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Re:Google announced Genie AI can generate platform video games by ametrau on Thursday February 29, 2024 @08:41AM (#39549145)
I don’t know. There are a lot of popular games that are basically made to a formula. That said, I don’t see this being possible any time soon for non programmers (with the aid of ai). Consider the amount of debugging needed.

If the computer can actually program coherently, without bugs, and understanding the program as a whole and how the pieces fit together, then it can program itself.

Re:Google announced Genie AI can generate platform video games by bilbo0s on Thursday February 29, 2024 @08:54AM (#39549303)
I don’t see this being possible any time soon for non programmers

I don't see this being possible at all for non programmers. If AI companies have models that can generate games in 5 years, there's no way they will let other people use them. The companies with game generating models will simply become the developer and publisher.

If they can generate games, especially those deliberately addictive casual games, then they have a money printing machine. They'll just hire psychologists, economists, and testers to see which games are the most addictive and extractive- er- umm- I mean, which games are the most fun and compelling. Then they'll release those games. Further flood the games market with tripe, and probably get pretty rich doing it.