Poll How do you feel about the future of AI in games? (46 votes)
Sound off. I'm curious what you all think. My answer is the last one. I think having AI NPCs in a game like Elder Scrolls 6 could really add to the experience, but I still see humans designing the story, world, and quests, with AI only used to give a lot of variation in how to go about solving the mostly human-designed goals. Imagine if instead of killing some boss, you design some elaborate trap that could lob explosives at him and then threaten him with it until he submits to helping you. Or you sneak into his house, find some damning evidence of his scheme, and use it to convince his underlings to attack him. For this kind of interactive yet consistent world, you'd probably need a lot of people to put together a massive bible of world-building, outlining what is and isn't allowed or realistic, so I don't think it'd be the death of human writers just yet.
You could also go completely AI-generated, like AI Dungeon. I imagine there will be indie games that take this route and get popular. But these tend to leave me feeling empty, like I wasted my time playing with a toy instead of engaging with art. So I'm more interested in a blend of human-developed and AI-generated content. I think that at least for the next few years, the use in AAA games will be pretty limited in scope but will slowly come to be seen as standard.
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