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Mollie Taylor

Rockstar co-founder says he's 'less scared than a lot of people' of AI: 'If you use it to try and substitute for creativity, it's going to be really generic'

Dan Houser speaks during In Conversation with Dan Houser: Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, and now American Caper at 2025 Los Angeles Comic Con at Los Angeles Convention Center on September 27, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

Despite building a career on writing, Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser says he's "less scared than a lot of people" about LLMs and AI worming their way into videogame development and beyond.

Speaking on the Lex Fridman podcast, Houser was asked how he felt about the recent uptick in large language models and the increasing quality in how they're able to write. "I'm not that afraid of them for large-scale concepts," Houser said. "I don't think they're going to be very good at that." He said that LLMs "can't really come up with good new ideas," adding: "If you're not a very good concept artist, you're in a lot of trouble. If you have original ideas, I think you're fine."

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