FoniksMunkee t1_jed4er2 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:26 AM

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So it's a hybrid approach?

[deleted] t1_jed7r25 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:57 AM

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FoniksMunkee t1_jedcqe9 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:47 AM

It's interesting - I work in AAA games and work with a lot of clients. They are deathly silent on any kind of AI integration so far. So it will be interesting to see when this starts coming down the pipe.

[deleted] t1_jedeic5 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:06 AM

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FoniksMunkee t1_jediwl9 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:57 AM

Yes, that's a good point I didn't think of is API costs.

The other issue is games kinda move slowly in some respects. There are games that started before ChatGPT was commonly known that wont be finished until after ChatGPT 5 is out. And there is no way these tools will be integrated during that process.

They would also have to convince Sony, MS and Nintendo to have their SDK's in a model. I don't think MS will necessarily have a problem with that... but there's a ton of third party libraries that would need to come on board, not to mention how you deal with existing legacy code. There are still more companies in the AAA industry with custom engines than are using commercial engines like UE4/UE5.

Then comes the RND, then comes the new game... so what, 5 years before we see wide spread adoption in the AAA market?

[deleted] t1_jedlka4 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 6:31 AM

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FoniksMunkee t1_jedm0mj wrote on March 31, 2023 at 6:37 AM

There will be teams that are starting games today - that might look at ways of using it. I Know of some teams using it for art pipelines (but mostly inspiration / mood boards). And there will be some tools like Photoshop and Blender etc that will mean we will see it appear in the pipelines earlier.

But as far as wide spread penetration - it will probably need to wait for teams to start new projects. So obviously, a team starting today may choose to do something already. But widespread use? It's way too risky. It's hard enough to justify an upgrade from UE4.27 to UE5.1. I can't imagine up-ending an entire gameplay system just to integrate AI would be an easy sell.

And while I won't be the first to know when it starts happening... I will be early on because of where I sit in the pipeline. All I hear right now is crickets.