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Dwarf Fortress creator: industry in shambles over AI and layoffs

2•01-_-•3h ago
In an interview with PC Gamer at Gamescom 2026, Dwarf Fortress creator Tarn Adams sharply criticizes studio executives' obsession with generative AI and the wave of layoffs across the games industry. He compares the behavior of certain CEOs to a form of "psychosis," describing managers pressuring teams over AI usage and threatening to replace them with machines. He also brings up his own father, laid off from a sewage treatment plant by managers who didn't understand his job, to illustrate a pattern he sees repeating throughout the games industry. Read more: https://playstationcouch.com/post.php?id=740

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ChrisArchitect•3h ago
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49523720

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