007: First Light’s art director Rasmus Poulsen says developer IO Interactive hasn’t used any generative AI on the upcoming James Bond game, noting that, aptly, “the thematics of Bond are often: beware of utopia.”
It’s worth giving some context to Poulsen here, who was answering a question on the topic as part of a recent interview with Eurogamer, which you can read much more from in our big 007: First Light hands-on preview. As I put it to Poulsen, it was interesting to note First Light’s story touches on the intersection of artificial intelligence and defence companies as a key plot point, and to be speaking to an art director in particular, amid the continuing discussion of gen-AI’s use in game development.
“I think it’s funny that you mentioned that,” he replied, “because, of course, the thematics of Bond are often: beware of utopia, I would say. And utopia comes in many shapes and forms. And in that sense, there’s certainly some thematics there about these things that we are faced with currently.”
In terms of using gen-AI then, he continued: “No we haven’t. We haven’t worked with AI on the project, generative AI.” Poulsen described the decision as a “combined discussion between core execs in the studio.” Personally, he added, “I think it’s a large discussion - I’d rather not dive into the details, because it’s complicated.”
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