Larian hopes to offer “more insight” into their use of generative artificial intelligence through an “Ask Me Anything” session in the new year. This will also be an opportunity to ask more general questions about Divinityif you want. Naturally, all this happened after Jeff's announcement about Baldur's Gate 3 The developers' next role-playing game was followed by comments from CEO Sven Vincke, who said that the studio is making limited use of generative artificial intelligence.
In a second response to the backlash to his claims regarding Larian's use of genAI “to explore ideas, flesh out PowerPoint presentations, develop concept art, and write filler text” – you can get full context at our another latest materials – the CEO announced that in the new year the studio will host an “Ask Me Anything” chat. Claiming that “a lot has been lost in translation” since Divinity's announcement, Vincke wrote that the conversation aims to offer “an opportunity to directly ask us any questions you have about Divinity and our development process.”
While he noted the specific date of the chat, writing that the date will be announced once the calendar turns to 2026, the CEO took this opportunity to express a little more of his views on the topic “Larian's DNA is an agency,” he wrote. “Everything we work on is for the benefit of our teams, games and players. Best day at work and best play. Our success comes from empowering people to work in their own way and make the most of their skills and craft so that we can create the best role-playing games we can make.
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“In this context, it would be irresponsible for us not to evaluate new technologies. However, our processes are constantly evolving and where they are ineffective or not consistent with who we are, we make changes.”
To be fair to Vincke and company, you can't blame them for simply burying their heads and keeping quiet as the backlash mounted. The CEO tried to suggest explanations and clarifications in multiple formats, as did Larian Publishing Director Michael Dawes. I'm not sure if the last one was retweeted posts from YouTubers come to Larian's defense or try remember the situation really helped, but hey, if you reap the rewards of your Twitter activity, you're usually doomed to fall on the same sword at some point.
If you want what I assume is a discussion about Divinity itself without the memes, you can check out Edwin's conversation with Vinke since the beginning of this week. Or you can read James' take on the CEO's remarks. chat about lack of RAM from another stop on the same publication tour.
