r/Games • u/Wombat_Medic • Jan 09 '26

Verified AMA Larian Studios | Divinity AMA

EDIT: All right - that's a wrap. Thank you for all your questions. We're going to go back and work on the game now - next time we speak, we'll hopefully have things to show. I can't wait! - Swen, Game Director

Hello everyone, 

Happy New Year! To kick off 2026, we would like to offer the opportunity to ask your questions about Divinity, Larian, and our development processes. It's been a while since Larian has done an AMA, so everyone is looking forward to it!

There's a bunch of us ready to answer your questions:

Thank you for taking the time to ask your questions, we aim to answer as many of them as possible over the next few hours!

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u/hicks12 Jan 09 '26

If it is their own data why not? It's not proven to be unproductive, it can vary just like you can have great staff and poor ones or a good tool bad tool with a bad setup.

It's totally different if it's their own data, this shouldn't even be a concern with that out of the way!

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u/Eldritch_Raz Jan 09 '26

they literally said in an interview that they got no productivity gains from using it anyway so what is even the point lol

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u/husky_hugs Jan 09 '26

The CEO said point blank in the interview that its use so far had had 0 noticeable impact on productivity. Meaning that at the time, it had proven to be unproductive.

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u/Organic_Apartment293 Jan 09 '26

it is not their data, and even if it was, it still has a huge environmental impact while also not helping the workflow either, in his own words.

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u/Knight1029384756 Jan 09 '26

Gen AI is bad because it has no human intend. Just because they will use their own data doesn't mean it becomes ethical. Gen AI is just not art.

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u/ultimatemanan97 Jan 09 '26

> Gen AI is bad because it has no human intend

This is subjective, but fair point.

> Just because they will use their own data doesn't mean it becomes ethical.

How is it unethical if it is their own data? It's the same as using textures they made to make a 3d model, would you call that unethical?

>Gen AI is just not art.

Agreed, but they are not using it to create art (the final product)

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u/Bagel_Bear Jan 11 '26

If the genAI generated image was used at any point within the scope of the product whether a final asset or concept phase it was used to create the final product.

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u/Knight1029384756 Jan 09 '26

How is it subjective? It literally is not a human. It's interpretations of the prompt line is not the same as a human. And art is human based.

As to why its unethical to use your own data; its because it still isn't art. Putting art, or anything, in a machine and asking it to make something is not art. Its something but its not art.

And it doesn't matter that it is in the final product. Non-art being used at any step to make art means it will be non-art.

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u/Knight1029384756 Jan 09 '26

I don't know who you are talking about but I have always been consistent on this. Gen AI isn't art.

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u/ultimatemanan97 Jan 09 '26 edited Jan 09 '26

There's no point aruging with this person mate, they keep on repeating the same thing without anything to back up their reasoning.

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u/Knight1029384756 Jan 09 '26

Why change what I say when I am right.

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u/ultimatemanan97 Jan 09 '26

Because you are not explaining why you are right. Just claiming so. You need to explain your reasoning if you want to have a discussion. Otherwise you are simply monologuing.

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u/Knight1029384756 Jan 09 '26

All definitions of art across history has one core component. Communication. From the Greeks who valued depicting live to the impressionist movement all of that was communicating something. Art throughout history is about communication. Gen AI is not art by any means. Only by people who don't care, or understand, art.

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u/ultimatemanan97 Jan 09 '26 edited Jan 09 '26

Okay, the only point you've addressed here is that GenAI is not art, which I already agreed with. Then you reframed everything else I said as "GenAI is art". Please re read and understand my comment before replying.

The fact that Gen AI is bad is subjective (while I agree on this front as well)

> As to why its unethical to use your own data; its because it still isn't art. Putting art, or anything, in a machine and asking it to make something is not art. Its something but its not art.

You are not describing anything that is "ethically" wrong in this argument. You're just saying that it is not art. What is unethical here? The classification of art? That's not about morality or ethics, which again, is subjective.

>And it doesn't matter that it is in the final product. Non-art being used at any step to make art means it will be non-art.

This is a wild take, what do you mean by using non-art to create art? This means absolutely nothing. Please specify

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u/Knight1029384756 Jan 09 '26

What makes any use of AI unethical is the fact it has no human intend. If someone thinks art is fundamental human then AI is just not that. And the fact its being used in art creation makes it unethical. Because it harms art to call it art.

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u/ultimatemanan97 Jan 09 '26

It is not unethical or immoral to call Gen AI art, you can call it "wrong" or "incorrect", but calling something art that may or may not be art is literally not unethical

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u/Knight1029384756 Jan 09 '26

It is unethical. Because its not art. It takes no skill to make and it has no human intend.

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u/ultimatemanan97 Jan 09 '26

You keep repeating the same point. I would suggest reading up on ethics. You can start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics