Xbox has officially opened the generative AI floodgates, and Phil Spencer wants to use it for game preservation and save titles that "were maybe tied to unique pieces of hardware"

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One of those proposed uses is game preservation.

I think that’s really exciting.

But this is like saying a photocopy of a painting is ‘preservation.’

It’s misleading and an insult to the thankless work we archivists do.

I’m offended and sickened by this."