The problem I have is “using AI” could be something as simple as coding autocomplete. Or documentation help. Or scaling sprites. Things like that.

It could be done completely locally.

Hence the term isn’t really fair. It’s not even in the same class as shipping sloppy shovelware, or encountering gross or broken stuff in game.

I think Valve should avoid the term and more clearly define it as “vibe coding, or gratuitous use of generated assets in game.”