The scales have tipped in favor of the 'Game of Thrones' author and his cohort suing OpenAI, with a recent ruling advancing two additional theories of infringement against the AI giant.
At this point it’s not in his best interest to finish it. It’s analogous to the situation Valve carved for themselves with Half Life 3.
Create enough build up, and then have to delay it for one reason or another and… you’re now trapped in a loop of more expectation, meaning the product must be better, meaning you’re not confident to release it as is, so now more expectation builds up, and the loop repeats until you know that no matter what you release the public won’t be satisfied enough, because reality can’t possibly match their expectations, and you’re no longer free to be creative because of the lingering expectations.
When that happens it’s literally your best move to not release the thing.
At this point it’s not in his best interest to finish it. It’s analogous to the situation Valve carved for themselves with Half Life 3.
Create enough build up, and then have to delay it for one reason or another and… you’re now trapped in a loop of more expectation, meaning the product must be better, meaning you’re not confident to release it as is, so now more expectation builds up, and the loop repeats until you know that no matter what you release the public won’t be satisfied enough, because reality can’t possibly match their expectations, and you’re no longer free to be creative because of the lingering expectations.
When that happens it’s literally your best move to not release the thing.