Dev debunks 'AI-generated content is boring' claim: just underspecify
flowersslop · x · 2026-10-02
flowersslop pushes back on the argument that on-demand AI-generated movies, games or VR worlds will be boring because you already know what happens. Key points:
- You can underspecify: give AI broad constraints and ask it to "add good twists and surprise me" — control and discovery aren't mutually exclusive
- Predictability isn't fatal to games anyway: people play GTA, Minecraft and the same multiplayer games for a decade knowing everything about them
- The takeaway: full specs buy control, leaving gaps buys discovery — getting exactly what you want doesn't itself make content boring
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