Shigeru Miyamoto says there will always be a human role if AI does everything

Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda, said generative artificial intelligence is unlikely to completely replace people when genuine talent is involved. In remarks reported by VGC after he received Japan’s Order of Culture, he compared the technology with the shift from typewriters to word processors and said automation could create more room to reflect on what truly matters in a creation. Miyamoto also argued that the creator’s intent is essential and warned that work based only on copying and pasting rarely stands the test of time.

Xataka places his view in the context of growing AI use in game development and cites the negative reception to Codex Mortis, a demo made entirely with AI. In Miyamoto’s view, the tool can help create a game, but it does not replace the ideas and creativity that give it value.