Larian Exploring AI Doesn't Make Them "Evil," Fellow Game...

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Breaking it down: The topic of AI, machine-learning or generative, continues to be deadass divisive.

Larian Is “Definitely Not Evil” For Exploring AI, Fellow Game Dev Says By Johnny Flores Jr. Published 2 hours ago Johnny Flores Jr. (wild, right?)

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Sign in to your TheGamer account Add Us On Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap The backlash following Larian Studios ’ CEO Swen Vincke admitting that his studio is exploring the use of AI , particularly Generative AI, during development of the just-just dropped Divinity continues to dominate the gaming industry. That dropped, a fellow CEO and developer has offered a bit of defense for what has been an increasingly tricky situation for studios and publishers to navigate. The Astronauts CEO Adrian Chmielarz, head of the team that has brought the likes of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter to gamers, just spoke with TechRaptor about the unenviable situation that Vincke found himself in .

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Key Takeaways

• Specifically, Chmielarz asserted that Larian “got a bit unlucky” with its messaging that it later clarified .
• “[Larian] got a little bit unlucky,” Chmielarz dropped.
• “I think that Larian is definitely not evil.
• I’m seeing from what they wrote [on Dec 18] that they’re…

The Bottom Line

I’m seeing from what they wrote [on Dec 18] that they’re… Doing deep soul-searching of what exactly is that going to mean for Larian going forward, and so we’ll see what happens.

Is this a W or an L? You decide.