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Guy Swann
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Just had a thought - Imagine an AI ChatGPT-ish running inside a video game that is designed to act like 1000s of unique NPCs. They all have a personality and you can interact with them and convince them to help you, or make them angry, etc. they could have their own goals or things that you have to do with them and you have to change how you interact based on actually getting to know them.

I definitely wouldn’t have the time to play this game, lol, but it sounds like there is fascinating potential here to make games insanely dynamic, actually have nuanced *social* conflicts and challenges (no more just endlessly killing NPCs), and without any explicit path, but still maintaining an overall structure and narrative. Even crazier, it would involve SO much less work for the developers. Basically describe important characters, what important information they’re know, or object they have, and then let the AI do the rest. 🤔
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Andrew Mesmer · 150w
Westworld
cloud fodder · 150w
Pretty sure that's why elder scrolls is taking so long 😅
mbs · 150w
& each time you play, or each game anyone plays, could be very unique experience
HoloKat · 150w
This seems inevitable.
mbs · 150w
idea reminds me of Spelunky, old style side scroller. however game is procedual generated, so each game is entire new level design. your idea is that, at massive new experience.
Adam · 150w
Prediction: less than a year away.
L · 150w
There is also possibility for dateing-simulator for beginners and unconfidents and everyone. It could include all kinds of date, blind date, speed date, double date, married couples date...
HOGL · 150w
Someone has done this already in Skyrim. It’s a little slow. But works really well. Only a matter of time till all NPCs are running this way in games.
Contrarian · 150w
Yeah, it would be, so much more rewarding to keep on killing the NPCs recklessly if they have feelings and goals. :P
Maxim · 150w
Would be fun to have that in the oldschool Morrowind 😂🤣
Brisket · 150w
I can see it. You know that it sounds like the start of a Black Mirror episode though right?
Kevin · 150w
I’d play that game
nobody · 150w
People would literally lose their minds in that world. 🔥🫣
Alekandar Svetski · 150w
Yeah game companies are already integrating LLMs into their flow and the main feature being worked on right now is high fidelity NPCs I wrote a little bit about this. It’s going to happen on a grander scale too. IRL. Imagine the future NPCs that will run TSA checkpoints, security, etc. world is ...
Mike Hotel · 150w
As far as I see it, AI is a tool for doing tasks to aid in development of projects. Like calculators were for math... But there are people that see it as some religious-like next evolutionary step in changing the human experience to create something in different akin to the Ubermensch. The frankenst...
petri · 150w
Indeed. There was a similar discussion on Airchat a few days ago: https://www.getairchat.com/naval/aiexploration (see the NPC section)
BYOBB · 150w
As long as Asimov’s Laws were followed in programming even games. eg Anger usually escalates. But who knows where this goes.
Eternal Student · 150w
Totally sounds awesome and would be a great sandbox to experiment with a.i. in general. https://youtu.be/wuCtm8JcT5c
DelioPera · 150w
This sounds like actual real life.
The ₿itcoin Artist · 150w
You're not the first one who had this idea ;-)
Zack · 150w
The training ground for Ex Machina