旧金山 – Fortnite 制作商 Epic Games 首席执行官蒂姆·斯威尼（Tim Sweeney）于 10 月 12 日表示，公司正在进行一项“巨大转变”，以利用人工智能提升视频游戏开发。
SAN FRANCISCO – Fortnite-maker Epic Games is making a “huge pivot” towards using AI to boost video game development, chief executive Tim Sweeney said on Oct 12.
这家美国游戏巨头正在“重新安排开发人员，以实现最大程度的人工智能加速”，斯威尼在 X（原推特）上写道。“目的不是用更少的人做同样的事情，而是让这里的每个人都能构建更多、更好的内容，并让所有使用虚幻引擎的团队受益。”他继续说道，指的是公司提供给第三方用户的游戏开发软件虚幻引擎。此次宣布正值人工智能在艺术和创意领域角色的激烈争论之中。
The American gaming giant is “moving developers around to retool for maximum AI acceleration,” Sweeney wrote on“The aim isn’t to do the same stuff with fewer people, but to enable everyone here to build MORE and BETTER stuff, and to bring the benefits to all teams using Unreal,” he continued, referring to the company’s Unreal Engine which provides game development software to third-party users. The announcement comes amid a heated debate about AI’s role in art and creative sectors.
此次宣布也恰逢 Epic 表示将裁员超过 1,000 人约六个月后发布，尽管公司将该决定归因于更广泛的问题，如增长放缓，而非人工智能。
It also lands about six months after Epic said it would lay off more than 1,000 employees, though the company attributed the decision to broader issues like slower growth, rather than AI.
斯威尼在 10 月 12 日写道，现在加强内部人工智能的使用将提升 Epic“在人工智能革命中生存、帮助其他开发者做到同样、并在另一端以更快的速度生产更好代码和内容”的能力。
Ramping up its use of AI internally now will increase Epic’s ability “to survive the AI revolution, help other developers do the same, and come out on the other end making better code and content faster,” Sweeney wrote on Oct 12.
他还回击了一位在 X 上回复称他“无法读懂局势真是太惊人”的用户的批评。
He also pushed back on criticism from one user who replied on X that his “inability to read the room is really really astounding”.
“作为向行业大部分提供工具和技术的供应商，我们的工作是为当下所是的现状和即将到来的未来进行设计。我个人持乐观态度，认为这对创作者具有赋能作用。”斯威尼在回复中写道。
“Our job, as the provider of tools and technology to much of the industry, is to design for the present that is and the future that will soon be. Personally I’m optimistic about it and see it as empowering for creators,” Sweeney wrote in response.
尽管行业已在使用人工智能，但人工智能在游戏开发中的应用仍存在争议。
AI in game development remains controversial despite its use by the industry.
根据《PC Gamer》的报道，日本超过 85% 的游戏开发者使用人工智能，而北美地区的比例为 36%。
More than 85% of game developers in Japan use AI, compared to 36% of developers in North America, according to PC Gamer.
彭博社于 10 月 12 日的一篇报道称，Epic 也据报道正在推迟一款与迪士尼合作开发的游戏的发布。
Epic is also reportedly delaying the release of a game developed in collaboration with Disney, according to a report from Bloomberg on Oct 12.
该游戏原定于 3 月上线，包含漫威和星球大战的角色，Epic 已要求员工在开发过程中采用“AI 首先”的方法。Epic 公司未立即回应置评请求。
The game was expected to launch in March and features characters from Marvel and Star Wars, and Epic has told employees to use an “AI first” approach to development. Epic did not immediately respond to a request for comment.