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Shigeru Miyamoto says generative AI could take on more of game production, but human designers would still have a role: deciding what is worth making. He argues that technology can handle labour while leaving creative intent to people, and warns that work made by copying and pasting may not stand the test of time.

Eurogamer reports that Miyamoto shared the view at a press conference ahead of receiving Japan’s Order of Culture. It is an opinion, not a Nintendo policy announcement or a claim about how the company uses AI. Still, it offers a useful test for the tools entering game development: are they helping creators express an idea, or merely making more stuff?

Discuss: If AI can handle more of game production, should human authorship mean setting the creative intent, making the final choices, or something more specific?

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