 1 month ago

Tim Sweeny doesn't understand the very people he wants to have give him money. Like, at all.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Super effective slop filter you say? Sign me the fuck up!

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