[News] Lies of P studio is hiring an 'AI Creator' for future projects but says the role will not be 'directly involved' in the development of the sequel (www.pcgamer.com)

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The successful applicant will use AI tools like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion for "asset creation," post-processing, and training AI models for use in game library creation.

While some studios disavow gen AI completely, or use it for early-stage concepting and placeholders, a Neowiz job listing (Google translated) for an "AI Creator," spotted by Captain Dandyfloss on Bluesky, is explicit about using "generative AI technology to maximize the efficiency of the art production process and innovate the visual quality of games."

The listing says Neowiz is "developing games of various genres and platforms to bring new surprises and enjoyment that have never existed before," and in a statement provided to PC Gamer, the studio clarified that the AI Creator will not be "directly involved" in the development of the Lies of P sequel.

"“The job posting in question is not a role that will be directly involved in the production of the Lies of P sequel. Instead, they will reside within an independent Art R&D team at ROUND8," Neowiz said. "GenAI tools are only used in preliminary stage work to improve efficiency of repetitive, foundational tasks.

"AI-generated visuals function strictly as internal reference material during pre-production, a method for establishing visual direction before formal production begins. The intent is to build a proprietary visual library trained exclusively on assets for which Neowiz and ROUND8 hold full legal rights. All final assets for the upcoming game will be created by experienced artists.”

Without the added context of using AI for the drafting and concept phase, this would have sounded bleak for the studio and the sequel. However, hearing that they'd keep it internal and trained solely on their own artists' works, I'm not sure there's too much to oppose to this. If this is used to automate repetitive tasks to put resources into other, more relevant and meaningful tasks, and as long as artists don't lose their jobs, this should be fine, right?

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[-] MissingInteger@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago

After properly reading this article and neowiz's website, 2. I'm worried and confused.

The PR person that answered PC Gamer says something completely different from the joblisting:

GenAI tools are only used in preliminary stage work to improve efficiency of repetitive, foundational tasks.

So says the PR person.

In the job listing it sound more like they want an digital artist with allaround understand of AI based image generation, but also someone who can rework entire workflows for a team/multiple teams and teach other people how to use these technologies.
That doesn't seem like only "preliminary stage work".

Also they say, they are gonna:

The intent is to build a proprietary visual library trained exclusively on assets for which Neowiz and ROUND8 hold full legal rights.
(PR person)

So why the fuck are you naming Midjourney, twice! You can't do that with Midjourney. You can't get access to their models no matter how much money you give them. They have no enterprise solution. Meaning you can not train with their models. You can only give them your artwork as reference when generating new images and at their higher tiers they pinky promise that you have the rights to it and can use it commercially.

Also, site rant:

Who the f'ck wrote the job's technical requirements. Stable Diffusion in 2026? Seriously? Stable Diffusion is yesterdays news. These days it's all about flux or the chinese models like Z.AI's Z-image or Alibaba's qwen image. Also they not only want a 2D, but also 3D artist/workflow manger, that's a whole other beast entirely.

Understanding Ethical and Copyright Issues in the Use of Digital Tools

Someone who's supposed to use Midjourney… Those seem to be mutually exclusive.

But okay, the person writing the job application doesn't quite get the technology and they want to hire an expert who uses the right tools to train them proprietary weights. Yeah, no. After the PC gamer article was published, they changed their job listing subtly and now there is no longer any mention of training anything or creating a library. Now it's all about "workflows" and "trends". You can compare here in the wayback machine yourself (12 May vs 15 May).

What does this all means? My theory: the C-Suite in Neowiz want to go with the "times" and want to remain "relevant" with new technologies. So they force their Art2 team in Round 8 to add an AI person. (I hope Art1 is LoP and they barely have contact).

My hope: There's a 3 months probationary period for the job. They are gonna try it out, realize that it's not for them and move on. Don't they realize that they hit a gold mine by making a traditional video game, a straight forward action RPG with max 2 payments? Fans are happy, prizes were won. These days in the Korean game development is all about mobile games, gacha, live service, sometimes all together. Lies of P is simple straight forward. You just need to let creatives do what they do best: create art.

[-] GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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[-] MissingInteger@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

Ah, the taste of hopium.

Thanks (ㅅ´ ˘ `)

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