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[foamdino]

So AI will soon be able to play these survival type games

 

[Spyxos]

So AI will soon be able to play these survival type games

What is the point?

 

[Dr.Morris79]

So AI will soon be able to play these survival type games

Well, something has to..

I jest, I love em all.

But what benefit is this exactly? Can it be used to play test stuff for bugs? Or is it something that just plays with you?

 

[StueyDuck]

As always I see great uses for this, creating openworlds that have true dynamism, or like to fill a server with decent enough opposition allowing for game longevity

But it can also be used for shit, shady bots added in games to pretend to be human like in battle Royales. Obviously they'll have all the experience skins on so the kids Want it

 

[GymWolf]

As always I see great uses for this

But it can also be used for shit, shady bots added in games to pretend to be human like in battle Royales. Obviously they'll have all the experience skins on so the kids Want it

Can't you already tell if they are real or not based on how much they insult your mom during the game?

 

[StueyDuck]

Can't you just tell that they are not real because they don't insult your mom during the game?

That is usually the give away or in pubg they don't fly around and have perfect aim and one shot you from the other side of the map

 

[Last Hearth]

So AI will soon be able to play these survival type games

There goes those gold farmer jobs in developing countries. Pretty soon game developers will have to come up with something other than “grinding” to keep gamer engagement.

 

[Fbh]

"Ok Google fly towards that WHITE planet"

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Gen Z so lazy they’ll just have an AI play their video games for them

What a time to be alive

 

[Roxkis_ii]

I could see this maybe being used for voice control in games for people can't use controllers.

I wonder if this will ever replace qa testers at some point.

 

[Soodanim]

"outperforms an agent trained in just one setting"

It might outperform a paraplegic, but shooting a rocket then doing a barrel roll is hardly high level NMS. Come back when there's footage of it actually seeking something out then doing what it set out to do.

 

[phant0m]

Well, something has to..

I jest, I love em all.

But what benefit is this exactly? Can it be used to play test stuff for bugs? Or is it something that just plays with you?

I’d think you could use it to create very realistic AI/NPC’s. Games have had NPC’s follow routines for a long time but imagine if they follow routines that switch contextually based on what the player(s) are doing.

Or imagine doing a 40-man MMO raid with 2 real humans and 38 AI “players” that can play the game competently.

 

[StereoVsn]

This has some possibilities for NPCs, whether for Co-Op, escort missions (you know these usually are terrible), things like Dragons Dogma / Souls games and more. Well, if it’s done right.

 

[asdasdasdbb]

What is the point?

Military uses? Terminator level sophistication is not really even needed... but video games might be a way of getting to the level you do need.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

I’d think you could use it to create very realistic AI/NPC’s. Games have had NPC’s follow routines for a long time but imagine if they follow routines that switch contextually based on what the player(s) are doing.

Or imagine doing a 40-man MMO raid with 2 real humans and 38 AI “players” that can play the game competently.

That actually sounds like it could be good but, it also begs the question, will these games need to be always online all the time? Which then brings on the physical debate, ownership, server shutdowns etc etc. Not to mention how would it fare for console subscriptions. If all you're paying for is to basically play against A.I, then would there be a point of online only? It's basically back to single player stuff

Offline? I'd give it a go though.

 

[Holammer]

Give it a year or two and the AI will positively wreck human players in COD.
Another few years and you can rent such an AI to improve your K/D ratio while you do something more interesting with your time.

I would put my investor money on single player & co-op PVE games.

 

[MaKTaiL]

How long until we watch AI players on Twitch?

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Gen Z so lazy they’ll just have an AI play their video games for them

What a time to be alive

Yeah, forget just watching a Let's Play. Instead they will download an AI and watch it play through. Wtf.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Give it a year or two and the AI will positively wreck human players in COD.
Another few years and you can rent such an AI to improve your K/D ration while you do something more interesting with your time.

I would put my investor money on single player & co-op PVE games.

The only upside is maybe we will have bots that aren't just auto aimers, more capable of simulating a human enemy faults and all. Could be cool.

 

[Hrk69]

Very useful indeed

 

[Evolved1]

in the longer term, this probably wipes out human QA.

 

[Danknugz]

the holy grail of all this is clearly some kind of virtual girlfriend companion for all those lonely gamers

 

[Icymanipulator]

I imagine a Skyrim-like game, where every NPC is their own complete AI person, living in a town and working, or an adventurer exploring the world and doing their own quests and having their entire own adventure and goals. You may never meet these NPCs, they may even die before you ever see them, but it would be an amazing addition to that genre of game.

 

[FeralEcho]

The goat jumping a fence as an example of some sort of extraordinary feat had me on the floor laughing.

Did they use the journalist who couldn't make the tutorial jump in Cuphead as the highbar to overcome or what?

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Say goodbye to easter eggs found naturally but hello to AI NPC filled worlds.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Point is these aren’t scripted behaviors. Anyone can program a character to jump over a fence if it’s on a path to go that way, but having a character actually figure out it needs to jump a fence without being told to do it is interesting.

Means stuff like AI and NPCs could handle randomly generated level designs better for instance. Playing against enemies that act way more human and/or AI squad mates that do.

I feel like we took a huge step back in a focus on that area games somehow feel less dynamic these days.

 

[ahtlas7]

We’re all doomed! After Teardown teaches it how fun it is to blow things up.

 

[Perfo]

Gen Z so lazy they’ll just have an AI play their video games for them

What a time to be alive

Look at the good aspect: even multiplayer games can soon be considered single player games. Finally I can go back playing them

 

[Portugeezer]

The goat jumping a fence as an example of some sort of extraordinary feat had me on the floor laughing.

Did they use the journalist who couldn't make the tutorial jump in Cuphead as the highbar to overcome or what?

This is basically AI baby steps.

 

[foamdino]

At some point, there may be ethical questions about deliberately leading your AI companions into dangerous situations (in Dragon's Dogma 3 perhaps).

The rate of AI progress should be exponential, which means AGI could be coming before the end of 2029 - we're already seeing AI taking over tasks in certain domains, this is an example of AI understanding and interacting in a variety of game worlds.

People do not realise the dangers and opportunities AGI represents and I'm pretty sure we don't want Google or Microsoft or Facebook or Elon to be the arbiters of who has access to AI, what an AI's moral code is etc

 

[Negotiator101]

AI thing is really taking off, is there AI to help with making investments?

 

[Hudo]

How long until we watch AI players on Twitch?

I am halfway there already. I do enjoy some of the AI-voice videos of your presidents playing stuff.

 

[Duchess]

I actually think it would be hilarious to watch AI playing video games. At least in the early days, when it gets things wrong and does really weird shit

 

[MayauMiao]

I could see this maybe being used for voice control in games for people can't use controllers.

I wonder if this will ever replace qa testers at some point.

 

[Kumomeme]

I am halfway there already. I do enjoy some of the AI-voice videos of your presidents playing stuff.

they can sing too!

 

[Majormaxxx]

How long until we watch AI players on Twitch?

How long until we have bots watch ai players lol

 

[Buggy Loop]

What is the point?

So AI is trained into everything we would use to survive in an apocalypse so they’re better equipped into knowing how to really wipe us out, obviously.

 

[CGNoire]

"Ok Google fly towards that WHITE planet"

Is that demoscene?

 

[RoboFu]

So basically cheaters will not even have to playing themselves anymore. Nice...