“Bullshit”: Elon Musk says AI will be able to generate a complete video game in a year, no one believes it

It was during the Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show conference that Glen Schofield explained that he uses AI to explore visual ideas, notably thanks to Midjourney. For him, technology marks a turning point that can be compared to the personal PC, the Internet or even smartphones.

A good AI-generated game in a year? Impossible

His advice to developers during his presentation called “10 Ways I Come Up With Ideas” is clear: learn very quickly to use AI to remain competitive. “Learn the AI ​​that makes you better, faster and more efficient. That’s how you’re going to make yourself indispensable. Now is the tipping point”declared Glen Schofield, who believes that refusing this development is not a good thing.

Asked about Elon Musk who explains that he will release a video game entirely generated by AI by the end of 2026, Glen Schofield did not mince his words: “One year? In one year, they’re going to be able to make a game? No, that’s bullshit”declared the creator of Dead Space. According to PC Gamingthe creative was shocked by the pretension of the Tesla manager.

But Glen Schofield did not stop there and argued his criticism: “Here are some problems that I see. You have AI companies making AI tools saying it’s for everyone and it’s for video games. And I wonder if any video game developers have actually helped them. Have they gotten any feedback from them? Because one thing that game creators hate is when someone outside the industry makes a tool and you get it, and that’s totally failed, because they don’t know how to do it games. I know a few companies that do that.”

And when we talk about an AI-generated game completely complete in 12 months, Glen Schofield’s skepticism remains total: “To make a game in a year, I mean, well, someone’s going to do it, for sure, but I don’t think it’s going to be a good game. Elon Musk is talking nonsense. That’s what I believe. I want to tell him that to his face.”

AI can be useful for preliminary creation

As explained previously, Glen Schofield does use Midjourney, but to create preliminary concepts that are not added to the final game. Then, these images are sent to an artistic director. Several experiments take place between the assembly of images generated by AI and drawings created by a human, to obtain sometimes unexpected results. The goal is also to explore creative avenues.

As for the fact that the models can draw from millions of existing images, he doesn’t seem to mind: “It’s my personal thing. I don’t use other people’s art. Now artists will tell me it’s like stealing art, but that’s not entirely true. I tell them: you have AI here and you don’t want to use other people’s art. I understand that, but you’ve been photobashing for the last ten years. You’re using other people’s work. How is that different?”

According to Glen Schofield, an artist copies others all the time, even if only when learning, by drawing inspiration from aesthetics that he appreciates. And his statement risks greatly dividing those who demand regulation of AI: “Put this legal stuff behind you. Some of it is ethics, and everyone has different ethics. Work with yours, but don’t ignore AI.”