AI Is Already Taking Jobs in the Video Game Industry
2024-07-23
Wired
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Activision Blizzard integrated generative AI tools like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion into concept art and in-game cosmetics for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Under former CTO Michael Vance’s direction, artists were compelled to adopt AI while the studio cut about 1,900 jobs, stoking fears of AI replacing human creatives.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The article explicitly mentions the use of generative AI systems (Midjourney, Stable Diffusion) in game development and links this use to the direct harm of job losses and layoffs affecting thousands of workers. This constitutes harm to people (economic and employment harm), which falls under the definition of an AI Incident. The AI system's use is directly leading to realized harm (job loss), not just a potential risk, so this is an AI Incident rather than a hazard or complementary information.[AI generated]