you should more or less assume every game developer is using AI until proven otherwise. Kinda funny to make a stink about AI in NMS’s case, a game where it’s a simulated universe created by an AI, where planet terrain and asset arrangement is handled by proc gen, etc. I wouldn’t be surprised if some years/decades down the line HG will try proc gen at the asset level using AI. Remember when Sean Murray reposted some AI fanart? Remember when Hello Games partnered with Google DeepMind for SIMA 2? Etc etc. Don’t be surprised if you see it happen explicitly is all I’m saying.