“This was never about using AI to create artwork instead of using real people.”
“Nightdive Studios was not responsible,” a spokesperson said.
We’ve updated our earlier story, below, to reflect this.
And, well, things slightly backfired.
“Look at you, hacker: a pathetic creature of meat and bone.
Your body, weak, fragile.
How can you challenge a perfect machine?
Imagine, how would my immortal body look like?
Needless to say, this post sparked a fair amount of backlash, withrepliessuch as “Pay an artist.
Some have even suggested they are no longer going to order the game, based solely on this tweet.
“Sorry, but we do NOT tolerate AI art,” one userreplied.
“Right now, they’re not more intelligent than us, as far as I can tell.
But I think they soon may be,” Hinton told theBBC).
The publisher went on to state it would continue to use AI for artwork in the future.
“We will use AI again to create other pieces (including artwork),” Prime Matter wrote.
“We may well use AI in other areas too.
But this will never be at the expense of using skilled people or their creative talents.”
Some fans remain unconvinced by the publisher’s arguments.
“And just like that, all of my hopes for this remake have been quashed.
Still, in fairness to the publisher, it certainly has got us talking).
