Convai aims to put an end to basic 'one-line' NPCs with AI but says it 'needs more high quality writers and artists, not less' to get it done
Convai aims to put an end to basic 'one-line' NPCs with AI but says it 'needs more high quality writers and artists, not less' to get it done
I chat to the CEO of Convai, an AI platform that empowers videogame NPCs with personalities.
I can believe it.
In economics, the Jevons paradox occurs when technological progress increases the efficiency with which a resource is used (reducing the amount necessary for any one use), but the falling cost of use induces increases in demand enough that resource use is increased, rather than reduced.
Too many AI language models are just word salad. It will spit out very long responses that add nothing of substance. Sometimes it's kind of like a high schooler desperately trying to reach the paragraph requirement on an essay.
My favorite example so far was when a person asked a car dealer chatbot intended to talk to customers about their cars to write a python script, and it complied.
I mean, that'd definitely end basic one line dialogue when used, but i feel like it'll introduce a different, probably worse, issue.
Why does the NPC audio not match the text in the 'tutorial' video?
I don't believe but okay.