31% of game developers found to already be using generative AI
The organization hosting the Game Developers Conference (GDC), a conference centered on game developers held every March, has announced the results of a survey of over 3,000 game developers. In this survey, 31% of respondents said that they personally use generative AI at work, and 18% said that they did not use it personally, but their colleagues at work do. It turns out.
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Generative AI is a tool that automatically generates images, text, audio, and music, but the debate over whether the dataset used for learning is a copyright violation has not been resolved, and furthermore, generation AI is a tool that automatically generates images, texts, sounds, and music. There are also concerns that this will take away people's rights , which is causing a backlash. For example, Square Enix's shooting game `` FOAMSTARS ,'' scheduled to be released on February 6, 2024, was criticized because the developer used Midjourney, an image generation AI, to generate 0.01% of the assets.
Additionally, voice actors and unions in the United States are protesting that an increasing number of contract clauses include the ability to generate synthesized voices using AI from pre-recorded voices.
More and more cases are being forced on voice actors to sign contracts that ``allow AI to generate synthetic voices from recorded voices'', voices of opposition from voice actors and unions - GIGAZINE
However, generative AI is not only used for graphics and sound in game development. For example, you can have GitHub Copilot generate code for programming in game development. Additionally, AI can be used to create materials and transcribe meeting content in departments such as finance, marketing, PR, and production. In other words, there is a possibility that the generated AI is active even in areas that the player cannot directly perceive.
When GDC asked developers, ``Do you use generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Dall-E, GitHub Copilot, Adobe Generative Fill, etc.) in your company or organization?'' 31% said ``I use it,'' 18% said ``I don't use it, but my colleagues do,'' 15% said ``I don't use it, but I'm interested,'' and 15% said ``I don't use it, and I have no interest in it.'' was 23%.
Also, when looking at the job types of developers who answered 'Yes, I use it' to the above question, 44% said 'Management & Finance,' 41% said 'Community/Marketing,' and 33% said 'Production & Team Management.' %, 'Programming/Engineering' 25%, 'Game Design' 21%, 'Story/Screenplay' 13%, 'Visual Art' 16%, 'Sound' 14%, 'Quality Assurance' 6% was.
According to GDC, 'The majority of respondents were interested in coding assistance and speeding up content creation. They also seemed interested in the idea of using AI to automate repetitive tasks in development.' I analyzed it.
However, according to GDC, 84% of developers said they were ``somewhat or very concerned about the use of generative AI.'' One respondent said, 'I think it's a real concern that someone's job is completely replaced by generative AI. It should be used to augment the workforce, not reduce it.' It seems he answered.
In addition, in September 2023 , Unity significantly changed its pricing structure , and game developers strongly objected, so GDC is also asking about the game engine being used. As a result, one-third of respondents said they had considered switching game engines within the past year, or had already switched. However, almost half said they were not considering switching.
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