Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida Commends AI to “Develop Interesting Animations, Behaviors” in Video Games, Yet Defies It to Replace the Human Touch

Apr 26, 2023 | 9:08 AM EDT

Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida Commends AI to “Develop Interesting Animations, Behaviors” in Video Games, Yet Defies It to Replace the Human Touch

Apr 26, 2023 | 9:08 AM EDT

Shuhei Yoshida has been one of the key members of Sony and the PlayStation brand. While serving as the president of Sony’s SCE Worldwide Studios, he created a boom in the market space for the PlayStation, especially the PlayStation 4. Now, Yoshida stepped down as president to head an entirely new department.

This 59-year-old still enjoys playing the games, as he is currently playing the Horizon series. While an avid gamer himself, Yoshida has some favorable views on the use of AI in game development.

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Shuhei Yoshida had an interesting encounter with AI usage

Talking to The Guardian, Yoshida views the use of AI as a tool to achieve cost-cutting and increase reach to new audiences. While sharing an experience he had at his job, he pointed out the positive usage of AI in gaming. Yoshida regularly reviews the pitches of many external talents to welcome them into the PlayStation world.

Recently, he got 15 indie game projects from Japan to review. And one project among them caught his eye. A bunch of Japanese students built this project, containing some beautiful graphics. “That is powerful, that a small number of young people can create an amazing-looking game,” said Yoshida.

The student used Midjourney, an AI art generator tool, to create the artwork in the game. Yoshida stated, “in the future, AI could develop interesting animations, behaviours, even do debug for your program.” That said, the future is arriving soon, as ChatGPT is now able to fix code and rewrite them.

AI can change the game industry’s functioning

Although, many game developers and graphic designers have opposed the use of AI in gaming. The recent campaign ‘No to AI-Generated Art’ gained a lot of support in the gaming industry. Yoshida, however, had some views contrary to popular belief. “It is a tool. Someone has to use the tool,” he said, supporting the use of AI.

He urged the industry to accept the changes, rather than stick to primitive methods. He believed AI will be able to work on the grunt work, while humans would focus more on creative aspects.

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