2024/07/23

AI Already Taking Jobs in the Videogame Industry, Brian Merchant Reports

“Managers at video game companies aren’t necessarily using AI to eliminate entire departments, but many are using it to cut corners, ramp up productivity, and compensate for attrition after layoffs. It’s less Skynet and more of a mass effect—and it’s happening right now.”
– Tech critic and Blood in the Machine (2023) author Brian Merchant, on how Generative AI is already replacing and degrading jobs in the largely ununionized videogame industry
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