Imagine GTA with AIgenerated characters just going along with whatever insane thing you say, muses Valve writer, absentmindedly spotlighting what terrifies me about genAI
News Source : Rock Paper Shotgun
News Summary
- Half-Life 2 and Portal writer Erik Wolpaw has been "poking around" with generative AI.
- He and a small team at Valve have been testing out different applications.
- He doesn't think generative AIs are good at "creative" work, such as novel-writing.
- But he does see potential in characters who can react spontaneously to the vast range of inventive, stupid or otherwise unpredictable things players do in games.
- He stressed that none of this experimentation is "Valve-endorsed", other than "in the sense that we are working for Valve", and is not attached to any particular project.
Like many people at companies preoccupied with discovering the next goose that lays the golden egg, HalfLife 2 and Portal writer Erik Wolpaw has been poking around with generative AI. He and a s [+6641 chars]
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