- Larian CEO confirms that Larian won’t use gen AI for Divinity’s concept art.
- However, he hasn’t ruled out using the tech during game development.
- He says it can help complete tasks quickly that would otherwise take too long.
Generative AI is all the talk these days, and fans have mixed thoughts on the tech. Recently, Larian Entertainment’s CEO came under fire for saying they could be exploring gen AI for its upcoming game’s concept art.
Larian took so much heat for the comment that they had to retract their statement, and the CEO has now officially revealed that they won’t be using gen AI for the Divinity concept art, but they could still use it in development.
Why it matters: Everyone has their own opinion on gen AI, while some are quite extreme and totally disapprove of it, others don’t care that much if the end product turns out to be good.
In Larian’s subreddit, Swen Vincke clarified that Divinity won’t use gen AI for its concept art. This means that all the art released for their upcoming flagship title will be completely unique and made by a dedicated team.
We think GenAI can help with this and so we’re trying things out across departments. Our hope is that it can aid us to refine ideas faster, leading to a more focused development cycle.
– Swen Vincke
However, he still hasn’t ruled out using the tech for game development. Vincke says that Larian aims to try new things as quickly as possible, and that takes a lot of time, so they could explore gen AI tools to reduce that.
He says they’ll have strict guidelines for using the tech. For starters, they won’t add any AI-generated creative assets they aren’t sure about. If they do use gen AI tools, they’ll properly train the models themselves.
So, this is clearly a sign that the gaming industry is gradually adopting the tech. Whether people approve of it or not, using gen AI to automate tasks that normally would take too long is fine, as it can expedite development time.
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