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Hilliard_Ohioootoday at 3:38 AM7 repliesview on HN

Video game seem like the perfect fit for llm use and I don't understand why it hasn't happened already.


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goda90today at 4:54 AM

It's expensive, early attempts didn't impress, and many gamers are hostile to the tech because it threatens the livelihood of game creators and impacts gaming hardware prices.

nottorptoday at 7:25 AM

It depends on if you want samey games or anything creative.

You could have complex realistic dialogue for innkeeper #28917 in the little hamlet of ass backwards, but:

One: do you really want that? There is such a thing as too much realism in a video game.

Two: do you really want all NPCs in all games to speak nigerian business english?

Reminder for 2: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/16/techscape...

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numpad0today at 6:13 AM

Because games are entertainment, but outputs generated by current AI are rage inducing and felt hostile, not entertaining. It just isn't past the "make it work" stage.

bbmatryoshkatoday at 5:39 AM

at the current token prices, far too expensive, but in medium/long term I think we will see a revolution in this field, the concepts are already there (and the expensive proofs of concept already work)

snowramtoday at 6:44 AM

It did, look at the game Suck Up or a variety of Skyrim mods. Problem is gamers are hostile to any obvious trace of IA in their games. Also, consumer hardware is overall too weak to run a convincing llm model.

pphyschtoday at 6:29 AM

LLMs have only been really good for a couple years. You can bet that the remaining AAA studios are working hard on figuring this out in current unreleased products.

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