BioShock Creator Thinks We Still Don’t Really Know “What Games Are” After 50 Years [Video]

Veteran game developer Ken Levine has shared his thoughts on generative AI, his latest game and it having high stakes, and why he believes we still don’t really know what video games are.

Talking to GI.biz, Levine said he believes generative AI is a “very powerful” tool that he doesn’t want to underestimate. But he said it has many limitations in its current state, including persistence.

“You look at Sora, the ChatGPT video generator, you see a woman walking down the street and the street scene is beautiful–but if she were to turn around and walk backwards, it wouldn’t remember where she has been,” he said. “It doesn’t currently understand persistence, although that may change.”

Many are concerned about AI taking jobs from humans, and video game executive Andrew Wilson of EA believes that …