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No, but it does empower solo indie creators to do something beyond that. Like a dude who’s a solo programmer can now make a reasonably okay looking game without dipping into “programmer art”.
Obviously once their game gets enough traction they should pay a real artist to do it right but it’s not a bad idea to prove the concept first using low effort AI art.
As someone with a game collection so large I won't able to finish in two lifetimes, game art is important enough to make me decide for a game and not for another one.
It is so true that certain games do not reach wider audiences because their art style is not as skilled as in other projects.
I find AI art derivative, mediocre and dull. It IS of surprising quality and at the same time incredibly boring. And I feel this blob of grey will increase as it becomes standardized and more AI art games become the norm.
Corollary: If someone shows you a picture made by AI and tells you nothing but to rate it, you'll probably just shrug.
If art is important to you, and you admit the art style is important enough for you to choose not to play a game, AND considering how AI art has only been around a short time...
Then doesn't that kind of highlight the struggles that non-artistic game designers have faced? Potentially great game design overlooked because of poor art?
So can you see how AI art, which may not be the best but is certainly better than someone without artistic talent, might open doors that were previously closed?
An important aspect for making a game great is how all the pieces come together (from sound design to graphics to even mechanics) to form a cohesive whole. If someone was to use AI slop for an obvious aspect then how can I trust that they would have put any love and care into other aspects of the game? Especially when there are so many amazing games from small studios and independent game designers that don't need to rely on AI slop.