WotC Would you buy WotC products produced or enhanced with AI?

[The Firebird]

Why?

Did we need AI to design, build, produce, create, literally anything in the history of our species? If not, why is it needed now?

We didn't need calculators for most of it. I prefer the world we have now.

 

[Seramus]

What does “better” mean in this context? More imaginative? More photo-realistic? More colours? Bigger? Smaller? More surreal? More valuable? More thought-provoking? More original?

Better variety/flexibility is one of my motivations when I choose to use it. I often create one or two hundred different pictures, sometimes with the same criteria to see alternatives, but often with slightly different criteria as I narrow down what I want out of that art piece. Then I pick the one I like the best! The sheer number of revisions and adjustments is not something most artists are willing to do, beyond HIGHLY paid corporate ones.

Of course, you can then take your favorite AI picture and present it to a real artist and ask them to create it in their own style. That's a great option if you can afford it.

 

[Scribe]

We didn't need calculators for most of it. I prefer the world we have now.

Thats great. We dont need calculators to write, or draw, or even to build amazing architecture.

Lets not move the goal posts however. For creative works related to RPGs, that would be writing, art, books, do we need AI?

Obviously not.

 

[dave2008]

Well, there is some serious ambiguity in the term. Do I mind certain computer aidee tools, like spellcorrect? No. Generative text or art, however, are a hard absolute no.

I agree.

I also want to be clear that I wasn't trying to say spellcorrect = AI. I was just saying they are all tools. My partner, who instructs professors on how to use AI with their students, has three test for if you should use AI or not.* No. 1 is: you should be an expert in the field in which you asking AI to assist you. So, I could definitely see professional writers, graphic artist. artist, etc. using AI in specific ways that is just another tool in their toolbelt that could be done ethically. I don't know what that looks like yet and I don't think we are necessarily there yet, but I think we can get there. I could also see things like AI assistance in playing the game as possible too (though I think much of that can be done without the overhead of actual AI). So I would not say never, but probably not right now.

*I do want to be clear that she is speaking about using a specific type of AI in a specific context. And her "tests" are just a simple starting point.

 

[The Firebird]

Thats great. We dont need calculators to write, or draw, or even to build amazing architecture.

Lets not move the goal posts however. For creative works related to RPGs, that would be writing, art, books, do we need AI?

Obviously not.

No, I mean the point is we don't need any tool. Maybe fire?

But tools can still amplify our powers.

 

[Seramus]

Did we need AI to design, build, produce, create, literally anything in the history of our species? If not, why is it needed now?

It's a lot faster. It's basically like the Printing Press.
And while it's not so good right now, it will get better.

 

[Scribe]

No, I mean the point is we don't need any tool. Maybe fire?

But tools can still amplify our powers.

Yes, but when it comes to REPLACEMENT, its not quite the same thing.

Ask your calculator in your drawer, who the first emperor of rome was.

 

[Clint_L]

Why? Do you think we won’t have a choice but to buy TTRPG books with AI generated content?

Historically, old people always object to transformative new technologies, and always frame it in strongly moralistic terms. Socrates thought that literacy would ruin the youth of Athens. Change is hard. The printing press, telephone, automobile (“brothels on wheels”)… every single time.

But a few years pass and the next generation, who have adopted and adapted, wonder what all the fuss was about. I think this will be the same.

As long as there is a market for people who buy things based on their ethics, I think we’ll be able to buy things for humans by humans. Think of it as fairtrade products or soy-based meat replacements.

Sure, and I welcome it!

 

[Incenjucar]

In my experience LLMs already outperform google at certain search tasks. Not like "give me the wikipedia article for X". But something like "I'm trying to remember an article from a back issue of dungeon magazine"? They are way better.

Google is worse than it was four years ago because they've been using AI for results. The direct AI results are frequently wrong. The thing with searches is that you have to already be knowledgable about the search to identify the errors. If you search for a lot of topics where the answer changes over time or context (programming, etc.) you'll see how how much it muddles incompatable things together.

 

[Crimson Longinus]

Yes, but when it comes to REPLACEMENT, its not quite the same thing.

Ask your calculator in your drawer, who the first emperor of rome was.

That, BTW, is an interesting question. Because modern historians would say Augustus, but actual ancient Romans would probably say Julius Caesar. Not sure what a calculator would say though...