A new Microsoft partnership with generative AI company Inworld reveals that the company is fully onboard with using AI-generated content for narrative purposes like story writing or in-game dialogue.
According to the official announcement, the ‘AI design copilot and character runtime engine’ will be able to create story quests and dialogue via prompts, but also the programming end, such as quest scripts and dialogue trees, supposedly making it easier to create latest-gen games. This would likely also mean AI voice acting as well for dialogue in particularly open games.
Naturally, this has created a stink on social media, particularly in the West, where the voice actor’s union has been on strike since July:
On the Japanese side, where Microsoft isn’t as renowned for their game making, there seem to be more positive opinions, especially as subsidiary Bethesda is known for expansive games:
I’m quite interested.
This might be fun.
Perhaps the day we’ll be able to have a conversation with our favorite characters is close…?
There’s an image of AI stuff being unnatural, but it’ll probably improve with time.
I hope Nintendo will also use AI to make real-time conversations in Animal Crossing.
While the usage of the tools isn’t mandated, instead being added to the toolbox only, it starts to raise questions about the way future games will be made.
I take AI over diversity hires.
Sadly, the ones running the corporate AIs are filled with diversity hires
Considering all this recent BS with actors having to match the race of the character or the constant virtue signalling of the VAs, maybe replacing them with AI will improve the product.
Exactly what I am saying. Tired of the bullshit moral grandstanding in what should be a fun fantasy. Two people downvoted me lol. You can’t escape progress
AI can’t be worse. At least it empowers single individuals to create games and content they never could without sucking SJW corporate’s cock
So much this.. Especially on the leave fantasy alone and create our own.
Good.
The argument about AI is about as dumb as saying 3d animation is taking jobs away from real actors.
Like yeah because most of the “real actors” won’t shut up about their personal beliefs and let us enjoy our fucking fantasy in peace.
You can’t stop the march of technology once unleashed. The best you can do is adapt around it.
Unbiased AI could be a good replacement for all the woke activist that have hijacked the game industries, but a woke AI will be worst than all those woketards put together…