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It might be a losing battle, but I'm pondering what #LDJam #NewLD could do to sustain a "Compo-like" vibe. Game submission metadata: [ ] NO AI WAS USED to write code [ ] NO AI WAS USED to create visual content [ ] NO AI WAS USED to create audio content [ ] NO AI WAS USED to generate other data 🤔

It saddens me, but I don't think we can assume people didn't use AI by default. The proliferation of AI in everything means you have to try to NOT use AI, meaning we should assume AI was used UNLESS they specifically say it wasn't. Also I just realized "create" vs "generate" is a debatable word. 🤦

Something we easily overlook is AI translation. As an example, someone might only be able to participate because they used AI translation. AI translation is nothing new, but today's LLMs are dramatically better than previous generation ML translation models. 🤷

Another easily overlooked issue is base-code/libraries. We allow 3rd party libraries and middleware, but there is an impossible number of dependencies to have to check whether AI was used on them or not. Hypothetically you could bypass an "AI was not used to write this" restriction with this. 🤷

Apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere, but in the context of game jams, is the push against AI use (or at least required disclosure) based on the ethical aspects of AI companies (training on unlicensed data, data centers, etc.), or simply on using the technology at all?