PC gamers want Steam to add filter for ‘garbage’ AI content
Generative AI has been at the center of digital attention for years now, garnering more and more of it as the technology develops and evolves. However, the stigma it carries is equal to, if not greater than, when it first appeared, with gamers particularly opposed to it.
PC players especially look at generative AI as a threat to great, original art that could very well be overwhelmed with a massive influx of AI-made video games, or ones heavily reliant on generative solutions. Valve’s stance on AI is pretty set in stone, as the company requires any and all use of generative models to be explicitly disclosed in every title that gets put up on the Steam store. But many feel that isn’t enough, and players both on the Steam forums and on other social media platforms are begging Valve to introduce a strong filter that lets players flag and exclude games made by or with the help of generative AI.