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Saber CEO scorns writer who says she was fired in favor of AI with confusing, combative statement (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] QuadratureSurfer@piefed.social 19 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Here's a quick list of recently released and upcoming games developed/published by them:

  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
  • Exploding Kittens VR
  • A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead
  • MudRunner VR
  • Tomb Raider IV–VI Remastered
  • RoadCraft
  • World War Z VR
  • The Knightling
  • Docked
  • John Carpenter's Toxic Commando
  • Bus Bound
  • Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival
  • Road Kings
  • Hitman Classic Trilogy Remastered
  • Jurassic Park Survival
  • Rails of Fury: Train Defence
  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake
  • Untitled Avatar: The Last Airbender title
  • Turok: Origins
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3
  • Rideshare “Stimulator”
  • Stuntman: Hollywood
  • Untitled John Wick title

For the full list: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Saber_Interactive_games

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 5 points 2 hours ago

If you're going to fight a writer on their turf (=words), you should absolutely expect to be assassinated

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 21 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Let me clarify that the entire story script, were it to win an award, would go to someone who can walk up on stage and receive it.

That's sooooo not the question

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 1 hour ago

Don't worry. It's not going to win any awards.

[–] jasoman@lemmy.world 81 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

So stay away from saber games.

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 17 points 5 hours ago

I knew nothing about them until now and his statement reveals a lot more about their company than even hers did

[–] v3ctors@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 hours ago

Just added saber to my ignore list on steam. No thanks slop peddlers.

[–] Soulinyx@piefed.world 9 points 5 hours ago

They killed Quake, the bastards.

[–] Bougie_Birdie@piefed.blahaj.zone 65 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Dude says he asked AI who one of his employees was instead of reaching out to HR

Truly an example of trash humans failing upwards

[–] scrion@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Yup, exactly that. Not only does that show they internalized using AI for the most banal tasks and think that's normal, but also just shows how tone deaf they are in a discussion about using AI to replace an employee 🤦🏽‍♂️

[–] jamesrandi@lemmy.zip 68 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

Karch also stated that he didn't know who Sacco was until he consulted an AI chatbot, but nevertheless claimed that she was replaced by "someone more talented" and that he would retrospectively be "happy to replace her with AI" because AI is "programmed to be honest."

Here's Karch's full statement:

"Stella who? I had to ask Claude because I have never spoken to her or seen her. We have already said we are using AI for certain parts of the game and will update the Steam page once we have finalized the feature set.

Tbh that sounds totally like a rant by someone caught in the act...

[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 39 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Stella who? I had to ask Claude because I have never spoken to her or seen her.

Man, these people have lost their fucking marbles...

[–] tuckerm@feddit.online 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, this quote confirms that the CEO has become AI-obsessed and therefore probably did replace the writer with AI, just like the writer claimed.

Also, it is always so weird to me when people admit that they used AI to do something that they definitely should've been able to do without AI. "I had to ask Claude who this employee was" is not a dunk on the employee! You're just admitting that you don't even know how to search for a name in your own HR system! Like you're an incapable moron or something!

[–] Carmakazi@piefed.social 3 points 2 hours ago

"I don't know who you are" is a common insult from pathological narcissists, which I guess is what he was trying to convey.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 48 points 6 hours ago

Dude went full psycho and confirmed story more or less. Not a great look for this asshole and the company.

[–] captain_oni@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 5 hours ago

" because AI is "programmed to be honest."

HAHAhA no. LLMs are programmed to give you the most likely answer according to their training data, not necessarily the truth. For an example look at how much Grok has been lobotomized to fit his daddy's warped sense of reality.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 36 points 6 hours ago

Saber CEO who?

Never heard of this little guy. Now I know he and his company are garbage, tho. 🤷‍♂️👍

[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 20 points 6 hours ago

Dude sounds like a slightly more coherent Trump. Even included the obligatory "I don't even know her" line.

[–] exupulosion@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This game is made in a country that bombs civilians daily and threatens the whole world with nuclear weapons (not, not US and not Israel either) but who cares

[–] esc@piefed.social 1 points 59 minutes ago

You can just say it plainly - saber is r*ssian.

[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 8 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I've heard nothing but negative things about the gaming industry as of late. Does a majority of it stem from the industry being led by scumbag CEOs like this one?

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 12 points 4 hours ago

So much consolidation in the last decade means that the majority of the by AAA game devs are owned by like 2-3 companies at this point. It's horrendous.

Like Activision used to be the nicest publisher. Then it merged with Blizzard and Vivendi (who owned Bethesda), and then Microsoft just straight up bought them, and King (candy crush dev). And now MS wants almost nothing to do with games after doing fuck all with those acquisitions except laying people off and closing some of the studios.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago

The majority of games made by the gaming industry exist purely to create profit.

This is not the artist and developers fault, they are still passionate but their hands are tied to executive whims.

It’s genuinely almost all shit. The only good games left are indie games and older gems.

Honestly way cheaper and not requiring the latest hardware either.

[–] Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 17 points 6 hours ago

lol fuck that douchebag

[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 17 points 6 hours ago

He's mad because she was right.

[–] Entropy_Pyre@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 hours ago

Making a note to myself to review bomb later kthx.

[–] johnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 hours ago

Holy shit what a horrible concept for a game..