Miyamoto on generative AI: separating "creating" from "labor," and why AI is positive
CatAstro_Piyush · x · 2026-11-12
Resharing an indie dev's hand-made dissolving-cloud shader Reddit post, this thread quotes Shigeru Miyamoto's take on generative AI:
- Designers once qualified merely by beautiful lettering; as computers advanced, their true individual capabilities — an innate sense of layout — came to the fore. Miyamoto believes generative AI represents a similar shift.
- He distinguishes "creating" from the "labor" of filling gaps and refining details. The trap: labor is enjoyable, and with lower barriers to entry, some will mistake the satisfaction of building for the achievement of creating something genuinely good.
- The more AI replaces these tasks, the more it forces creators to reflect on what really matters — a positive thing.
- Conclusion: creation relies on individual intent with computers as labor assistants; even if AI eventually handles everything, "there will always be a role left for us to play."
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