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Can We Please Just Be Normal About AI

The current discourse surrounding artificial intelligence in the video game industry is characterized by extreme, polarized viewpoints that hinder a nuanced understanding of emerging technologies.

• Current industry discourse is hindered by a polarized binary that views AI as either a destructive force or a total replacement for human developers.
• Emerging world models like Google’s GameNGen, Oasis, and Google DeepMind’s Genie 3 are shifting interactive entertainment from deterministic software toward probabilistic, real-time environment generation.
• Industry leaders, including John Carmack, advocate for viewing AI as a sophisticated power tool that augments human capability in 3D modeling, rigging, and animation rather than a standalone replacement for development workflows.