Gen Con owner and Wizards of the Coast founder Peter Adkison announced this week that he is abandoning video production entirely rather than use artificial intelligence or compete against companies that do.
I've been obsessed with AI video on Youtube lately. Truly believe we will no longer need woke, irritating live actors anymore. Alaran is one of the best out there right now, I think. 3 episodes so far with a fourth in the wings.
Running away just allows the front to inch that much further. One high profile retreat will give permission for other high profile people to make a decision to either do the same or embrace what this guy admits is quickly becoming a superior process and technology.
The void this guy leaves behind will be filled by someone else. Probably someone using AI. Either way AI wins ground.
Good for him, secure in his millions and millions of dollars, for making a bold choice. He has the luxury of that choice. People without his resources will have to adapt or die.
I've been obsessed with AI video on Youtube lately. Truly believe we will no longer need woke, irritating live actors anymore. Alaran is one of the best out there right now, I think. 3 episodes so far with a fourth in the wings.
AI is just CGI that was built not from the first principles but from the likeness to the final form.
Eh, fair enough. AI video will happen regardless, with someone’s IP.
He's an old man, and tired, and values his relationship more than money or business success.
Yes, he might be a weasel, now, but I knew the WoTC people from back in the beginning, and they were good eggs.
So the charitable explanation is the one I'll go with.
Running away just allows the front to inch that much further. One high profile retreat will give permission for other high profile people to make a decision to either do the same or embrace what this guy admits is quickly becoming a superior process and technology.
The void this guy leaves behind will be filled by someone else. Probably someone using AI. Either way AI wins ground.
Good for him, secure in his millions and millions of dollars, for making a bold choice. He has the luxury of that choice. People without his resources will have to adapt or die.