Compare/Contrast: Sims 4 Speed Build vs. Meta's "Faster" Gen AI Tools

I've asked this before, but here I go again: What's the point of prompt-based world building, when we already have many multiple 3D building tools which are user-friendly, feature-rich, and, well, fun? This point must be repeated, since Meta is currently promising we can build faster and smarter with GenAI Tools in Meta Horizon Worlds:

Today, we’re excited to follow up on that commitment by expanding access to the desktop editor and its GenAI tools into the UK and Canada in addition to the US. These tools dramatically reduce development time from weeks to as little as hours; accelerating the ability of creators to translate their visions into high-fidelity worlds that users love.

Watch the demo above. It makes me wonder if anyone at Meta has ever watched a speedbuild video before. Because here's one from a Sims 4 user who's not only building about as fast and with the same quality output, but enjoyably chatting as she does:

Yes yes, Sims 4 (published in 2014!) is a consumer game not intended to generate third party commercial content, but the same question remains. Maybe I'm missing something, but prompting mesh models doesn't seem any faster or superior to what we've been doing for many years. 

Comments

[Lex4art]

>>I've asked this before, but here I go again: What's the point of prompt-based world building, when we already have many multiple 3D building tools which are user-friendly, feature-rich, and, well, fun?

AI produce unique *enough* content, of course. Building in Sims (and any similar world building kitbashing toolset) is all about having a huge lib of pre-made objects, so is limited to the library - in style, quantity and quality. Not a bad thing, but AI tools can produce unique stuff in unique style (persistent style across many objects is possible).

Overall Meta's Horizon Worlds looks poor (graphics & physics "pillars" are neglected), and on this video I see only creation of a simple, generic game, not interesting to play - gathering coins in pirate setting ... meh, who will be attracted by this kind of stuff in 2025... so entertainment pillar is also meh, but maybe only in this particular case. Not sure it's still possible to build worthy virtual world on that, but maybe they know better... I really hope so.