I don’t want to buy slop so if they don’t REQUIRE a slop identifier, I’m just not going to buy games from them anymore. It’ll be GOG or the high seas!
There is AI slop in both the Windows and Linux kernel now, so you’re complicit either way.
Ah, yes, let’s just have everything go to shit because things can’t be absolutely perfect!
You don’t have to use modern windows or Linux. Is you so, that’s your choice.
I highly recommend NOT using modern windows. Not just because of LLM slop, that’s only the tip I if the iceberg.
using unsupported software in October, 2026 is certainly a choice
signed, someone on Windows 10 which will soon be out of LTS
Imagine thinking modern windows is safe lol
Good. Make disclosure required but otherwise let the consumer decide.
I do not understand why this is even controversial.
Because AI usage is complicated. AI has been in Photoshop for a long time, as an example. Where does the line get drawn? Everyone has different opinions on this, including consumers. So either Valve would have to make a clear definition, or they would let publishers decide for themselves, which is basically irrelevant to most consumers.
It’s not complicated. If you used a generative AI tool to make the game, it should require a label, period.
In your example, there is a clear and obvious difference between using traditional drawing tools and using the AI features.
Should there be distinguishing labels for different types of use (art vs code vs music vs writing etc)? Probably, but if you don’t want the label, get good and don’t use those tools. It’s not hard. Game devs were making amazing stuff before these tools became available.
Or use the tools and simply ignore the labels. Nothing will stop you, and no one can prove you used the tools.
Using the labels, at all, is literally self-volunteering to be targeted by a hate-mob. With no benefit whatsoever. It’s hilarious anyone interacts with the labels at all right now, but it’s only a matter of time before almost no one at all does.
Slop is trained on the work of the people it is now able to drown out with cheap imitations. That is why it is controversial.
Imagine AIs start winning the gaming tournaments and humans no longer are even in the running for prize money or placement on leaderboards. Would that be fucked up?
I mean requiring AI labels should not be controversial. That seems like a no-brainer.
Anyone arguing against transparency in advertising and consumer choice is always doing something sketchy.
No. It’s because it’s completely ineffective. There is no way to absolutely identify AI use, so all anyone has is accusations. Self labeling only serves to harm developers. They have zero incentive to comply, and every reason not to. Therefore it’s a pointless system and should be abandoned.
The labels aren’t harming their sales. It’s their use of AI. Bad developers blame the customer when they “make” shit no one wants to buy.
Sure they could lie, and they might even get away with it sometimes, but an imperfect system is better than nothing at all. The fact that devs would even want to lie about it proves that they know it’s unpopular and they should be embarrassed.
If that were true then the labels wouldn’t even be necessary. People could just tell. But they can’t, hence the labels.
Who said anything about lying? Just don’t fill it out, and ignore any accusations. They don’t do it because they’re embarrassed, they do it because irrational people have prejudices.
Anti-AI prejudices are completely rational. These models were trained on stolen art, code, and writing. They use an incredible amount of energy and are the sole driver for the construction of dozens of new datacenters of unprecedented size and resources.
The AI industry has completely taken over allocation for chip manufacturing, making prices for most consumer electronics soar out of reach for most of the people (including the ones trying to play these games in the first place).
All the while the circular investing scheme of the industry has created a $3 trillion dollar bubble, which at best, will cause the stock market to fall hard and take a huge chunk out of a lot of retirement accounts overnight. At worst, combined with wars and other strains on the economy, will cause a full-blown recession.
It’s also being heavily used by law enforcement to track people illegally without due process. And by the military for who knows what yet.
This shit is just the basics. The AI industry has been toxic to our society, and on top of that, for all the harm it’s causing, the stuff it outputs is middling at best. Most of it is derivative garbage.
So yeah, people should be ashamed for using it. If you can’t make it without AI, don’t bother. No one wants to see it.
Lastly, lying by omission is still lying. Come on, now.
