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Using AI tooling effectively - a lessons learned exercise

· 19 min read

TL; DR -> Whether or not you are for or against AI, if you do not at least read up on the landscape and the capabilities out there you WILL fall behind. These tools can be used in many different ways and provide support where you least expect it.

It is not about taking away the fun tasks, if you do not want it to code for you, then stop, want to create your own artwork, fine do that. But do not discount the capabilities of the tools because of preconceptions.

You do not need to use it, but understanding what you CAN use it for better arms you in the road ahead to know what you are up against.

Work smarter, not harder​

The evolution of AI tools is ever increasing, as is any technology or area that is adopting these tools. It was already an almost impossible task to "keep up" with advances, causing developers and engineers to keep narrowing their specialties, reducing the mental load to be able to take in the latest and greatest.

Can you make a game with AI

· 16 min read

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TL; DR -> In short, NO, lol. AI is a tool that can assist you in solving common problems and mixing many different AI tools and features you can help to accelerate your development and the creation of content (at least place holders for your artists to draw from). But, it is also a great source of pain, frustration and injection of complex issues, which you end up using AI to solve only making the complexity worse and harder to understand if you are not familiar with it.

Essentially, the AI CANNOT do it alone and still needs a human at the helm to guide it, correct it and use other tools to generate assets.

It is however fantastic for DOCUMENTING your project and identifying potential issues!

The AI war continues​

As ever progress marches on whether we want it to or not and with the ever increasing power that AI brings, everyone gets split into one of three groups: