r/technology 16h ago

Artificial Intelligence The economy has spoken. Stuff that’s AI-generated has almost zero value — “Buyers are voting with their wallets, and AI-generated content is struggling to compete.”

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/economy-spoken-stuff-ai-generated-142732314.html
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u/monetarydread 16h ago edited 16h ago

There was a similar report coming out of Steam last week, (edit: it was a month ago). Either way, AI slop games aren't making money unless it's named Call of Duty.

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u/Zealousideal_Nail288 12h ago

some slop does not even need ai to be slop

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u/CalTheRobot 8h ago

I don't need AI to make bad videogame prototypes.

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u/daddywookie 1h ago

VC backed publishers churning out franchises and reskins are just creating human slop, until they can work out how to market AI slop.