So, AI generated code, but not AI generated textures. That’s still slop.
I feel like they’re just covering their asses because the c-suite wants their AI summaries in emails and shit, but the devs know using it for anything is creative suicide. That, and maybe localization still wants their AI tools, which predate LLMs but probably get lumped in anyway.
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I have yet to see any dev use it in a responsible, effective, and enhancing way. It always makes them take longer and produce worse code. With the exception of those who are already worse coders than the AI.
This feels like a way for them to say fuck generative AI, but also, hey investors, don’t pull out we can find something else to do with it I guess…
Ultimately, if you’re a publicly traded company, the calls to “use AI and use it now” are too strong for tech companies to completely ignore, so it’s at least good that they’re drawing a line from an ethical and artistic standpoint. Once the bubble pops, they can probably take a “I told you so” victory lap.
To me it sounds more like them saying fine we’ll hire real artists, but we won’t hire real devs.
They’ll still have devs. Maybe fewer devs and no junior devs.
…which will suck for the company when they do their next round of layoffs.
If they’re forcing their devs to use AI, then they don’t have devs, they have slop wranglers.
So keeping copilot / Claude but not using generated art assets.
They will use placeholders but none of these things will make them considerably more productive, I think. They use LLMs because managers got FOMO.
Ok. Solid argument.
