ylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoUbisoft insists yet again that its uncanny AI-generated 'NEO-NPCs' will make games 'more alive and richer', whatever that meanswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down12
arrow-up154arrow-down1external-linkUbisoft insists yet again that its uncanny AI-generated 'NEO-NPCs' will make games 'more alive and richer', whatever that meanswww.pcgamer.comylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareIzzyScissor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·7 months ago“Please help me! I need someone to take care of 6 large rats that live in my kitchen!” ‘OK! Where are they at?’ “I’m sorry, but as an LLM, I cannot provide specifics on details pertaining to this request.”
minus-squareHackworth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down8·7 months agoWhy would you train an NPC LLM to know it’s an LLM?
minus-squareIzzyScissor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoThe best models right now still hallucinate, so no matter how well trained, they’re still going to be awful. The specific message isn’t the issue. They have no object permanence and you can convince them of things by just repeating it to them enough times. But the worst part? They’re not even fun to talk to.
minus-squareHackworth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·7 months agoSo if they don’t hallucinate, have object permanence, and are fun to talk to, you’re all good with gen AI NPCs?
minus-squareIzzyScissor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoThose are not my ONLY issues, no. They’re the most egregious for a videogame right now, but the entire concept is just … Fluff for no reason other than to list “AI NPCs” on the box. Paying for more writers is simply better all around.
minus-squareHackworth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·7 months agoAnd do you believe paying for more writers will remain a better option for the foreseeable future?
“Please help me! I need someone to take care of 6 large rats that live in my kitchen!”
‘OK! Where are they at?’
“I’m sorry, but as an LLM, I cannot provide specifics on details pertaining to this request.”
Why would you train an NPC LLM to know it’s an LLM?
The best models right now still hallucinate, so no matter how well trained, they’re still going to be awful. The specific message isn’t the issue.
They have no object permanence and you can convince them of things by just repeating it to them enough times. But the worst part?
They’re not even fun to talk to.
So if they don’t hallucinate, have object permanence, and are fun to talk to, you’re all good with gen AI NPCs?
Those are not my ONLY issues, no. They’re the most egregious for a videogame right now, but the entire concept is just … Fluff for no reason other than to list “AI NPCs” on the box.
Paying for more writers is simply better all around.
And do you believe paying for more writers will remain a better option for the foreseeable future?