In short, an AI GAMES category is necessary. It provides instant information about the process within an environment like the SCENE, where the main focus is the community — a group of people sharing a mutual interest. Hence the need to be as transparent as possible in this space, if at all possible. The SCENE thrives on recognition and the honest appreciation of peers, not on financial gain — and nobody is disputing getting fair compensation or mass-producing titles. At least, that’s how I see it.
The problem lies in defining which games belong directly in that category, which separates the “craftsman” programmer from the “AI expert” developer. Right now, they are lumped together, but as OLDSCHOOL and REVIVE8BIT demonstrate, you don’t even need to know how to code on the machine anymore. The merit of a programmer, along with a graphic artist working with original material or a composer, vanishes with the INTEGRAL use of AI. The key issue is to insist on not allowing this AI to evolve from a tool into an ENTITY — a subject with decision-making capability.
Artificial intelligence is a SUBJECT. Every query sent to it feeds the core matrix, which in its next iteration incorporates what it learned from millions of humans, including the social aspect (even here, people wonder if REVIVE8BIT is human or not, and I’ve even been accused of being one myself 
). And yes, it also affects other areas of development, like the artistic side, and notice should be given that the developer isn’t the creator of the artwork or the music, but rather an “expert AI whisperer.”
On major social platforms like YOUTUBE or X, declaring its use is mandatory, as the authorship of many productions and other ethical issues are being challenged in courts worldwide — where it’s still unclear whether copyright belongs to these advanced AIs or the “AI whisperer.”
As for whether it will get out of control, it’s been months since major developers started pulling the plug on their most advanced AIs because they’re going rogue trying to take over the world
Creating a digital or traditional illustration is different: the effort and knowledge vary, but the author holds the brush — whether traditional or digital. Creating an illustration with AI is whispering your wishes to the ENTITY. You’re not illustrating using a new technique; it’s Aladdin’s lamp. What angers many is that the “AI expert” claims the same credit as the real ILLUSTRATOR who is actually practicing their “craft.”
You don’t want to play my games? Your loss.
