Nintendo has responded to accusations that it used AI images for its upcoming Mario Kart World game.
According to Eurogamer, viewers of the recent Nintendo Treehouse livestream focusing on Mario Kart World claim that a couple of in-game advertisements look to be created by AI. First, is an image of two advertisements from a Koopa construction company noting they “Build Your Town” and “We Build Your Dreams.”
These viewers also allegedly took issue with a billboard featuring an exaggerated vehicle.
A Nintendo spokesman responded to these accusations in a statement to Eurogamer denying that it features AI-generated images, “AI-generated images were not used in the development of Mario Kart World.”
What do you make of Nintendo’s response?
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I think the whole AI hysteria is overblown.
Did they use AI for some art?
More importantly, who cares?
AI is a tool. Tools get used.
Who cares? I've always thought Video games would be better if they used AI. It would make programming easier, and in some MMOs, it could run NPCs much better and cleaner.
Could you imagine walking up to an NPC and having an actual conversation that leads to another quest, one that wasn't originally programmed into the game?