What's with the closed-minded attitude towards A-I in here?
Had a post removed under Rule 5 last night - fair enough - didn't notice the 'new rule' -- but I feel it does highlight something worth talking about.
The clip removed was my amateur remake of a C64 game using A-I (can't even refer to it without getting a warning so I'll call it “Claude”). The goal is not for profit - it’s to keep it alive in a way that actually reaches people today. The C64 wasn’t just hardware, it was a creative launchpad - and if we want that legacy to stick, it can’t live only in original architecture forever. And personally, with that mission in mind, I don't see what the issue is in using Claude to assist. It's just a tool. I don't see the sense in blacklisting something simply because it was made using a powerdrill over a screwdriver. Especially as 99.9% of folks are now utilizing it.
After 30 years in game development - formal education, a CS degree, and decades of hands-on work - I can say confidently that these tools assist, but they don’t replace expertise. It's very much the "The Old Engineer and the Hammer" parable in place. You still need to design systems, make decisions, refine constantly. Same with music - getting something that doesn’t sound like noise takes iteration and a bit of taste. These tools help, but they don’t replace taste, or knowledge foundations.
I respect the purist approach, I really do. But are we dinosaurs here? Doesn't the end justify the means? What I’m trying to do is bridge generations - take something historically significant and present it in a way that might resonate with people who otherwise would never encounter it. I don’t see many others attempting that, and I think it’s a worthwhile direction.
There’s room for both preservation and evolution.
p.s. There’s a certain irony here in this sub where remixes of 8-bit music based on synth tunes are applauded, but anything done with Claude is scorned. Synth music faced similar skepticism - artists like Depeche Mode were initially dismissed before gaining wider acceptance. New tools often go through that phase.