Microsoft All In on AI, Game Devs Push Back

2023 Episode 57 November 8, 2023

Inside Gaming is streaming every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at Twitch.tv/RoosterTeeth | You can find VODs all of our content over at https://insidegaming.live/ | Want to listen to Roundup instead of watch? Check us out on your favorite podcast platforms: https://link.chtbl.com/insidegamingroundup | Microsoft’s recent partnership with Inworld AI is promising to provide powerful generative AI tools for game developers, but game devs are saying no thank you. | In other news, Fortnite went old school and saw a massive amount of people jump back into the game, while at the same time, Epic is taking the fight to Google. Also, there are some new games to talk about! | SOURCES | Xbox and Inworld AI partner to empower game creators with the potential of Generative AI - https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/articles/2023/11/xbox-and-inworld-ai-partnership-announc… | Microsoft Wants AI To Help Write Video Games - https://themessenger.com/tech/microsoft-xbox-inworld-ai-video-game-characters-dialogue-quests-narrat… | Microsoft is bringing AI characters to Xbox - https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/6/23948454/microsoft-xbox-generative-ai-developer-tools-inworld-par… | Xbox Getting AI-Generated Content And It Sounds Like Hell - https://kotaku.com/microsoft-xbox-ai-generated-npcs-inworld-1850995270 | Microsoft Bringing AI-Enhanced Game Developer Tools to Xbox - https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-bringing-ai-enhanced-game-developer-tools-to-xbox | Microsoft’s New Xbox Generative AI Tech Sparks Widespread Backlash - https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/11/07/microsofts-new-xbox-generative-ai-tech-sparks-wide… | Video game giant Epic targets Google app store after losing to Apple - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/06/epic-google-antitrust-trial-play-store/ | Fortnite just had its biggest day ever, 6 years in - https://www.polygon.com/23948437/fortnite-og-chapter-1-player-record | Fortnite scores its biggest-ever weekend with nostalgia-filled OG release - https://www.cnn.com/business/tech/fornite-og-breaks-records/index.html | The maker of 'Fortnite' will begin a courtroom fight with high stakes - https://www.npr.org/2023/11/06/1210826886/the-maker-of-fortnite-will-begin-a-courtroom-fight-with-hi…

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Comments

CarlWeezer567

2 years ago

As someone who has lived in an exclusively Xbox-only household for their entire life, I *will not hesitate* to purchase a PS5 if Microsoft implements AI-for-creativity. If you tell me you're using AI to improve upon the realism of NPC interactions with the player then I'm all in. But AI generated story writing? NO. I don't want to consume the intellectual equivalent of McDonalds. I want to feel genuine feelings and experience genuine stories. I think AI can be used as a tool and be incredibly beneficial to everyone... this is not "de way".

Zagadka

2 years ago

"AI" is generative from a trained model, constrained by both what it is exposed to and the bias it is directed to. It does not understand what it is doing. It generates the most average-as-weighted response to the prompt it is given.

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