AI Technology Takes Another Big Leap... But What About Games?

[@jring383]

The most obvious use case for generative AI in games is with NPCs. Realistic dialogue interactions, responses, etc

[@FoxUnitNell]

I saw some mods and it's very cool to witness a guy have a conversation with an npc in skyrim.

[@eduardo3331]

The future is actually companys hiring people with talent, good planificaton and enough time of development and devs doing the work right... If we still didn't achieve that in the majority of the games, an AI is not gonna save us

[@fabiofboful]

Exactly! The main issue with the entertainment industry is the rush for results. We have no time to wait, and it's driving people crazy! Our society needs to relearn that waiting for something to be ready, at a slower pace, is part of the reward system. This is how our minds should work in a healthy way. AI will not replace good storytelling, nor the significant amount of time and effort put in without the crazy deadlines we have today.

[@kelb0y9o20]

So you think 5 to 10 years for a development cycle of the average game is fine??? ​@fabiofboful

[@elcazador3349]

Optimistic!

[@steel5897]

@@fabiofboful I don't think the deadlines are "crazy" at all, games are already taking a long time to come out. That is precisely why AI assisted development is so attractive, it could enable developers to do more, with less, in less time, and make better games faster. People should stop being scared of technology, you should embrace new technology that makes things easier, more efficient, more cost-effective, etc. The way gamers talk on the internet you'd think they'd prefer if we all went back to coding in assembly and abandoning every tool ever made that makes devving easy, not doing so would be "lazy" according to that logic... from people who have never even opened up an IDE in their lives but think they're experts on game development.

[@C3l3bi1]

@@steel5897 " I don't think the deadlines are "crazy"" tell that to all the devs that get burnt out on absurd hours then fired

[@PixelisedPaul]

If any of this means I don’t have to click pictures of ducks when I try to claim my free Epic Games Store game, I’m all for it.

[@batou1468]

power usage scaling is also a limit that everyone seems to ignore.

[@kappaslapper14]

All along we were just the maggot that gave birth to the Ai fly .

[@makandalp]

Tf

[@aryjarvis3161]

AI is the maggot feasting on our corpse

[@benmcreynolds8581]

I'm curious if we could see some kind of Tech that specializes in improving the ways a Graphics Card can render out each frame & improving the ways the CPU gets utilized. Currently we are seeing a ton of improvements in our hardware BUT it seems like we are falling behind when it comes to software & our abilities to utilize our hardware to it's fullest potential.. Such as inefficiencies in the realm of rendering prioritization, processing efficiency, finding and fixing code in order to optimize video games, or physics simulation models. Random: I have realized how much I miss having Wacky sports games, Xtreme sports games, Pure over the top insanity type video games! Can we PLEASE bring this back! I miss how unique gaming was thru 90's-00's. Those games were amazing & beautiful even tho Devs didn't have access to ray tracing or 4k resolutions. Did the game industry just forget how important stuff like physics effects, rag doll effects, using creative art styles, creating satisfying movement, finding intriguing gameplay mechanics, responsive damage effects and interactive environments. Having a game with a variety of different gameplay modes. Current games are way too focused on the wrong stuff and they forget they're making a game that is supposed to be fun & appealing. Did the industry just forget what fun & visually appealing is? I hope we will see a massive improvement in the ways video games can be made. I swear the fact that game development is so unintuitive it restricts a lot of the creativity and it limits how many people actually end up working on making video games..

[@VampireNoblesse]

if TESVI or Fallout 5 could use such somehow for NPC or companion dialogues / behaviour

[@nomarzenun]

Stupid nerds keep playing with fire lol.

[@grantlauzon5237]

I am concerned about AI art... This will make AI art and Deep Fakes better because they can start from a structure and build it from the ground up instead of trying to render the whole thing outright. When drawing a you start with simple shapes and add detail as you progress whereas AI just adds detail and damn the consequences. The laces on boots are usually wrong on AI images where if a human was going to go through the effort of adding laces to a drawn boot they'd might as well do it right.

[@h4x0y]

I see a big difference between 1. using AI to speed up game development, 2. AI to improve rendering, 3. using gen-AI instead of 3D rendering. I'm hoping we'll see a combination of 1 and 2, more so than 1 and 3.

[@carlwheezer1544]

you know its going to be 3, a lot of game artists will lose their jobs like myself

[@h4x0y]

@@carlwheezer1544 I hope you don't lose your job over any of this. I believe in the saying that AI won't replace us, only those who won't adopt using it (if it has value in their line of work). Unless the day comes where anyone can prompt their ideal game or software for free, then we're all in trouble. But before that, from a game art perspective, I'm curious to see whether we'll lean towards using gen-AI to create beautiful raster worlds to render as usual, or towards realtime generated worlds/frames. Most people seem to think only of the latter (probably because of the popularity of Midjourney, Sora, etc.), but I don't see why generating 3D worlds isn't even better. Seems like gameplay will be more consistent and have fewer artefacts that way, as you can control the game world prior to releasing just as we do with handcrafted worlds now.

[@AJsWorld]

Big leap off a cliff!

[@Karol-g9d]

03 is very niche . Too costly . Copilot ? Nobody knows . Ms seem busy

[@Katsu-v9y]

I don't like the A.I. look of the generated images. It's too shiny and clean.

[@ChesterMeadows]

Yeh for now. People are giving it 2 years before it's refined enough to be indistinguishable from real life. That's when shit gets turned upside down!

[@DETERMINOLOGY]

Games will get more demanding (Badly optimized) , People will rip on the 5090 for not running them correctly and everyone will say the gpus are trash and move on to the 6090s and so on. Simple

[@DBumple]

It never ends my friend. Innovations is no longer revolution but only minor evolution

[@enigma7791]

When you are upscaling the frame is held whilst new artificial frames are inserted ahead of it. This affects the machine response times and will lead to games feeling slow and strange to play.

[@KarlDag]

It's already done with DLSS3 and FSR3 frame generation. DLSS3 with Reflex has 50-60ms latency, which is half of some console games. It's a non issue, outside of competitive shooters - maybe.

[@lordspalse0062]

Use whatever Ai has to offer to make a great football game. I'm sick and tired of FC24 and those two pathetic commentators 😂😂

[@Serandi1987]

We definitely should stop buying Nvidia products and stop AI to proceed!!!☠️

[@footballtalk4857]

Lol that won't stop ai process

[@starboyjedi13]

Lol what a dumb statement. Doing that wont stop the advancement and usage of AI.

[@Serandi1987]

It wouldn't stop and we shouldn't stop it now but we should care about the development with caution!

[@JestersDeadUK]

Ai will be the end of us all… 😢 what did we do to ourselves 😢

[@Clara-bh7lp]

to useless to be a threat, but more opportunities for companies to do less and make more get ready for more slop

[@beachslap7359]

I mean, as we've almost approached physical limits for transistor density, so the alternative is large dies at much higher prices, so pick your poison.

[@Clutch4IceCream]

AI doesn’t even exist in the traditional science fiction sense. It’s just ML. AI is just a buzz word.

[@Serandi1987]

We all should stop buying Nvidia products immediately!!!!🚫

[@abrahamj15]

They said the same thing about the internet, and the printing press, and atomic power.

[@MikeJJJemptybladder]

Splurt snot bubble raspberry sound indistinguishable tongue attempts at communication blubber cheek wobble noise

[@paprikayes]

is this true

[@MikeJJJemptybladder]

@@paprikayes Just leaks so far. Of spit and drool.

[@David-ln8qh]

@@paprikayes Wow, you go big guy!

[@thespecialbru]

That’s no way to describe Olie