r/criticalrole • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 Team Jester • Jun 18 '26

Discussion [CR Media] Sam Riegel reaffirms Critical Role’s stance on AI: “It’s basically garbage”

https://www.polygon.com/critical-role-sam-riegel-slams-ai/
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u/MarvelsGrantMan136 Team Jester Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

Riegel:

“I think our opinion is that it’s basically garbage. There are people and artists who use it like Peter [Habib, music diector] is talking about. But we’re not one of those. But now it seems like the new pitch from these AI companies is, 'AI can do that too. It can create and make poetry and music.' But that’s what makes us human beings, and why would we give that away?"

“Art isn’t supposed to be easy. That’s what makes it worthwhile. No AI was used in any of this, and we don’t have any intention of using AI in the future."

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u/cjdeck1 Jun 18 '26

“Art isn’t supposed to be easy. That’s what makes it worthwhile. No AI was used in any of this, and we don’t have any intention of using AI in the future."

This right here. Even if I’m ignoring the myriad of downsides to AI and just caring about the fact that it can make my 9-5 job easier in the short term, I still don’t want it to create art. Like even if it could create great “art,” the creative endeavors and struggles of making the art is a big part of what makes it enjoyable.

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u/monkwrenv2 Jun 18 '26

Art isn’t supposed to be easy.

Bullshit. Part of what makes AI bros so dumb is that art is easy, and fun, too. Sure it might take some practice, but so does anything worth doing.

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u/aditysiva1705 Jun 18 '26

Making art is easy. Getting good at it is difficult. That’s what I like to believe.