Sony assures that AI is only meant to 'augment' artists' capabilities instead of replacing them but it feels like a slippery slope

In its latest earnings call, Sony included a corporate strategy for the future of the brand, and as you might be able to expect from any figurehead talking to investors, there's a lot of talk about AI.

As noted by GamesIndustry.biz, Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki believes "AI will make it easier to take on more innovative and ambitious projects."

In games, it talks extensively about an in-house tool called 'Mockingbird' that animates 3D facial models based on performance captures and confirms...