What's this about?
RuneScape's developer said it does not use generative AI to create its games after community criticism of synthetic-looking promotional material. The breadth of the statement opened a debate about code assistants.
What exactly is a blanket AI policy?
It applies one rule to many uses—art, writing, code and internal tooling—instead of judging provenance, risk and quality separately.
What's the community saying?
HN 28 points, 66 comments at selection time.
- Players wanted a clear defence against low-quality generated art and writing.
- Developers questioned whether the wording also bans Claude or Codex for ordinary programming.
- The thread exposed a wider disagreement over whether disclosure or total abstention is the credible promise.