GDC’s AI hype stays in tooling while games stay handcrafted

AI dominated talks and demos at the GDC Festival—showcasing AI-driven NPCs, AI-generated spaces, and QA tools—yet most developers, especially independents, oppose using AI to make final games, valuing handcrafted craft and voicing concerns about legality, talent, and player connection; some see AI as a future development aid, but the current sentiment is that AI-made games lack humanity, with about half of attendees viewing generative AI negatively.