Troy Baker Says AI Revolution "Is A Good Thing," But Not For The Reason You Might Think

"There's a fundamental premise to making art that people are not remembering right now, and it's that it requires artists. People go, 'Look what AI can do.' It's like, 'Yeah, okay. I see what it's capable of doing. It doesn't matter.' And we don't need to diminish it, we don't need to denigrate it, we don't need to demonize it. We need to just go, 'okay, it's there.'"

"And we're going to see opportunities of, 'I want to go and watch this person sing this song live.' 'I want to see theater.' 'I want to read books.' 'I want to have this first-hand experience as opposed to the gruel that gets distilled to me through a black mirror.' I think that it's a good thing. It's a revolution."

Generative AI can create high-quality content rapidly and at scale, but art requires the human experience and artists. The mass production of AI content presents business threats for creators while also motivating audiences to pursue authentic, first-hand experiences such as live music, theater performances, and reading original books. AI-distilled output can feel like undifferentiated gruel compared with direct human expression. The adoption of AI tools in game production, including synthetic voices, has raised concerns about performer protections and contributed to labor disputes and industry negotiations over safeguards and usage.

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