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?