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E125: 4 AI Threats That Matter More Than Skynet
If youโre a leader in game dev who feels stuck, able to spot problems but struggling to make a real difference, there is a path forward that levels up your leadership and accelerates your team, game, and career. Sign up here to learn more: https://forms.gle/nqRTUvgFrtdYuCbr6 Is your "AI First" strategy actually a house of cards waiting to collapse? While CEOs are busy pumping the hype train, the practical reality of LLMs is looking a lot less rosy. In this episode, Ben explores why the current AI trajectory might be a "subprime crisis" in the making. We move past the Skynet fantasies to look at the four existential and human threats that LLMs pose to the games industry, from the "logarithmic curve of effectiveness" to the dangerous atrophy of our own ability to think deeply. What Youโll Learn In This Episode: What the "subprime AI crisis" is and why the current investment stack might be unsustainable. Why relying on "generative slop" leads to a generational decline in the value of information. How to identify when AI is capitalizing on your own cognitive biases and "sycophantic" needs for ego validation. How to balance using AI as a force-multiplier without atrophying the "slow thinking" required for high-level game production. Reference Links: ๐ https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec8352 ๐ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11324722-the-righteous-mind ๐ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p22QeLNHvlc ๐ https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-subprime-ai-crisis-is-here/ ๐ https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/   ๐ https://medium.com/@webteam.ybsvp/when-ai-gets-it-wrong-the-deloitte-scandal-and-the-question-of-reliability-86940bc9017a ๐ https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/articles/mit-created-duplicate-ai-workers-185644013.html ๐ https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.01363   ๐ https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/google-microsoft-meta-amazon-ai-cash.html ๐ https://www.fastcompany.com/91417492/deloitte-ai-report-australian-government ๐ https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/model-collapse-scientists-warn-against-letting-ai-eat-its-own-tail/ ๐ https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555 ๐ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDL3Ch7Nz8c Connect with us: ๐Benโs LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-carcich/ ๐BBGโs LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/building-better-games/ ๐Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildingbettergames/# ๐Website: https://www.buildingbettergames.gg ๐YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZpMT-dUwQR-R4Mb4uub6Sw If you want me to help producers or studios build better games through effective systems and leadership, you can reach me at: info@valarinconsulting.com #GameDev #ArtificialIntelligence #StudioLeadership #TechBubble #BuildingBetterGames
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