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Over 85% of Japanese game developers use generative AI in game development, 2026 CESA survey shows. An increase from last year’s 51% (automaton-media.com)
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[–] 14 points 6 hours ago (8 children)

This seems weird to me. Isn't Japanese culture obsessed with aesthetics? Like when you buy fast food there it actually looks neat and clean like in advertisements, and you might spend a small fortune on a couple of strawberries but they'll be the brightest, most flawless specimens you'll see in your lifetime. Even cheap throwaway meals are packaged like a professional food stylist went over them.

That focus on perfection seems incongruent with the slop machine that churns out soulless, derivative, and often obviously flawed 'art'.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 hours ago

    Having lived in Japan for over a decade, I think the west generally over-elevates/-mystifies Japan. Capitalists gonna capitalist. They can do more work with fewer people and make more money. Most Japanese consumers also do not care at all about generative AI. It's in the train stations, city offices, and everywhere else as a part of the normal.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

    you might spend a small fortune on a couple of strawberries

    Isn't that mostly because their farms are so far behind and producing such low volumes that they can only survive with artisanal hand picked/whatever products

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  • [–] 8 points 6 hours ago* (2 children)

    Looking it up, while the high-end gift fruits are insanely expensive (hundreds of dollars), regular fruit seems to be widely available and costs the equivalent of a dollar or two. So it's more expensive than in Western countries, but not exorbitantly so. They also tend to be unnaturally unblemished even on the low end.

    I wonder how much produce gets thrown away due to a single bruise or spot. I'm hoping it gets turned into drinks or purée for desserts or something instead.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 hours ago (1 child)

    Anything that grows out of the ground is expensive in Japan in general, so it's not just the strawberries. You can easily get a situation when making food at home where a simple vegetable salad is as expensive as the rest of the meal combined.

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  • [–] 0 points 4 hours ago

    I bought a $5 apple for the kids when we visited. Damn fine apple. Bought one for me too because I got jealous. Made me actually appreciate fruit for what it is; rather than something bruised, brown, and taken for granted.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 hours ago

    Maybe they have high standards for what they generate, use the models as "fillers" or "finishers" (broadly adding details or patterns to a base sketch, then touching up on any errors or ungeneratable details), or rely on models they've vetted for consistent quality? I doubt they're all using a piss filter chatgpt text to image gen.

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