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Originally Posted by Varkarrus
Let's say someone hacked the game and created a utility that lets people create their own events (simply by typing in what they want it to do, and a highly powerful computer AI does the rest), then post them onto a big server for other people to download and use in their levels, and would go so far as to allow players to create their own characters, ammo, game modes, and so on. It would even allow a person to create their own tilesets in seconds.
I know this is completely implausible, but would you appreciate such a thing?
Also, don't discuss whether or not this is possible. I know that for some of you this is easier said than done, but we already know this isn't very plausible.
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I would absolutely appreciate it. It would be useful for a number of reasons. One that comes to mind is prototyping: if you have an idea, you can immediately see whether it works or not by letting the computer do the work for you.
Beyond this, I think there are too many unanswered questions to say anything in greater detail. AI is a fairly deep philosophical issue, and so is art. I'm not going to spend too much time here, so I'll just mention a few of the more obvious questions that are being raised.
How good is it at doing what it does? Is it as good as the average human? Worse? Better than average? Or better than any human can possibly be?
If so, how (and why) is it better?
Does it follow instructions
exactly, or does it improvise, somehow adding a bit of creative flair? Is this program advanced enough to be creative? Is it capable of creating art?
If it is creative, are it's creative abilities versatile? Does the program have a preset "style" of design, or can it vary? Is it able to emulate any person's style? Can it create its own style?
If it merely follows the instructions to the letter, how is this different from any other editor?
I just want to show that this is actually a rather complex issue. All of the considerations I mentioned can probably be summed up in one question: "Just how advanced
is this AI?" Also, consider the implications of what the answer might be: if it's not advanced enough, then it might be faster just to do the work yourself. If it's too advanced, humans are basically obsolete.
If you're really interested in this, read up on Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of AI. Both of these fields can get pretty technical, but the basics are fairly straightforward.