Dave Rapoza to stop working with Wizards of the Coast
Dave Rapoza to stop working with Wizards of the Coast
Dave Rapoza responds to Wizards' denial of their claimed use of AI for marketing materials: https://twitter.com/wizards_magic/status/1743014711820476536
Edit: context: https://mtgzone.com/post/376725
Context? That twitter link isn’t loading for me
I found this on Archive.org.
Unfortunately, a certain individual broke Twitter so the full thread cannot be viewed without being signed in; but I think this does help add some perspective to the original tweet.
Wow looks like they deleted that tweet. The post here from yesterday has some screenshots (thanks @MysticKetchup): https://mtgzone.com/post/376725
That link's not working for me, but from what I could find the drama is about this image, right?
I'm not going to claim to be an expert in generated images, but I don't see any particular signs pointing toward it being faked. It's a bit "dreamy" looking, but that's not exclusive to generated images by any means.
Also, I'm inclined to believe their denial here. I don't see any particular reason for wotc to so strongly pledge to not use these methods and then immediately use it for advertising. And even it being somehow unintentional seems like a stretch. The inner (and outer) communication at wotc has never been great, but this would be excessive even for them.
If only there were some technology available to replace what he produced for the company.
Who cares? AI is boring and derivative.
Have you seen his work? It's extremely creative and now wotc gets none of it.
Who cares if that technology makes a way shittier version of what he made? Think of all the shareholder profits once we've automated everything good out of the game!
