Re: [Wargamer] Hasbro CEO optimistic about AI in DnD and MTGs future

On 3/14/2024 5:16 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:26:50 +0100, kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
 

Source: https://www.wargamer.com/hasbro-ceo-ai-predictions
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Hasbro CEO optimistic about AI in DnD and MTG’s future
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Future Dungeons and Dragons and Magic: The Gathering content could come
from Artificial Intelligence, if the bets of Hasbro’s CEO are right.
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 Well, of course. Why pay salaries to have content hand-created when
you can instead just have a large-language model algorithm
regurgitate pabulum? Sure, it will lack originality and character, but
it's cheap and resembles existing material closely enough that people
will be fooled into buying it. And once you flood the market with
enough algorithmically generated content, people will lose the ability
to discern how generic it all is.
 Sure, stuff created by actual humans will be notably better, but
they'll also cost more, and - sadly - given the choice, people always
chose the cheaper option... especially if the cheap option is 'good
enough'.
 

The question would be though: why should I pay for stuff that just has been artificially created? More than a few cents at least? If I am paying for a book I am paying for the copy, yes, but I am also paying an artisan (multiple ones really) for producing something of value to me. If there is no actual person involved, why would I pay for it?
Sure people might choose the cheaper option, but the cheaper option in this case is not "pay for whatever WotC churns out" but "pirate whatever you need".