So it has been decided - "Copy & paste form discord":
Yeah so the official stance on AI in olcCodeJam2025 is this:
You are free to use generative AI in your projects. This could be for code or asset generation. You must declare that you have used AI, which model and broadly what for as part of your submission. Do not steal assets and then claim they are AI generated. Do not use AI to deliberately infringe on the intellectual property rights of others.
Why?
1) It's a Jam, deadlines are tight, skills are focused, the barrier to entry is lowered using AI
2) It's a Jam, people that think you've used AI will vote according to their acceptance of it
3) Like it or not, AI isn't going away, so get used to it
But Javid...
"Do not use AI to deliberately infringe on the intellectual property rights of others."
...wha wha the rights of artists blah blah blah!!! Yeah, keep your pants on, what I mean is don't generate Mario doing dirty things with Samus. The world as a whole must decide on the ethics of AI, the OLC community just want a bit of harmless fun again, and are great at creation and crediting as proven many hundreds of times in past jams.