Ken Kutaragi Says AI Will Test Developers' Skill at Raising It
Kutaragi's framing puts the burden on developers to teach and train AI rather than accept its output, which is a different measure of skill than the one the industry currently uses to hire and organize teams.
Reporting from 1 source: GameBusiness.jp.
Ken Kutaragi, the creator of the PlayStation, spoke at the opening ceremony for the University of Electro-Communications' Center for Entertainment Research and Education on September 29, 2026, where he said the game industry's tipping point is still ahead. In a follow-up interview, Kutaragi said he wants to use AI to the fullest and described AI as a partner that evolves together with the developer.
Kutaragi's answer to the scale problem is not fewer people. It is AI used as a partner, with the developer doing the teaching. He said growing teams bring growing numbers of managers, and that agile development becomes difficult as a result. The people he wants are the ones who train the model and grow with it, not the ones who take what it produces. He called them superhumans and pointed to the small team behind the original PlayStation, which learned by failing. At 76, he said he would use AI to the fullest if he were working in the industry now.
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- GameBusiness.jp “PSの父”久夛良木健氏が見据える「次の世界」―AIを育てる技術が問われる、ゲーム開発のこれから【インタビュー】