Sorry, I started out polite but the overwhelming majority of people here have responded as assholes so I've resorted to the same. I've essentially given up - people can't even seem to discern the difference between AI and data centers, and I'm tired of explaining such subtleties over and over again without the other party gaining even a whiff of comprehension.

Let me start fresh, with you, after my sincere apology for my initial reaction.

Why do you believe using AI removes the soul of a game? There's still a person involved, directing the AI - purposefully planning the prompts, meticulously curating the resulting content, and imparting their own judgement in determining inclusion. Refining the results until it meets their standard of quality. To attribute the results entirely to the tool used is to discount the human using the tool.

I remember having the exact same reaction as you when Final Fantasy VII came out. I was appalled the developers left behind hand drawn pixel art to instead use computer generated imagery. I literally said they removed the soul of the game by using a computer to create their art.

With age, I've realized I was wrong. The tools used don't remove the soul, so long as a person is still there making the final call, they just enable the person to better realize their own vision and often times that clashes with what the audience expects/desires, but it doesn't invalidate their vision, as I previously thought.