No, not at all. I was referring to LLM’s as ‘basic’ applications of AI.
And I’m not talking about having ChatGPT write your dialogue, but more subtle applications like having your player enter their own questions or responses, running the input through a language model and then selecting the most appropriate (pre-defined) response.
In other words, creating the illusion of a more authentic interaction even though you are still railroading the player.
Oh no, not this idea again. Nvidia already pitched this concept a few years ago. Leaving aside the security blunder of giving a player an unbounded text box attached to an unpredictable machine, it was apparent immediately that it would become a reflecting pool for the absolute worst player behaviors. Every single female NPC would be instantly derailed by trolls asking to see her boobs. I don’t think even Nvidia bothered with the concept after it’s first showcase.
To be fair, you don’t need an LLM for that. The earliest text-based RPGs operated on free text input from the player, which would trigger actions based on keywords. (e.g., “go north”, “pick up lantern”, etc.")
You could do the same thing with dialogue. It’s just a bunch of work and kinda clunky, but so is talking to a chatbot.
No, not at all. I was referring to LLM’s as ‘basic’ applications of AI.
And I’m not talking about having ChatGPT write your dialogue, but more subtle applications like having your player enter their own questions or responses, running the input through a language model and then selecting the most appropriate (pre-defined) response.
In other words, creating the illusion of a more authentic interaction even though you are still railroading the player.
Oh no, not this idea again. Nvidia already pitched this concept a few years ago. Leaving aside the security blunder of giving a player an unbounded text box attached to an unpredictable machine, it was apparent immediately that it would become a reflecting pool for the absolute worst player behaviors. Every single female NPC would be instantly derailed by trolls asking to see her boobs. I don’t think even Nvidia bothered with the concept after it’s first showcase.
To be fair, you don’t need an LLM for that. The earliest text-based RPGs operated on free text input from the player, which would trigger actions based on keywords. (e.g., “go north”, “pick up lantern”, etc.")
You could do the same thing with dialogue. It’s just a bunch of work and kinda clunky, but so is talking to a chatbot.