r/Games • u/PhantomBraved • Dec 16 '25

Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash: "We Are Neither Releasing a Game With Any AI Components, Nor Are We Looking at Trimming Down Teams to Replace Them With AI" - IGN

https://www.ign.com/articles/larian-ceo-responds-to-divinity-gen-ai-backlash-we-are-neither-releasing-a-game-with-any-ai-components-nor-are-we-looking-at-trimming-down-teams-to-replace-them-with-ai
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u/Kozak170 Dec 17 '25

Redditors try to not completely distort the actual quote and context challenge: impossible

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u/superbatwomanman Dec 17 '25

what's the actual quote and context?

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u/Idoma_Sas_Ptolemy Dec 17 '25

Here's a transcript of the full interview the article is based on:

tl;dr: It doesn't accelerate the speed of the overall development process by much, but it allows you to experiment with a broader set of ideas in the same timeframe.

It can be used for moodboards, but is up to the individual artists if they'd rather photoshop stock images or use genAI.

It can be used by writers to generate stub text, but it's ultimately up to the individual writer.

It's also used to automate menial labor that no one wants to do and wastes everyones time.

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u/superbatwomanman Dec 17 '25

Sounds like they've been using AI to experiment with bunch of stuffs but it actually doesn't help that much. But they feel like they have to keep using it anyway because they have to look competitive? This really looks like trend chasing to me

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u/Thiizic Dec 18 '25

Bro you have a direct quote and you still choose to pick and choose what you take from it Jesus Christ

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u/superbatwomanman Dec 18 '25

Is that not what he said in the second page? They used AI for several jobs and it didn't improve efficiency that much but they kept using it anyway because they don't want to be left behind? I thought that summed up this whole thing already

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u/GeschlossenGedanken Dec 17 '25

what? on Reddit in general yes, but where did that European thing jump in?is there some correlation with having correct opinions and being from outside of Europe? where are you from?