Epic Games has recently provided a detailed explanation of the application and positioning of AI tools, especially regarding the topic “AI will replace human jobs”, which is a very hot topic among the player community and developer groups. Epic’s statement is that their core goal in introducing AI tools is not to “put humans out of work” but to “make development teams more efficient.”
The statement “makes you more efficient” has become increasingly difficult to convince people!
Many developers have mixed attitudes towards AI tools. On the one hand, they admit that AI does have advantages in certain repetitive tasks; but on the other hand, the word “efficiency” in the game industry is often defined as using less manpower to do more things, which is a contradiction between this and ensuring employment that cannot be ignored.
But Epic’s argument is relatively mild compared to other major manufacturers
Compared with other major game companies’ statements on AI issues, Epic’s speech this time is relatively low-key. But the problem is that when the two phenomena of “AI increasing efficiency” and “layoffs” appear at the same time, it is difficult to be convincing simply by “making you more efficient”.