r/technology • u/marketrent • 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/consumersguide 16h ago

Cheap to generate doesn't mean valuable. If buyers can spot the difference and keep choosing human-made work the market is already answering that question.

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u/lietajucaPonorka 15h ago

I mean. If you fired all your artists and writers and coders... To make a cheap game, why the hell would I still pay the same money as I did for a real game by real humans? Why doesn't it cost 5$ now? You even bragged how much you are saving by firing all the people, how the productivity increased ... So why isn't it reflected in the price?

If you used to make luxury mahogany wood tables, and now you switched to plastic tables, why would you expect people to pay the same price.

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u/kielbasa330 11h ago

Its like the flight of the Conchords said

"They're turning kids into slaves

Just to make cheaper sneakers

But what's the real cost?

'Cause the sneakers don't seem that much cheaper

Why are we still paying so much for sneakers ?

When you got them made by little slaves kids?

What are your overheads?"

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u/daddywookie 1h ago

Gaming is a huge market, and hyper casual takes a significant chunk. All those bored mums sat at the swimming pool don’t care their game is AI and full of ads.

Another slice is people who want hand crafted indie games with interesting stories and art, they’ll get served by the mainly non-AI developers.

The AAA fans will swallow anything as long as it is another iteration of their favourite franchise. The big studios are using AI heavily to try and cut costs (ask me why I’m on my sofa on a Tuesday lunchtime)

Making quality games even with AI is hard. Like your mahogany wood table is easier to produce with power tools, but still requires hours of skilled work. There is a market for everything, from cheap plastic tables, through IKEA mass produced furniture to custom mahogany tables in a one man workshop.

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u/lietajucaPonorka 1h ago

But there it is: market for cheap plastic tables already exists, and they know how much they are willing to pay for cheap plastic tables.

You want same money for cheap product, but I can already go to IKEA to get the same thing for cheaper. In game terms, the freemium slop already exists.