Despite their mixed feelings about generative AI, most developers admit to the technology's use in their workplace.
In GDC's 2024 State of the Industry (obtain access here), 49 percent of surveyed developers said those tools are already in use at their workplaces. 31 percent said they're personally using the technology.
15 percent of developers who don't use it admitted to being interested in generative AI. Conversely, 23 percent don't and have zero desire to use it.
Of those using it, the majority of said usage (44 percent) is in finance. Community and production management trail close behind, at 41 and 33 percent, respectively.
For more on this portion of the survey as well as key analysis, read the full article at Game Developer.
More on SOTI can be found here.
Wait, the bit about who is using this stuff is very confusing. How exactly is 'generative AI' being used in finance. Does this survey mean that 44% of respondents who said 'yes my workplace uses generative AI tools' are in finance? Because if that's the case then what these survey results say is that a lot of people who are not at the coal face of asset making seem to believe their workplaces use generative AI, but not a lot of people who actually make assets would say so?
Also if I'm reading this right this implies 21% of respondents to the SOTI survey are in finance?
Judging by what I hear from people in general (not just in games) its use in finance is probably people using ChatGPT to read/write emails, condense reports or create template documents. A lot of people use ChatGPT in office work now (and homework), and if you want to say a lot of people in an industry use 'generative AI' that's a pretty easy way to nudge and wink your way through it.
Also I have a load of writing and other stuff on this topic coming up real soon!
