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An Overwhelmingly Negative and Demoralizing Force

'I have had conversations about AI in a professional context that make me want to walk into the sea'

These tumultuous times are of course being reported on everywhere you look, including on this very website, but one area I’ve been curious about recently aren’t the broader moral and legal battles, but what the struggle looks like for the average dev who is now having to encounter AI in their workplace. While the art team continues to resist the use of AI in creating actual concept pieces and assets for the game, it’s a different story when it comes to pitching the project to those publishers and investors. Douglas is a voice actor whose jobs include recording lines for indie video games, and says their experiences discussing AI with potential employers "feels like screaming into a void".

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