I don't have a problem with their approach - I think they're handling it better than a lot of companies but they still need to use the lawyer approved verbiage. The only thing I would question is if you read the document it states "... refrain from using AI generative tools to create final D&D products". So use AI to generate a lot of the content and then review, edit and polish the results could be okay. On the other hand I can see why they would want to load an AI with all their previous products and use it for research and answering questions.
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I don't have a problem with their approach - I think they're handling it better than a lot of companies but they still need to use the lawyer approved verbiage. The only thing I would question is if you read the document it states "... refrain from using AI generative tools to create final D&D products". So use AI to generate a lot of the content and then review, edit and polish the results could be okay. On the other hand I can see why they would want to load an AI with all their previous products and use it for research and answering questions.
No, because that would be the creation of the product.
They do permit outlining and ideation.
They do not permit writing.
As I said, I think WOTC is being more ethical about AI than most companies. But they literally state that AI won't create the "final D&D products". That's a lot of wiggle room and does not state that AI cannot be used at some point along the way or even hypothetically generating 80% of the content. Which is just kind of an emerging reality now. If an AI can answer questions and summarize data from half a century of accumulated lore I don't see an issue with WOTC building AI content with data they own. Heck, if they had an AI built on their own IP I'd consider using it because it would be ethically sourced inputs.
Other than that I really don't want to argue yet again about the emergence of AI.
