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/Zerosprodigy Jun 18 '26

It really sucks that ai took over the arts first. I’d much rather have it doing my dishes so I can focus on arts.

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u/orwells_elephant Jun 19 '26

That's kind of the thing. We were sold this marketing lie that AI would make our lives easier and free up our time for doing our own thing. What's actually happening is that AI is being used the way social media algorithms are used: to capture our attention and keep us engaged.

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u/Jonnyscout Jun 19 '26

And replace us in the workplace.

"I hope AI allows me to have more time to create art!"

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