东京——随着人工智能在游戏开发工作中的能力日益提升，任天堂的宫本茂——马里奥和《塞尔达传说》系列的创始人——对记者表示，这将“为每个人认真思考创作的真正意义创造机会”。
TOKYO -- As artificial intelligence grows more capable of taking on the work of video game development, that will "create opportunities for everyone to think seriously about what creation really means," Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, the man behind the Mario and Legend of Zelda franchises, told reporters.
宫本茂是任天堂的执行研究员，他将在周二成为首位获得日本最高荣誉“文化勋章”的游戏业界人士。在十月底该决定公布后不久，他接受记者采访，谈及生成式人工智能以及对新晋游戏开发者的建议。以下为新闻发布会的编辑摘录。问：您如何看待游戏与社会的关系？
Miyamoto, an executive fellow at Nintendo, will on Tuesday become the first figure in the video game industry to receive Japan's prestigious Order of Culture. Shortly after the decision was announced in late October, he spoke to reporters about topics including generative AI and his advice to new game developers. Edited excerpts from the news conference follow. Q: What is your view of the relationship between games and society?
答：我小时候，过年时会把任天堂的桌面游戏拿出来玩。它们会被收进壁橱一年，等到下一年春节再拿出来。等到我开始制作电子游戏时，客厅里会摆放一台主机，成为日常生活的一部分。我觉得这非常符合任天堂的定位。
When I was a child, on New Year's, you'd bring out [Nintendo board games] and play them. They'd get stored in the closet for a year, then come out again on New Year's. Once they got into making video games, people would have a console in the middle of the living room, as part of their everyday lives. I think that's very fitting for Nintendo.
我制作的作品不仅吸引玩游戏的人，也能吸引不玩游戏的人。当时我二十多岁，自己也是玩家，但不知不觉中，父母和祖父母也加入了玩游戏的行列。三代人都了解游戏，这意义非凡。我希望继续创作能够摆在人们客厅中心的作品。宫本茂在获悉将获颁日本文化勋章后接受记者采访。问：作为文化勋章获得者，您想做些什么？
I've made things that would interest not just people who played games, but also people who didn't. Back then [in his 20s], I was a player myself, but before I knew it, parents and grandparents, too, became part of the generations that played games. The fact that three generations know about games is incredibly significant. I want to go on making things that will be in the middle of people's living rooms. Miyamoto spoke to reporters after the announcement of his selection to receive Japan's Order of Culture. Q: What do you want to do as an Order of Culture recipient?
我只想稳扎稳打，继续做我能做的事。我认为，游戏是与用户最真诚互动的媒体形式。有趣的是，不是我们给了人们什么，而是他们在互动使用[游戏]时会产生什么。日本游戏行业的优势在于，我们非常彻底地思考了如何与人们互动。
I just want to keep working steadily on the things I can do. I think that games are the form of media that engages most sincerely with users. The interesting thing is not what we give people, but what emerges when they use [games] interactively. The strength of the Japanese games industry lies in how thoroughly we have considered how to engage with people.
当你和别人做同样的事时，你只是在与他们竞争，所以我一直坚持做与别人不同的事。如果哪怕只有一个人能够站出来，在与用户共情的同时，基于自己独特的视角认真制作[游戏]，我就会很高兴。我愿为此努力。
When you do the same thing as other people, you just compete with them, so I've made a point of doing different things from others. If there's even one person who emerges who works seriously to make [games] based on their own unique perspective while empathizing with users, I'll be happy. I want to work to that end.
问：生成式人工智能降低了制作游戏的门槛。您如何看待人工智能与游戏作为文化？
Q: Generative artificial intelligence has lowered the hurdles to making games. What are your thoughts on AI and games as culture?
在我们那个时代[宫本茂大学主修工业设计时]，我们学习的是书法——如何端正地书写汉字。但随着计算机的发展，人们对版式的感觉和个人的设计能力首次得以凸显。
In our day [when Miyamoto majored in industrial design at university], we learned lettering -- how to write characters neatly. But as computers evolved, people's sense for layouts and individual design capabilities came to the forefront for the first time.
随着人工智能能够承担更多工作，这将为每个人创造机会，认真思考创造究竟意味着什么。复制粘贴的设计以前就存在，但它们不会长久。当个人设计某样东西时，他们是带着意图去创作的。计算机所做的，不过是帮助完成这项工作。我认为，无论它如何发展，总会有我们能做的事情。
As AI becomes able to do more work, that will create opportunities for everyone to think seriously about what creation really means. Copy-pasted designs have existed before, but they don't last. When an individual designs something, they create with intention. All a computer does is help with that work. I think that no matter how much it evolves, there will still be things we can do.
《大金刚》、《超级马里奥兄弟》和《塞尔达传说》都是宫本茂参与创作的热门游戏。问：您加入任天堂已有50年。获得文化勋章对您意味着什么？
"Donkey Kong," "Super Mario Bros." and "The Legend of Zelda" are among the hit games that Miyamoto was involved in creating. Q: It's been 50 years since you joined Nintendo. What does receiving the Order of Culture mean to you?
到了我的年纪，不知道什么时候就无法再做事情了，所以我想继续享受我现在所做的事。就像游戏的玩家一样，制作游戏的人在创作时也在游玩。我认为继续这样做会很有趣。问：游戏开发中什么能给您带来快乐？
At my age, you don't know when you'll stop being able to do things, so I want to keep enjoying what I'm doing now. Just like a game's players, its maker also plays as they create. I think it would be fun to continue doing that. Q: What brings you joy in game development?
最开心的事，就是看到人们玩我制作的东西。我不太会去想想要传达什么样的信息，或者如何传达。我觉得，就这样继续做下去，我会很享受。问：你想对年轻的游戏开发者说些什么？
The most enjoyable thing is seeing people play what I've made. I don't think much about what kind of message I want to convey or how to convey it. I think I'd enjoy just continuing to do that. Q: What do you want to say to young game developers?
最好不要一开始就成为某款游戏的忠实粉丝，然后想着“要是他们这样做会更有趣”。与其在现有基础上改进，不如努力创造，一边想着“这样做会很有趣”，这很有趣，也能让你的作品有意义。
It's best not to start out by being a big fan of a certain game and thinking about how "it would be more fun if they did this." Rather than improving on an existing base, working hard to create -- while thinking that "doing this would be interesting" -- is fun, and it gives your work meaning.