I pay for games instead of pirating because I believe that the people that worked on a game deserve to be compensated for their work. If these people are using generative AI that was trained with images obtained without the consent of the creators (and right now it's very unlikely they are using ethically-trained generators), they are not paying the artists that helped create their images. Why should I pay for the game then?

Do you work for Anthropic or something? Lmao

I’m sure I would enjoy playing GTA6, I really want to play it, but I’ll be abstaining because of Rockstar’s union busting bullshit, the exorbitant price, and the fact that you don’t even get a real physical game for the insane amount they’re asking.

As far as I know they didn’t use any AI, but that’s not the point.

The point is that some things are more important than a game, regardless of how enjoyable it might be. Things like class solidarity, artistic integrity, and other elements of real life.