Artificial intelligence has been making a lot of news in the past several months as technology investors have been touting its creative capabilities. One developer, Rayark, appears to have taken these promotions seriously and has allegedly fired its entire art team to start using AI to create art instead.
In a post that went viral on Reddit and Twitter, the user shares a Korean post in English, providing an abbreviated version of what the posts say. In short, Chinese and Japanese mobile developer Rayark has been accused of firing its entire technical team and trying to replace it with artificial intelligence. In the image, the user pointed out some of the common AI errors that appear in Rayark art.
Many of the errors pointed out are common problems in AI art such as hands with too many fingers or lines and shapes that don’t connect logically. While most people wouldn’t be able to tell at first glance, artists and creators point out issues that become more apparent when examined closely.
in comments Posted on RedditHowever, many fans of Rayark games are openly expressing their disappointment with the developer. One user passes doomkun23 sayswrote, “One of the things most noted about their games is the art that is so good. And would they remove their artists for the sake of AI? A rip-off for the future of their games.”
Another user goes to Thye2388 Gives more details About the timeline of when Rayark allegedly began turning to AI art, saying it started with demo 2, although it was later deleted and modified. Now, according to this user, Situs 2 He started using AI art without retouching the assets in the game.
They also state that this was really driven by the greed of Rayark, who chose to prioritize saving on art costs in order to do more for the owners. Thye2388 and others mentioned in the comments that those who don’t want to support Rayark should avoid giving money to the company, which means staying away from gacha mechanics and buying music packs.
While AI has been proven to do incredible things in the past year, it is more of a utility rather than a creative replacement that some have pumped out. Whether or not this will affect Rayark’s bottom line is yet to be seen, but it’s clearly made some of his fans unhappy.
Try Hard Guides has reached out to Rayark for comment but one was not immediately available at the time of publication on May 26.
