One easy fix would be to eliminate categories based on genre or whatever “indie” means and instead get granular about craft (best level design, best world, best combat, etc) which would probably pose other problems but at least make for more interesting conversations and honor specific people

Duel of the Fates and the fight that accompanies it carry The Phantom Menace

I saw one proposal that ended with "[AI of the week] can make mistakes. Please double-check responses."

If you can't even bother to edit your own generated talk proposal, how much effort will you put into the talk itself?

I'm sorry, but 3 or 4...