I don't know about other industries, but I have been running a game art outsourcing company for 13 years. Since March of last year, after GDC, I started laying off employees, and in a year, I have almost completed the layoffs. It's not active layoffs; rather, one client after another has been canceling and reducing outsourcing orders, opting instead for their AI game engines, which they have trained for 2-3 years and can now use in their art production pipeline. The bulk of the art production work in games (especially the 2D art that my company specializes in) can now be completed by their internal teams using their own AI engines, eliminating the need for outsourcing orders.

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​AI is indeed taking away jobs in reality. The exploration of game-related peripheral businesses over the past few years has failed, and the exploration of blockchain gaming has not gone smoothly either. Where is the next avenue?

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