- Employees in Minecraft Developer Mojang has talked about generative AI’s role in game development at a recent event
- They didn’t work too excited about the technology and said that Minecraft required a human touch
- It comes as other Microsoft Studios starts using generative AI more heavy
It looks like you don’t need Minecraft.
According to IGN, Minecraft Vanilla Game Director Agnes Larsson discussed the question of AI in game development at a recent event and was not too excited about the view. “Here for us, just like Minecraft is about creativity and creation,” they said.
“I think it’s important that it makes us feel happy to create as human beings. It is a purpose, [that] makes life look beautiful. So for us we really want it to be our team that makes our game. “
Minecraft Vanilla Executive Producer Ingela Garneij added that the “Specific touch of: What is MinecraftWhat does it look like? “Is an” extra quality “that” is really difficult to create through AI. “They even said the developer has struggled to work with distance teams and emphasized the importance of human, face -to -face interaction.
“I mean that creativity is … You have to meet like this as a person as a human being to really understand the values and principles and ecosystem,” Garneij continued. “Lore, everything – it’s so massive. MinecraftIt’s a planet, it’s massive. “
Minecraft developer Mojang is part of Xbox Game Studios and is eventually owned by Microsoft. Other Xbox Game Studios developers do not seem to share the same reservations with regard to generative AI. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6For example, is packed with assets created with generative AI tools – a decision that caused some setback within the game’s community.
Earlier this year, Microsoft revealed a “breakthrough” generative AI model that could be used to “create consistent and diverse gameplay.” Known as Project Muse, Xbox Head Phil Spencer indicated that it could be used to help preserve old games.
Although generative AI seems exciting and becomes an ever -increasing part of our lives, it constitutes a number of ethical and environmental concerns that seem difficult to solve. The decision to keep it away from Minecraft Seems to go hand in hand with the game’s focus on exploring a distinctive human kind of creativity.
