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I'm disgusted by the concept of generative AI tooling for Minecraft mods. This isn't the first one and it sure as hell won't be the last, but it made my blood boil regardless. (1/5) #mcdev #minecraft

26/5/25, 6:43 pm12 reposts59 likes

▶◀▋ Mel Fishy ▋▶ ○⁰〇

@melodytransgirl.bsky.social

"I cant code so i cant mod" The humble mcreator:

@blinsick.bsky.social

Mcreator is a good tool for mostly basic mods, but optimization is not great :p

▶◀▋ Mel Fishy ▋▶ ○⁰〇

@melodytransgirl.bsky.social

I mean you can code custom stuff in it,,

@blinsick.bsky.social

Yeah, but Im talking about the generated code

@desoroxxx.redstudio.dev

"I cant code so i cant mod" The humble brain that is capable of learning:

▶◀▋ Mel Fishy ▋▶ ○⁰〇

@melodytransgirl.bsky.social

"I cant code so i cant mod" The humble pile of money:

Anastasia Lyra Calico

This is outright awful. Even if I hadn't poured countless hours into my own mods, I'd still hate seeing modding slop so much. Creativity dies with AI usage.

Anastasia Lyra Calico

I already hated how content farmy some mods felt ("Vanilla style"). This is just going to further encourage that behaviour of creating addons for popular mods without a care for actual good practice and good faith to those mods. I do think that we'll beat the slop eventually tho.

@infinityfarzad.bsky.social

im getting sick of this AI bullshit, its like humanity wants to take away everything fun from our future

@handle.invalid

the thing is, stuff like this is *sure* to work because of how toxic most modding spaces are

@handle.invalid

i hate ai as much as the next guy... but i genuinely fear the techbros have struck gold with this bullshit

Minecraft modding is not a walled garden. There are tutorials on Youtube, rich documentation and guides on modloader websites, and vast communities on Discord who are more than willing to help new modders and artists. The IDEs, plugins and toolchains most used are all free and open source. (2/5)

Even if you don't know how to code mods or create textures, there's plenty of open-source mods to look at for reference and people willing to help and collaborate with you. I'm not an artist myself, but I've worked with several very talented artists to bring my ideas to life. (3/5)

If you can't find anyone who is willing to collaborate, there are always non-AI tools, primarily MCreator. While I've personally bashed on it in the past for its performance concerns, I recognize that it is a legitimately useful onboarding ramp for new Minecraft modders and artists. (4/5)

That all being said, I despise the idea that generative AI tools spread that they are "democratizing modding", because that's just not true. They're trying to create a new path of least resistance, one predicated on laziness and lies. (5/5)

@siuol.bsky.social

There is no joy in commanding silicon to create in your stead. I find the existence of these things unsurprising, but disappointing nevertheless. It's probably trained on whatever can be found on GitHub which sucks as well.