The AI posting war is heating up: 'Please, leave me behind,' says artist who got into it with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney on X
Two factions of gamers and game developers are at an impasse.
Kenney, a well-known artist famous for sharing thousands of free game assets, unexpectedly found himself arguing with billionaires after criticizing them in a recent X post. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, who was responding to Kenney, called Kenney's comments "bullshit" and claimed that he had raised his expectations of AI. Elon Musk also weighed in, supporting Sweeney.
Kenney's post criticized billionaires for convincing people that low-quality AI-generated content is the future. The artist had not intended for the post to target Sweeney specifically; it was a response to a comment made by Musk. Kenney expressed his opposition to AI due to concerns about its environmental impact, data centers, theft during training, and the negative effects on various industries.
Sweeney, on the other hand, has been actively defending generative AI on X, positioning Epic Games as a proponent of AI in game development.
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