Schauspieler durch KI zu ersetzen sei „höllisch dumm“, sagt Jennifer English in „Clair Obscur: Expedition 33“ und „Baldur’s Gate 3“, denn „Menschlichkeit“ macht diese RPGs „so beliebt“.
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/replacing-actors-with-ai-is-dumb-as-hell-says-clair-obscur-expedition-33-and-baldurs-gate-3-star-jennifer-english-because-humanness-is-what-makes-these-rpgs-so-beloved/
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Ah yes, AI. The thing Clair Obscur’s devs famously didn’t get caught using during development without disclosing it, and when that didn’t happen they subsequently didn’t get any indie gaming awards rescinded.
She’s not wrong. I don wanna to talk to no six fingered NPC.
Is there a major game studio thats balls to the wall pro-AI?
I ask because its too fashionable to be against AI. So statements such as these are ResidentSleeper
Characters with stories and screentime? Of course!
Some random NPCs with barely any lines? AI
Making stuff without having to hire more people isn’t „dumb as hell“ at all, if people are buying it.
She’s not wrong, but like… what’s the value of her opinion here? Show me one actor who thinks it’s okay to replace actors with AI, aside from megastar dickwads who want to sell their likeness for millions and retire.
I think it’s important that protecting workers rights becomes the core anti-AI argument, not this woolly and increasingly inaccurate idea that AI cannot (or cannot eventually) create art that resembles human art. As AI gets better at an alarming rate, artists‘ claims that the reason humans need to be involved is that there’s some essential „humanness“ about human art becomes an increasingly fraught position.
Very soon AI will be able to generate the next Clair-Obscur, and if the zeitgeist shifts then gamers won’t care any more. Currently they do, but wait until it becomes the norm, in the same way that every other ethical practice companies already engage in is the norm. Studios are increasingly incentivised to embrace this cost-saving technology. All they need is for that shift to occur – the normalisation of its use – and the floodgates will burst open. It feels like only a matter of time.
This is the result of our artists being tied to a system all about generating profit. Artists are workers in this system and it’s their rights that need protecting here – that’s the essential point.
It’s about generative music rather than generative narrative art, but Youtuber Adam Neely puts it well:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dcFhF0Dlk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dcFhF0Dlk)
At this point they’re going to be games with AI, some AI,and no AI. Like food ingredients, just tell us what’s in the package and let the consumers choose at this point. No one is putting this genie back in the bottle and transparency is the only regulation you might be able to get out of it.
lol no it’s not. Glad people like this are losing out to AI. Gamers don’t care. Nobody can tell anyways.
Love the message and love the VA but why is this in r/technology? It’s just an opinion given in passing
Wait a sec, Shart voiced Maelle?
„humanness“ is what makes RPGS beloved? Uh…what does that even mean? People like good games. If AI gets good enough to replicate a human…most people won’t care at all, especially if it means more games at the same quality.
Nothing against the VA herself but it’s a little ironic given that one of the endings in E33 is basically an allegory where >!her character would rather spend more of her life in a magically deepfaked world where one character bot’s behavior was trained on the mannerisms of her dead brother, instead of leaving it to work on her real-life family!<
Like people are getting so outraged by „digital necromancy“ but suddenly lap it up when coated in a layer of „don’t worry it’s Magic™ so you’re good!“
Oooh 3 downvotes already before I even finished edits, good to know you’re all being triggered ❤️
Everything about this headline is dumb
I think the best way to get AI bros to understand why acting can’t be totally replaced by AI is to remind them that the human brain is AGI and performance is the result of a bunch of brains working together, i.e. Leonardo DiCaprio and a famous director dog walks you and Sora every time
> It’s worth noting that Expedition 33 did use generative AI during development for the creation of some background textures. While those textures were patched out after launch, it did cost the RPG one of its many GOTY awards.
I didn’t know this, was this widely publicized?
At least they patched it out.
Not to me. If anything hearing same popular voice actors in different games ruins the immersion. I’d actually prefer AI if it can emote well enough because then the voice/character will be entirely game specific.
She’s right.
I feel like everyone only talks about what can be replaced… But in the end, it’s the artistic craft that gives energy and joy… The concept, the acting, and all the stuff that comes with it… Why should an AI do that?
100%. Reminds me of that terrible Skyrim Mod I saw when AI was barely coming out and everyone was so hyped for the modding capabilities only for all the interactions to come out straight garbage and out of character
New movies, tv, streaming programming for the most part is so mediocre now.
Might as well Ai it all.
On one hand, I really like good voice acting in story driven games.
On the other hand, I really want a version of Skyrim where every npc is a chatbot with text to speech.