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Epic's Tim Sweeney believes AI notices on Steam are a "political statement" for the "hate mob" (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] 29 points 2 weeks ago*

This man is his own worst enemy. He's one of those CEOs that used to have street cred (being of the core minds behind Unreal and the Unreal engine - in the trenches, not just as a "businessman"), but lost touch many years ago and is doing everything he can to ruin his reputation.

Instead of enjoying his fame and Unreal/Fortnite fortune, he's just endlessly whining and bickering. Despite having won the game engine wars against everyone, I don't think he'll ever get over the fact that Valve under Gabe Newell's leadership not only came up with a better and more successful first person shooter franchise, but also a better and more successful digital distribution platform.

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    [–] 21 points 2 weeks ago

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    [–] 28 points 2 weeks ago

    Hate mob?

    Tim Sweeney's cognitive decline is showing.

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    [–] 27 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

    This guy is why I don't use Epic. Sore loser to dumb and corpo-coded to understand why he is losing.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    I use Epic! To claim my free weekly games and then immediately stop using the platform right after. They'll never get an actual cent out of me

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    • [–] 36 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    I wish I could form a militia and stuff his mouth.😔

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    We used to pay clowns for entertainment, now we get it for free.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Clowns don't own multi billion dollar companies, your Majesty.

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    • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    Dude must not like food ratings and GMO transparency mentions I guess…

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    GMO mentions are incredibly stupid.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    Not if you want to avoid big Agg companies like Monsanto and monoculture farming in general.

    There is probably some decent arguments against people who think GMO are unhealthy as opposed to a evil system designed to control our food supply.

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    • [+] -18 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

    I bet, apart from very few obscure 1 man indie games, every project has seen help by AI. To what extend might differ but that's nowhere reflected. Either they lie or have that AI badge.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    The Steam AI badge is specifically about gen-AI assets. A game that's 100% vibe coded, but uses human art, doesn't need the badge according to Steam rules.

    And while AI assistance with code is common, gen-AI assets not so much.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child)

    Where does it say that? Their content survey details for when developers are meant to disclose AI usage simply refers to it as the use of AI in generating “content” which would cover code since the mechanical implementations etc are all “content”.

    A 100% vibe coded game should be disclosing as AI pre-generated content.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago*

    We are aware that many modern game development environments have AI powered tools built into them. Efficiency gains through the use of these tools is not the focus of this section. Instead, it is concerned with the use of AI in creating content that ships with your game, and is consumed by players. This includes content such as artwork, sound, narrative, localization, etc.

    What you linked is pretty clear to me. Tools and code are not "content". That's Valve's intent.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Yep. I mean, any game running on Unreal Engine at this point would probably need to have that badge. So many games are also using various bits of middleware that have probably had AI contributions by now. And that's just the technical side of it. Art and dialog are also seeing a lot of AI use these days.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    That's incorrect. The Steam AI badge only concerns gen-AI assets, not code. So UE or middleware that was coded with AI doesn't make the game need the badge at all. Whether you agree with that or not is another thing, but that's the current Steam rules. AI disclosure is only for assets, not code.

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