After a former lead writer claimed Saber \u201creplaced me with ChatGPT,\u201d CEO Matthew Karch now claims, \u201cNeither Saber nor Unigine have replaced any writers with AI,\u201d for the Rideshare \u201cStimulator\u201d game announced last month, developed by Unigine.<\/p>\n
The writer, Stella Sacco, says differently, however, posting on Bluesky<\/a> that \u201cI was lead writer on this one! And Saber replaced me with ChatGPT midway through development. All the passenger voices were AI too. Either they changed direction at some point or they\u2019re not disclosing it on Steam.\u201d<\/p>\n Saber describes Rideshare \u201cStimulator\u201d as an<\/a> \u201cimmersive driving simulation game that puts you behind the wheel as a rideshare business owner,\u201d and the segments shown in a teaser trailer<\/a> appear to include AI-generated writing and audio for the simulated riders who are being picked up. The game\u2019s Steam listing<\/a> does not currently include any disclosure about using generative AI.<\/p>\n A statement from Karch provided to The Verge says, \u201cThe game will also feature an experimental, free-ride mode that by necessity incorporates AI as the number of passengers in the game is infinite. We are firm believers in using AI tools to improve or enhance gameplay experiences and improve NPC behavior as we have done since Saber was founded in 2001,\u201d it continued, also claiming that \u201cAs the industry has continued to contract, Saber continues to hire. None of our 3000+ employees have to worry about being replaced by AI.\u201d<\/p>\n Sacco replied to Karch\u2019s statement in a message sent to The Verge. \u201cMy indignation at being called a liar by that statement aside, you can\u2019t meaningfully say both \u2018writers wrote the story\u2019 and \u2018computers wrote the text,\u2019\u201d Sacco says. \u201cIf rides I wrote are in there, and also rides AI wrote or will write are in there, then AI was still used, and I was still replaced, just as Saber told me they were doing in December 2023. They\u2019re trying to have it both ways. You can\u2019t win on the labor part of the statement while you admit you took work away from labor in the next part. It\u2019s ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a former lead writer claimed Saber \u201creplaced me with ChatGPT,\u201d CEO Matthew Karch now claims, \u201cNeither Saber…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[24,580,954,2005,66,157],"class_list":["post-136642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-openai","tag-ai","tag-chatgpt","tag-entertainment","tag-gaming","tag-news","tag-openai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}