My stance on AI

I always avoid sharing my point of view on social issues, as I want my games to keep offering an escape from reality.
Unfortunately this subject directly affects my field of work, so I think that sharing my opinion is useful and important.

There once was a world where each book you read, each work of art you observed, music you listened to, movie you watched or game you played carried a promise: the promise that someone, somewhere dedicated time and energy to get this result. No matter how good it was - an effort was made, and the result of this work offered a little window into the mind of its author.

This world is over now. From now on each time I'll get to read, look at or listen to something, a question will inevitably prevail in my mind: what is the true value of this work?
Because in my opinion, the value of art lies largely in the process required to achieve it. A piece of work is the sum of every decision made by its author; be it the choice of a word, a color or a relief, an instrument or a note, a cinematic shot, a game rule, the position of an enemy or an item, and much more.

Art is part of what makes us human beings, as it adresses no necessity. It is something we do for pleasure, for sharing. Seeing the beauty of this work sacrificed on the altar of productivity saddens me deeply.
I don't want to read a book written by a machine regurgitating other's work, or to listen to a singer which doesn't exist while shopping in the grocery store. I don't want my children to be exposed to soulless illustrations in a storybook, and especially not to see them grow in a world where this approach would become the norm.

The hardest part now will be to sort it all out. So I want to clarify my position for those who, like me, will now ask themselves this one question.
As far as I'm concerned I'll keep creating my games as I did until now, and I have no intention of using AI in any way.

I can now close this parenthesis on this pretty pessimistic perspective. Thank you for reading me.