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The layoffs and this job opening have no correlation whatsoever. AI is still so far away from being able to replace high caliber talent, it's very obvious. At some point in the future, AI is gonna be part of every company's workflow, that's true. But even then, it won't be able to replace so much of what we do as a creative studio.
I understand that I'm just gonna fan the flames here, but I wanna make sure you all understand:
The overwhelming amount of cynicism and bad intentions toward anything Riot does is the reason why Rioters have pretty much stopped trying to connect with folks in this subreddit. At this point, it's just an echo chamber of bad takes, misinformation and poor understanding of the inner workings of game studios like Riot.
I mean this with the most genuine and constructive intentions: if you hate Riot so much, and you're convinced that we're all so unbelievably evil, maybe it's time to move on.