AI-Generated Art Used in Rick and Morty Creator’s New Game: High on Life
With 2022 coming to a close, it’s hard to argue against the impact of AI-generated art. Whether it’s winning state fairs, or artist backlash against the technology, AI-generated art has taken the world by storm. It’s no surprise then that as it becomes more common, more companies would lean on the technology for commercial purposes. Now, Rick and Morty’s co-creator, Justin Roiland, confirmed that he’s using AI-generated art in his latest project, High on Life. High on Life is a comedic first-person shooter and, according to Roiland, used a machine learning algorithm to create poster art and vocal performances.
This isn’t the first time the technology has been used to create a video game. As we saw back in September, This Girl Does Not Exist, became the first fully AI-generated game. What High on Life represents is yet another major figure utilizing AI. While speaking with Sky News, Justin Roiland openly spoke about using Midjourney to create AI-art to add “finishing touches” to his game’s world. For Roiland, it was about giving the player a unique visual experience. He told Sky News, “It makes the world feel like a strange alternate universe of our world,…And we used it to come up with weird, funny ideas.”
But as said earlier in the article, it wasn’t just AI art. High on Life’s lead designer, Erich Meyr also told the publication that they used AI-powered voice-generating tools as stand-ins for characters’ voices. Though one, which Meyr described as “minor,” remained AI-created. Though it’s interesting to see this used, it’s Roiland’s view of AI-generated content which is interesting. According to him, instead of being a barrier for artists, he sees AI as a means to bring froth accessibility. Saying in part, “I don’t know what the future holds, but AI is going to be a tool that has the potential to make content creation incredibly accessible…I don’t know how many years away we are, but all you will need to be is somebody with some big ideas.”
This is in sharp contrast to many detachers who view AI-generated content as harmful to artists and their livelihoods. But one thing has become clear in 2022, artificial intelligence-powered tools aren’t going anywhere and have entered the mainstream. If you’re interested in learning more about AI, then you should check out ODSC’s Ai+ Training platform, which features in-demand data science and AI training from the top experts in the field.
Originally posted on OpenDataScience.com
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