
The Fire Rises - California Dreamin' will officially be using zero AI generated content in it's production
Hello! I am u/x_TKN(aka Welcome), the lead developer of the upcoming TFR submod, California Dreamin', which will give unique content to the State of California! I am writing this to talk about the role of AI in HOI4's modding scene, and more specifically how it has no place here. While I do understand developers can have their shortcomings, whether it be they are not experienced at coding or making art or anything else like that, that is no excuse to use AI in your mod. To use AI is to admit defeat and to show cowardice, as you could not even muster up the effort to make art, even if its low quality, or even copy paste code from other mods. I have far more respect for HOI4 mods that have poorly made art that was created by a human, than I do for mods that have art generated by AI. If you're unable to make HOI4 mods without using AI, go watch a youtube tutorial on how to mod, so that you can actually learn how to use such skills yourself without having to give up all your individuality to AI. Which is why, on behalf of the developer team, I am announcing that our submod will use Zero AI generated content anywhere in game. Not in coding, not in art, not in writing, not anywhere. All content will be created by humans, and any attempts by other developers to include AI will not be used within the mod. If any of our developers use AI, and attempt to pass it off as their own, they will be removed. We give you this promise, that no matter how poor quality something in our mod is, we would never stoop so low as to use ai.
Thank you for reading through to the end, and we will see you all in Sacramento.
-The TFR:CD team
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