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Ubisoft is Developing an AI Ghostwriter to Save Scriptwriters Time
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xrnzaaas
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Why the fuck would they announce this publicly - of course the reaction from the players will be very negative, because many of their new games are already lifeless, generic products. They should focus on making the games smaller, but with as much attention to detail (made by human beings) as possible.
YeulEmeralda
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Our AI brothers and sisters will make waifus faster than California can censor them.
nikolino840
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ThisIsMyDog
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old lady yells at cloud
kiphalfton
Member
They are The Rock of the gaming industry it seems.
Cyberpunkd
Member
Ah yes, Alanah Pearce, an accomplished "writer". Feel free to Google and check images of her "achievements".
RagnarokIV
Member
Anyone else remember the NPC dialogue and "barks" in Splinter Cell: Conviction? Christ almighty.
RagnarokIV
Member
Thankfully they can't stop progress and technology.
ChorizoPicozo
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the jokes write themselves (literally)
Evil Calvin
Afraid of Boobs
Well, most games these days seem like they have come off an assembly line anyway. Continuous sequels and re-hashes.
Fbh
Member
What if modern media has been made intentionally bland over the last decade so we wouldn't even notice when AI writers take over
Nah just kidding, it's probably going to get noticeably better when AI takes over.
This wouldn't stop fun bespoke ambient chatter from occurring. I see this no different than BETHESDA using AI to build the shit ton of planets in STARFIELD and then having staff go over it and smooth out things that don't make sense, or use the canvas as a starting place to go nuts.
. . .and honestly, they already used LEGION to try their hand at AI assisted development, to absolutely mixed results, but it was an interesting use of this kind of tech (I didn't mind it, but they definitely needed to add more "rules" into that system as some stuff was just silly).
saintjules
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Goalus
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She did voice acting for an NPC in Gears 5 (riftworm village at the beginning of act 2). She did a good job there.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
Ubisoft Is Embracing AI for ‘Developers of All Levels’
Ubisoft expresses its interest in using generative AI for game development, confirming that experimentation has been ongoing internally at all levels.
gamerant.com
In its financial report for the 2022/23 fiscal year, Ubisoft expressed its interest in using generative AI for game development. "As the world adopts Generative AI at a record pace, GDC 2023 demonstrated its immense potential to profoundly transform creative industries. Ubisoft is uniquely positioned to lead this transformation, with a strong game technology expertise, over 20 years of proprietary data and assets, and a rich portfolio. Internally, early adoption is fast, with creators and developers of all levels experimenting with the technology and taking advantage of the booming Generative AI landscape. With them, Ubisoft is shaping a responsible framework with talent management and fair use at heart," Ubisoft wrote.
"In parallel, teams are leveraging years-long R&D efforts in AI and Machine Learning applications, especially through La Forge, to identify the best use cases and harness the power of this technology to have a positive impact on creativity, workflows, and players' experience," Ubisoft added. One example of such endeavor has actually been unveiled by the company few months ago. Back at the GDC 2023, Ubisoft introduced an in-house AI tool called Ghostwriter to assist scriptwriters in generating NPC barks.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Did I missed something? They had screenwriters? I mean, I can't name a single game of theirs from the last 19 years, about which I can say - damn, that was a good/great/amazing story, it'll forever be imprinted into my brain, I and will always remember it as being one of the best (same goes for characters pretty much). Well, I guess their games will be even worse now when it comes to stories than they had been before. Good to know though that we should't expect much from them on that front.
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mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Ubisoft Is Embracing AI for ‘Developers of All Levels’
Ubisoft expresses its interest in using generative AI for game development, confirming that experimentation has been ongoing internally at all levels.
In its financial report for the 2022/23 fiscal year, Ubisoft expressed its interest in using generative AI for game development. "As the world adopts Generative AI at a record pace, GDC 2023 demonstrated its immense potential to profoundly transform creative industries. Ubisoft is uniquely positioned to lead this transformation, with a strong game technology expertise, over 20 years of proprietary data and assets, and a rich portfolio. Internally, early adoption is fast, with creators and developers of all levels experimenting with the technology and taking advantage of the booming Generative AI landscape. With them, Ubisoft is shaping a responsible framework with talent management and fair use at heart," Ubisoft wrote.
"In parallel, teams are leveraging years-long R&D efforts in AI and Machine Learning applications, especially through La Forge, to identify the best use cases and harness the power of this technology to have a positive impact on creativity, workflows, and players' experience," Ubisoft added. One example of such endeavor has actually been unveiled by the company few months ago. Back at the GDC 2023, Ubisoft introduced an in-house AI tool called Ghostwriter to assist scriptwriters in generating NPC barks.
I'll be curious to see if this actually helps them on games that come out after 2025 or not.