Players, AI and Unreal Engine 5.8 — technophobia

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Players hate AI. They mass-cancel AAA studios that use it. And then Unreal Engine 5.8 drops AI right to the editor 🤷

Codex and Claude now generate whole cities, art-direct lighting, etc. Players lost their minds — “Every Unreal game needs an AI label now!!!"

Sure, kids. And do we label music for AI mastering? Films for AI color grading? Cofounder of Playsense says — "Creators are being abused by AI”, but… (watch on the 14th minute here)

You know, I just realized what it actually is: technophobia. A fear of a tool that got too visible to ignore. Just a freaking TECHNOPHOBIA!

#GameDev #UnrealEngine #AIinGaming #GenAI #IndieDev #TechnoPanic #TechnoPhobia

Screenshot of a game editor workspace showing a roughly circular terrain area with overlay instructions; UI panels and tooltips visible in the scene editing interface.
Editor screenshot showing an AI-assisted scene with a circular area and UI panels.

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Дмитрий
Это никакая не технофобия. Это элементарное нежелание потреблять нейрослоп в массовом количестве вместо нормальной работы нормальных людей. Навешивать ярлыки на оппонентов, кстати - это достаточно низкий прием полемики.
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov
There are good games and bad games. That's it. AI is used in both cases today, and if a game is bad, it's not the AI's fault
Дмитрий
Naturally Artificial by Sergey Osipov
AI is used in both cases today
Well, a do question your statement. Most good games are done without any AI usage so far.
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