ARK: Aquatica
It is no secret that game publishers and developers are experimenting with AI in all sorts of ways, some of them more normal, streamlining internal processes and such, others more controversial, like the recent AI-infused Aloy conversation demo from Sucker Punch. But this? This is next level.
ARK: Survival Evolved has debuted what appears to be a 98% AI-generated trailer for its new Aquatica expansion. That includes voicework, possibly a script, and certainly the video footage shown:
Almost everything after the first-person intro has the trademark smoothness of AI video and something just feels…off about almost every scene. There are the trademark AI screw-ups, like a man swimming where his feet evolve into weird fin-like appendages as he…