I don't like that they used them in the first place, but I'm glad to see this move. They certainly have the money.

To me this just feels like the next step of ‘shipping a game before it’s finished’.

I wonder if they're gonna do the same for The Finals as well

Damage is done from my perspective. I won't buy a game where they think they can use AI in place of people. Or that they can "fix it in post."

I will buy it if they are all replaced.

Finally, a move in the right direction. But I wonder how long it lasts...

The article mentioned https://www.gamesindustry.biz/embark-studios-head-patrick-soderlund-explains-how-arc-raiders-was-made-on-a-quarter-of-the-budget-of-a-aaa-title

Söderlund explained “a lot” of the in-game voice lines in Arc Raiders are recorded by human actors and there are now fewer AI-generated lines in the game than there were when it launched last year.

“We re-re corded some of the lines post-launch and made them with real voices,” Söderlund told the outlet, clarifying that they don’t want to “replace” real performers.

“There is a quality difference. A real professional actor is better than AI; that’s just how it is. We look at [AI] first and foremost as a production tool. We can test things internally. We can test 15 different lines without recording them, and then we know what to record. It’s also a way for us to work, not replace actors. We don’t necessarily believe in replacing humans with AI all the time.”

Honestly I really don’t have that big of a problem with this. I understand the auto-AI-hate, but really sounds like everyone, including the voice actors, knew what they were getting into. Meanwhile Siri was developed long before the current AI trend, the VO had no idea what she was recording for, and yet Apple doesn't get much hate for that. Meanwhile we’re crucifying this small dev studio with a fraction of the resources of Apple.

"Oh shit people hate us for doing this backtrack backtrack" yeah, no...

We don’t necessarily believe in replacing humans with AI all the time.

...all the time.