A chief graphic designer at a Japanese sport studio has revealed that job candidates now need to show their creative potential in-person, as the usage of generative AI in artwork grows.
A brand new article on Japanese information web site Each day Shinko focuses on a tourism affiliation’s resolution to cancel a 20-year artwork contest as a result of it was turning into not possible to inform which entries had been real human-created paintings and which had been generated by AI.
The article goes on to have a look at the opposite methods through which generative AI is affecting companies, and (as noticed by Automaton) cites an unnamed mid-size Japanese online game developer, which has modified its interview course of for candidates searching for artwork roles.
Based on a supply, merely known as Mr B, who serves because the chief graphic designer on the studio, anybody who now applies for an artwork function now has to create one thing throughout the precise interview course of, reasonably than the earlier technique of submitting a portfolio displaying previous examples of their work.
“There are lots of individuals who declare that paintings generated by AI is their very own creation,” Mr B defined (by way of machine translation). “We’ve really ended up hiring such folks, solely to search out they weren’t productive, which led to a number of issues.
“Due to that, we’ve modified our hiring course of and it now requires candidates to attract one thing in particular person throughout the interview to confirm their expertise. As a recruiter, it’s an enormous trouble, and it appears like we’re going backwards in time, however I’ve heard that a number of different corporations are doing the identical factor.”
The supply famous that whereas that is the present scenario, it may change sooner or later, as higher administration continues to ask questions like “will we even want to rent creators when generative AI is nice sufficient”, or “we must be hiring people who find themselves masters at utilizing generative AI”.
Mr B says that whereas he has been frequently pushing in opposition to these concepts, he says he can really feel his place inside the firm regularly weakening.
“I additionally use generative AI as a supplementary device on the job,” he defined. “However I strongly imagine that solely human creators can produce compelling characters and graphics from scratch.
“That’s exactly why I’m telling higher administration we should always rent proficient people. But the corporate is steering towards selling generative AI. I’m anxious about how a lot they honestly perceive my perspective.”
The subject of generative AI is one that’s proving more and more divisive as its use throughout the video games business turns into extra widespread. Earlier this week former Rockstar author Dan Houser warned that whereas generative AI could be helpful for some duties, it gained’t be the catch-all resolution some declare.
“A few of these folks attempting to outline the way forward for humanity, creativity, or no matter it’s utilizing AI will not be essentially the most humane or inventive folks,” Houser defined on The Chris Evans Breakfast Present on Virgin Radio.
He added: “I believe AI is ultimately going to eat itself, as a result of as I perceive it – which is de facto superficial understanding – the fashions scour the web for info, however the web’s going to get increasingly more full of knowledge made by the fashions, so it’s form of like after we fed cows with cows and obtained mad cow illness.”
