As the rise of AI-generated art continues, it was only a matter of time before it crept its way into major productions. Squanch Games’ 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:High On Life used AI art and voice acting, Marvel’s Secret Invasion had an AI-generated intro, the System Shock remake drew backlash for using AI, a Persona producer said the new tech could be “very useful”, while Ubisoft and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Activision have made it clear they will soon begin implementing♈ some aspects of AI to streamline their production process𝐆es.
There is a healthy way for this technology to be used, and we will need to learn to exist alongside it, but such a thing is impossible when capitalism remains the prime incentive. Corporations wil🐼l always cut corners when it comes to saving money or avoiding the fair compensation of its workers, d﷽oubly so if this means shows, films, and games can be pumped out at a faster rate with no consequence. The future is muddy, and it’s going to get much worse before it gets any better.
Gamescom added more fuel to the AI fire as Amazon revealed a new piece of key art for the upcoming Fallout show. At first glance it’s little more than a postcard which could’ve been ripped right out of the games. Vault Boy gives a hearty thumbs up alongside a cute wink while a 1950s art-deco rendition of Los Angeles sits in the background. But when you take a closer look it becomes clear that this promotional material was likely conjured up through AI. It appears to have been used to generate the people, vehicles, and other p🦋arts of the background represented here, which becomes obvious upon 🐼even a light inspection.
Whenever this happens, at least right now, we are able to easily distinguish between pieces of art crafted by human beings and those churned out by an algorithm. Fallout’s aesthetic is iconic at this point, and in 2023 there is nothing strikingly original about the alternate past and future it depicts in many of its games. If 💫anything, its use of tropes is one of the first things any of us would recogni🦩se when it comes to its post-apocalyptic nuclear wasteland, AI or otherwise. So to see what came before replicated so heinously here is frustrating, especially on a show this big which can not only afford talented artists, but should be giving them a place to showcase their talents to the world. Instead, we have three-legged women to the right of Vault Boy. I guess they could be growing third legs before the nukes dropped? I doubt it, but who knows?
already dug into some of the more specific grievances pointed out by fans, such as the inconsistent designs of cars and environments lacking details which a human eye is more likely to catch. I can’t believe nobody at Amazon or Bethesda thought to at least give it a second pass if AI was used. Nobody had enough self-respect to look this monstrosity over to smooth ou🎶t the skyscrapers blending into the mountains and unrealistic proportions because, with a pas🃏sing glance, it feels and looks like Fallout to the average consumer. It’s now that critics and fans are giving it a closer look that the facade begins to crumble, and fast. We need to do better.
Copyright in the world of AI art is also a nightmare right now, with global legislation still in the midst of figuring out how such things can be copyrighted if they don’t originate from actual human beings. We might be inputting the prompts and training these programmes o🍌n art created by actual people, but the result is soulless, hollow, and steals the work of those actual people, pillaging their portfolios without consent. Corporations will do everything in their power to deny this, because of course they would, so it’s up to us not to take any bullshit and point out examples like this whenever possible.
Fallout is one of the biggest properties in the gaming world, and now, as it prepares to pierce the realm of television, one of the only pieces♚ of material released was made within minutes by AI. It bums me out, and speaks to a future we’ll be powerless to stop if this becomes the norm. The saddest part is that Amazon hasn’t said a word, because it likely knows this can be swept under the rug or eclipsed entirely when the trailer shown behind its closed doors at Gamescom is made public. It looks great, so why not show that instead? It would instil good faith, not the distrust that has now beg💃un to fester thanks to this mediocre art.
Where do we go from here, and can we even trust the finished article anymore when it has already been mad൩e obvious that Amazon is happy to pull the wool over our eyes in the hope we might not notice? Bad news, we did.
