AI has already begun to take away the work of illustrators in China, a report summarizing the screams of the scene and how AI is actually used is released
With the advent of Stable Diffusion and Midjourney, expectations for image generation AI have increased explosively, and now
AI is already taking video game illustrators' jobs in China
https://restofworld.org/2023/ai-image-china-video-game-layoffs/
Since the introduction of DALL-E 2 in 2022, image generation AIs such as Midjourney and Stable Diffusion have emerged, allowing users to easily generate flawless illustrations from text. This has accelerated the use of image generation AI in the Chinese gaming industry, from big game companies like Tencent to indie game studios.
Amber Yu, a freelance illustrator working in the Chinese game industry, seems to have been paid about 3,000 to 7,000 yuan (about 58,000 to 136,000 yen) for each game visual drawn. is. The ``promotional visuals posted on social media to attract players and promote new features'' that Yu has created will be ``skillful and time-consuming work'' until image generation AI appears. It seems that it was.
However, since February 2023, Mr. Yu tells Rest of World that requests to create such visuals have decreased dramatically. Mr. Yu spent a week drawing 'an illustration of a woman dancing a lion dance wearing a traditional Chinese costume', but with the rise of image generation AI, it is now possible to create similar illustrations in just a few seconds. It has become According to Mr. Yu, game companies are starting to ask human illustrators to `` make minor corrections to illustrations created by image generation AI '', and the reward is about 1/10 of the previous illustration creation. It seems that it has fallen to.
In the game industry, illustrators are indispensable for character design and background creation. Due to the high quality of illustrations output by image generation AI, it seems that many creators working in the game industry in China are beginning to worry about ``how long can they continue working?''
``AI is being developed at a speed far beyond our imagination,'' said Su Yingying, an illustrator working at an independent game studio in Chongqing, China. The game studio where Mr. Ying Ying works is engaged in design production for major game developers in China, and it seems that 15 illustrators were working. However, it seems that the five illustrators who were in charge of character design among them were dismissed in 2023. Mr. Yinyin believes that the reason for his dismissal is that he started using image generation AI, and said, ``In the future, there is a possibility that two people will have to do the work that has been done by 10 people.'' , and hinted at the possibility of further job cuts.
In fact, for years, Chinese game giants Tencent and NetEase have been looking for ways to reduce game development costs with AI.
Rest of World has confirmed that NetEase leverages AI-based technology to create in-game animations, and this AI model is trained using its own and licensed resources. It seems that there is. A NetEase spokesperson said, 'Our goal is to develop better tools to help teams of talented art designers and illustrators create assets more quickly and efficiently during the game development process. It is,' commented. Meanwhile, Tencent and miHoYo did not respond to Rest of World's request for comment.
An anonymous illustrator living in Guangdong said, ``My livelihood was suddenly destroyed,'' and said that he had completely given up his job as an illustrator. In response, Mr. Yu said, ``It is despicable that AI trained on a huge dataset of illustrations that humans have created over decades is trying to replace illustrators.'' rice field. However, Mr. Yu plans to improve productivity by training AI with his own illustrations, saying, ``If I am a first-class illustrator, I may be able to boycott my work. , then you can't eat it,' he said.
In addition, it seems that the Chinese game industry uses image generation AI to create `` clothes and accessories from character sketches drawn by humans '' and `` treasure chests and gold coins that appear in games ''. An anonymous game artist working at a major game company in Guangdong province revealed that the illustrations that he used to draw at a pace of about one scene a day have swelled to 40 scenes a day due to the rise of image generation AI. I'm here. A colleague of this game artist muttered one night, 'I wish I could break the AI.'
In addition, some say that the advent of image generation AI has increased productivity as employees who are worried about dismissal have started to work seriously, but ``AI has increased our productivity, but at the same time it has exhausted us. I'm letting you,' some industry insiders say.
According to Leo Lee, who works as a recruiter at a game company in Hangzhou, illustrator jobs have decreased by about 70% due to
In the game community, some people ridicule illustrations by image generation AI as `` digital corpses '' and criticize collecting illustrations from the Internet and using them for AI training without the consent of the creator.
When Rest of World asked general gamers for comment, they said that while they don't mind being AI-created avatars and skins, they wouldn't pay much for AI-made avatars and skins. I'm talking
Huanxiong Studio, a Chinese gaming company based in Chengdu, just announced that it will use Midjourney and Stable Diffusion for game development. Mr. Ziggy Mo, who is in charge of the company, said, ``The image generation AI could not create illustrations designed to meet the needs of a specific client,'' and the image generation AI is still unique. I am pointing out that there is something wrong with it. ``At least, for us, AI has never replaced human workers.AI is just a tool to help creators,'' Mo said.
Jeffrey Ding, an AI researcher at George Washington University, said advances in AI could open up competition and create new opportunities, but could also eliminate existing white-collar jobs. pointed out that there is also a gender. However, Mr. Din said, ``AI has the potential to replace not only artists but also many jobs such as lawyers and writing services,'' pointing out that illustrators are not the only ones at stake. increase.
Independent game developer Xiao Di said the anxiety experienced by illustrators could soon spread to other professions. He also commented that indie game developers like himself cut costs by using image generation AI instead of outsourcing illustration production to art studios.
In addition, Mr. Dee's ' Madman Game: Chinese Psychiatrist ' is a work whose main character is an artist living in an era when chat AI ChatGPT and image generation AI swept the world, and some of the characters in the game are images. It seems that it is created with 'Draft' of generation AI.
Madman Game: Chinese Psychiatrist on Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1930420/_/
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