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Proponents of modern AI technology:And this is our weekly reminder that it’s not exactly artificial intelligence.– Have big plans for video games. Ubisoft is kicking ass., Square Enix is ​​developing.But those are just test beds: for a more comprehensive overview of what AI fans want to see in their video games, check out this trailer for the ChatGPT mod. Skyrim.

This is a video by a user from Machine Art called “A Skyrim A mod to talk to NPCs via ChatGPT, xVASynth (text-to-speech) and Whisper (speech-to-text). This update introduces Skyrim Script, which allows for lip syncing and NPC understanding of in-game events.

That’s the purpose anyway. Here’s what it looks like in practice:

ChatGPT in Skyrim VR – lip sync and in-game awareness update

It’s a horror show I know. Particular highlights are the way the video has to be sped up to hide the time it takes for the game to respond to questions, the awfully coordinated voice acting, and the lackluster “writing” standard of it all. Oh, and the fact that the people are running Skyrim Shops—in a world without clocks—now tell you their hours of operation like a phone call in a shopping mall. Excuse me sir, we close at five pm.

I’ve spent ages writing drafts of this blog, taking this opportunity to argue against the idea that machine learning can replace or replace human artists, but you know what? this is Skyrim mod. If this is what most people who still play this game want—And it is clearDespite what they are Really If you want to play a tabletop RPG with friends – then do it. In the first place, if you are happy with a word-soup discussion written by a trained machine on the most beautiful things, then my saying that “we should regard human art as the only truly human experience” will not convince you at all. That is This What you want is the future of video games, you get what you deserve.

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