inZOI will have AI controlled character actions...

[@SatchOnSims]

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[@mistake6426]

It reminds me the Sims 3 where you could look at other Sims living life not related to the player

[@ambergathings7160]

So its not Ai art its just simulated programming. Which is actually useful and isnt generative or stealing any artist art or work. Its just telling the Zoi what they need to do next. Like the other commenters said its like Sims 3. And it looks like it can be turned off which is always a good option to have as its OUR sandbox world.

[@canariawing]

exactly this. it's only being labelled as AI and having attention drawn to it by krafton and nvidia to get more investors lmao, it's nothing different from how sims games and even games like the elder scrolls do it

[@ambergathings7160]

@canariawing If you don't mind me asking, have you played that game elder Scrolls? I was thinking to buy, it I saw it on sale at Five Below of all places. Would it be any fun for Sims players/life sim enjoyers?

[@SN-ig2ml]

​@@canariawingproblem with sims 4 is npc townies often do stand doing nothing 😂

[@Xegethra]

AI isn't just about making art and stealing work. There is the whole programming thing to it as well where art generation is nothing to do with it. AI is just more complex and capable programming, so you are right in that it will do what games before it did. It's all flags and triggers, just more advanced now.

[@nightbird316]

@@canariawing AI is already an established term in video games since nearly the start of game design. It's just a term coined for the systems that control NPCs and enemies. It's a shame because it's made devs lives a lot harder to talk about their job now. Because Midjourney, Stable Diffusion and ChatGPT have also been using the term for their generative art or text systems and created A LOT of justified stigma (for them). But AI was long-established as a term in gaming spaces. This is just the more advanced version of what we've had for decades.

[@westanimesims]

This is the AI branch that I could root for instead of the generative AI that is taking people's artwork and spoiling creativity. I do think it enhances gameplay, where your character will act on something autonomously based on their traits and interests. NPC AI could be refined and made a lot of sense instead of standing around doing nothing.

[@user-mv5zt8qd9l]

If it's any consolation, there are now stories circulating about how there's so much slop around made by generative AI that it's basically inbreeding and deteriorating in quality. Stuff like this NPC behaviour model should be interesting.

[@alliego2]

AI used for tools like this is exactly what I would support as well. Even for movie cgi, they’ve always used AI to render things faster, smother, learn what looks more realistic (like how light bounces around the surface of our skin) making the programmers job a lot easier. This AI is just an improvement to the system/tool a human uses to program a zoi’s actions, making their job more easy to accomplish, rather than trying to fully replace a person’s or artist’s job

[@GracefullyUnraveled]

Being able to implement a schedule in sims would make playing a large household in the sims so much more bearable so that you could put a focus on a career and have a family at the same time. Especially so, if the schedule actually worked.

[@Raphaeltheslayer]

Yeah like 8 sims is hard to manage especially when they won’t take care of themselves! They’ll refuse to go to the bathroom and stand frozen for 10 seconds then glitch through walls just to pee on themselves

[@Peachkins]

I agree so you don’t have to pause the game and queue a bunch of actions for all your sims is kind of annoying lol most of the time I have 1 sim I focus on and everyone else I act like are NPCs 😂

[@dudeidk8895]

There's a very important difference between generative AI and the broader term "AI", AI is what makes NPCs in games able to move, react to the player, and a lot of other things. It's been a part of games forever already. For a simulation game especially you need AI, otherwise literally only your character would be moving and doing anything.

[@westanimesims]

Too bad in our modern understanding the definition of AI is conflated to just generative AI and we all know generative AI is bad. In fact as mentioned AI existed way before this term became trendy. It controls whatever the player doesn't control in the game like NPCs and the weather.

[@ChangesOfTomorrow]

Depending on how far into the future inZOI releases, maybe the average gaming computer could handle all of that

[@Peachkins]

It’s suppose to release in March tho but I’m not sure if AI is going to be in the early access

[@Madzielle]

I have a Legion Go (with Bluetooth mouse and keyboard), and I am consistently impressed with how well it handles, even with massive, buggy games like the Sims 4. I don't doubt the tech can, and will, improve.

[@sarahmae48]

I feel like this is exactly what a life sim needs to make it fully fleshed out, I want the world to feel alive and I don’t want to have to control every single aspect of it, and it’s even cooler that it’s based specifically on their traits. Also, I don’t feel like a life sim really needs a “point” or a “goal”, I would argue the sims doesn’t really have that either and it’s up to the player to decide what they want to accomplish with the particular sims life. Having it be open ended is the point ☺️

[@Theescapist_87]

I agree with you 100%. I want my character to step out their home and see their neighbors living their lives with purpose based on their individual traits and goals. None of this standing around and waiting for me to control them nonsense. Also, I love sandbox games so no point is necessary for me to play something as long as it's fun.

[@ej13012010]

This!!!!!

[@vnshngpnt]

Usage AI in modeling NPC behavir is actually good use case for AI. It can really improve gaming, glad to see it.

[@krisjol]

My 15+ year old refrigerator when Satch talks about AI: 🤖

[@ryguyver]

Pretty much gave up on The Sims franchise after TS3, but still pop in to watch your videos every so often. Thanks for continuing to cover developments inZOI, Paralives and beyond!

[@Jkoin1]

I actually like this idea a lot

[@thisbishcrazy3102]

honestly, excited for this new game❤ I only seem to play Sims during the cozy season for me, which is October through February

[@sylvialearningtoheal3273]

I noticed you can actually communicate with others and they don't just go walking off as soon as you click them like Sims do!

[@anglicanmarians6845]

The Sims without a point, hm… Wait, what’s the point of the Sims, besides divesting us of our hard earned cash?

[@TY-pj7mk]

I agree there is no point to the Sims 4 anymore. Off topic, how did you comment 15 hours ago. He just posted this video an hour ago

[@ab_3963]

​@@TY-pj7mk the video was available to channel members sooner than to the general audience and they're a member

[@azuropixie5703]

I think if you mix second life with sims or enzoi you could have a fun roleplay experience

[@ItsBekahT]

I want an option where we can offer the homeless food or a lottery ticket

[@phe.mp3]

LOL

[@Eggroley]

Genuinely hoping the game lets you create a murderous psychopath.

[@wheatley7612]

​@@EggroleyOr an octopus game

[@disgust4941]

Honestly this kind of thing is what I want ai to be used for, much better than the image generating bs

[@Yaiaz]

The world autonomy is what I was so hoping for the sims 4!

[@phe.mp3]

Me too. I recently heard someone call it a doll house for adults and I couldn’t agree more. I just feel like I’m forcing them to play whatever scenario I want for them rather than them actually having any autonomy. Even in the Sims 2 and 3 sims had far more autonomy.

[@maybe_dragon]

To me this game looks epic I don't mind ai at this point but it should be fun to walk around without the louding screens

[@SarahElizabethA]

If I understand, they said the AI thing still needed to be fixed, especially in making it work for the advertised PC requirements. It's in development. They did mention having a few users test it, but it sounded like it would be a select few at first. It probably wont make it into Early Access, unless they push the date back again.

[@evrys3221]

It's an amazing idea, but you're right, I'm worried about how laggy it would be.

[@miketracey9166]

Hoping it's laggy because of all the content and not speghetti coding like satch said, the sims 4 is coded bad and the sims 3 is too ambitious and lags

[@marksmorphs]

I would imagine the ZOI's will act autonomously per the game code (like the SIMS) but there are probably trigger points that kick in one of these AI scripts. So I don't think it will be this full AI code scanning and running the entire time (to try and determine every scenario possible). ... I have to imagine it will be more like "Keep running the game code logic, but if this particular scenario is triggered (like running into a homeless person), then kick in the AI to figure out a quick plan of action (based on the surroundings) and then get back to the game code after the action plays out". So basically the game code will decide at what point the AI needs to occur and I'm sure it will be limited scenarios

[@pop5705]

every teaser we get for inzoi it just looks more and more sanitized lmao I had that feeling every since we got to see the zoi creator and its complete lack of any sort of negative traits. making complete socipaths, insane or just lazy sims actually adds so much interest and fun rather than going full animal crossing new horizons where everything and everyone is perfect and every character loves you. this teaser just adds to this with the zois automatic actions being helping the homeless lmao. not saying the opportunity to make a good and perfect zoi shouldn't be there but wtf do you mean with "Art provides a moment of self-expression, transforming thoughts and emotions into vibrant colors and forms"????? I get that the lore of the game is some sort of "helping people reach heaven" kind of situation but it doesn't have to be so sanitized. this genuenly feels like a cartoon network "stop bullying" ad LMAO

[@YassAlpacas]

To add to other comments: A lot of Simmers are skeptical because of The Sims. Im a simmer who is no longer skeptical but simply excited. However, I was also skeptical for a while, too. I tried to play Sims 4 after the excitement settled, and it glitched so bad I stopped after 30 minutes. Heres to hoping InZoi will be what they promise us. ❤

[@CosmicHero3]

I wanna play this sooo bad! ❤ I'm gonna take a vacation just to make this game my life once it comes out.

[@OceanHedgehog]

There's quite a few games in Asia that already do this. And it might give the Zois more personality than what the Sims in TS4 currently have.

[@Sp3ctralI]

People don’t have a problem with ai controlled npcs and such btw! It’s just ai art, music, and voices that are an issue

[@Capi_sigma_pro_coder]

Most ai voice Are made with consent!

[@Sp3ctralI]

@ most? If you mean generic text to speech voices and such, yes indeed. Random people’s voices or celebrity voices? A bit grey

[@Capi_sigma_pro_coder]

@ yes.

[@canariawing]

honestly, this is no different from how characters are controlled in every other game and how they've always been controlled. if there's an npc character in a video game that moves/does anything, it has 'AI' behind it. it's nothing new and is par for the course, they're only making a big deal out of it to get investors and shareholders excited lol 😭_generative_ AI is the issue, not 'AI' used behind the scenes to control npcs and make games more immersive

[@phe.mp3]

Absolutely correct. Skyrim: Elder Scrolls for example has “AI”-it isn’t necessarily *good* AI, but it’s there. It likely won’t be all that different from the way NPCs function in GTA V, except maybe they will have a bit more freedom in their path finding since GTA V is actually rather strict as far as NPC driving goes. AI has always been integral to these types games, we’re just calling everything AI now despite there being a big differences in the ways it can be applied.

[@ramage7646]

Not correct. It will use generative AI. Look up what Small Language Models are. It's a smaller version of LLM's (Large Language Models) which is what powers ChatGPT. These new SLM's will allow it to run on your computer (likely being only available for the new upcoming nvidia cards) at a much smaller scale. If you haven't know how machine learning works, it learns autonomously, it's based on statistics rather than rule based programming. In a rule based programming, things happen like "IF this THEN that ELSE this", it's based off rules. In a machine learning model, it's "60% chance of doing this, 30% chance of doing this, 10% chance of doing this". If it fails, it learns, adjusts its statistical weights, and it changes the weights accordingly, without human input. No rules. Just chances.

[@ramage7646]

Also Nvidia partnered with them to be one of the first games to use this new technology. Nvidia just showed the upcoming RTX50 cards along with all the new features it could do, this was all for marketing. But to be noticed by one of the top and most valued company today to use their upcoming technology is in itself an achievement. Just means that Inzoi is going to be Nvidia's new benchmark baby like Cyberpunk. It's not all for hype, because Nvidia was the one who approached these developers first.

[@Kitkatkis]

Lol incorrect you really think those npcs that walk into walls and stuff is AI? Traditional npcs are not AI, sims 3 was not AI they were programmed there is a difference. This is real AI npcs kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5rLommgncmKY7Msi=KDYGVtigYTT-iFRE

[@valmiro4164]

Yeah he's definitely just overreacting lmao. It's just an improved AI

[@JaySpangler]

Thanks again Satch for your voice of reason and sanity on this topic. I wonder about selecting which NPC‘s are autonomous in any situation.. maybe selecting a duration for specific ones to be autonomous. That would give some control of a situation without turning the entire world simultaneously AI-autonomous. Just trying to think through what might and might not be workable… as some sort of middle ground between zero and crazy. The other thought I have is, for a main character Zoi being played… if the autonomous decision-making is way better than the Sims autonomy because it’s AI, it might be interesting gameplay to run things autonomous, and just clicking “smart Zoi” on and off when it is and isn’t desired for a main character. That could be pretty interesting if the autonomy was pretty smart.

[@alliego2]

Seeing the schedule makes me feel hopeful that the days will feel longer and the gameplay feel more productive. In sims, it almost takes 3 ingame hours for my sim to just make a sandwich and eat it before being late to work (including extra time it may take for my sim to stand there frozen). I don’t even bother giving my sims jobs because they go into a rabbit hole all day and then are tired by 9pm after eating, it’s so incredibly boring and buggy. I can’t have my sims do anything “fun” that the loads of other packs give while having a job because it would take sooooo long for my sim to do those other things. Yes it’s very much like real life, but I like how in Inzoi, there seems to be more gameplay where you get to actually interact with all of the basic jobs, still have time to do multiple tasks and have hobbies before and after work. Sims does a very good job allowing me to create a household and get bored after 2 hours. I want to PLAY the life sim, actually spend time with my sims (or zoi’s) life, and actually CARE enough to continue their story, like in any RPG. I’m so excited for this game to come out, I was absolutely obsessed with their character creation demo.

[@Noel.Chmielowiec]

On Steam the release date is 28.03.2025. I assume it's early access release date, but it's not that far away. I feel like people should just learn at least basics of what are talking about and then argue. But we know that it's wishful thinking now that social media made everyone expert on everything.

[@KarinaCermakova-c7n]

Agrreed lol you dont even need that much of a powerful system like people are making it out to be lol its crazy... i have done my research and watched manyyyy videos to confirm this lol

[@TY-pj7mk]

I love AI. I'm glad video games and our real world are expanding on it. I think AI is extremely helpful. Especially since NPC never has personality or characteristics

[@L1FEISSTRANGEL0VER]

I’m actually so glad they added this I have issues with ai and I don’t like it but I LOVE THIS

[@SN-ig2ml]

Can't wait to play nzoi, personally I've had it with the sims 4 I own every pack and kit n everytime I turn it on I'm bored after half hr to n hr I've done most challenges from community in game exploring different packs played in so many save files and it's just so repetitive I'm tired of it. Luckily for me I have a great modern powerful gaming pc because I like to play other modern games.

[@marsha_love]

This is really the best way to use gen ai. In the sims 3 i love how the townies live their own lives and make relationships without me ever having to do anything. Thats where the sims 4 fell short, cause for any progression the player has to decide the sims fate and thats too much micromanaging for me. Inzoi really might just be an upgraded sims 3 and that makes me so happy.

[@achjoh2896]

The daily schedule is such a good idea!

[@bunnybug7668]

Thanks for talking about Inzoi, I'm really excited to see the game and to see how people play it

[@Madzielle]

Thanks, as always, for posting!

[@itscyberqueen13]

I'm in to it!!!! Stop speaking for me SatchOnSims 🤣 I have been wanting this since TS2 and TS3 that do this type of simulation better than TS4. I HAVE WANTED THIS FOREVER!!!!!

[@dizzard5297]

I mean, Sims in The Sims 1 and 2 also had ai running their actions. I don't see what the big deal of it is with simulating character actions. It's actually something I'm more excited for in gaming. (versus the whole stealing art from people thing) I guess the only questionable thing is how much computational power would be required to make this really work. I also agree I don't see the point of it for the character I'm playing since I....actually want to play them.

[@Capi_sigma_pro_coder]

I think if you don’t have an nvidia gpu you won’t like running this game at all, amd gpus are pretty bad at ray traci ng and ai. If you have an amd gpu the game might not be availeble or you can play but no ai

[@zeliha8113]

The animations in this game feel so weird, like the way they go to sleep

[@nsbm159]

Games not out yet bro relax

[@colincameron9130]

They did say that it was for NPC’s too! 🎉👏🏽

[@Peachkins]

I think it looks great it looks like you can turn off the AI per Zoi so I’m hoping I can use it on my house hold and not break my computer on every zoi lol

[@lorrianemcgrane9819]

I was waiting for "sims could never" 😂

[@Pduarte79]

2:52 Probably that means, they would have a short quantity of npc Inzoins per community lots or streets or else the games lags or brakes. 😅

[@Jaymo00]

This could be good because the autonomy in Sims 4 is so wonky. Sims will cook an entire meal and then walk away without eating it. They will play on the computer and miss work. They will go upstairs & take a nap when friends come to visit

[@Vats144]

EA is shaking in their boots right now, I wish I was a fly on the wall in those large board meetings to hear the panic/resentment lol

[@llopcuac21]

I don’t really understand these features of InZoi. Why would this be considered revolutionary if it’s something expected in a simulation like this? For example, in The Sims 3, each character had their own routine, reacted to things based on their personality, and engaged in activities driven by their traits and aspirations. So I don’t really see what makes this so special, or why it would stand out. And I don’t get why it can be turned on and off either.

[@japes7]

It's a big difference. Yes in Sims 3 sims would do certain things triggered by the script programming. It's almost more of a roullete running assigning chance to certain triggers. Which you can say is probably a basic form of AI. But this suggests reactive behavior, the Sims 3 would never really change behaviors because the devs need to change the coding of how sims react. This Inzoi example is an example of behavior changing based on AI much more fluently without devs needing to code it. Hence your actions can have more immediate changes in other Zoi's behavior.

[@afra-k2685]

Because that was coded. Like a set of instructions for the sims to act in specific ways. Doesn't change no matter what. Same set of instructions for the different traits. But with AI, it learns, adjusts and changes. That's the difference.

[@nataliagaray7995]

If you know how messy households in the sims 4 get when neighborhood stories are turned on you´ll understand why its good to have the option to turn it off

[@llopcuac21]

@@afra-k2685 oh, thanks for the response. I guess we could expect more flexibility in the NPCs then.

[@Theescapist_87]

​@nataliagaray7995 To be fair, I don't think Sims 4 neighborhood stories uses any actual rhyme or reason for the crap it does. It just randomly rolls a chance card and assigns it to a household in the world with no regards to their traits or anything. Which is also why this is revolutionary because it actually makes the zois personality matter in tangible ways players can see when they aren't actively controlling a zoi.

[@MatthewJethon]

This game gives me such bad uncanny valley vibes

[@BasedCaulfield]

you give me bad uncanny valley vibes

[@asinine-]

@@BasedCaulfield damn...

[@JaySpangler]

@@BasedCaulfield Haha, wow!!

[@tiffanygilbert8188]

@@BasedCaulfieldwow… 😅 unnecessary

[@AlhapraGaming]

​@@BasedCaulfieldBased Max 🤣

[@bryciewiseman3204]

I think the reason simmers aren’t excited is bc they’re purists and are scared of AI. A lot of games use AI even the sims it wasn’t until recently that it became a big deal because of generative AI

[@chatsnoirblamo]

There’s always new game players being born and their mums will get them 5070’s.

[@AShMR_]

My biggest issue with AI, specifically GenAI, is that it's all built on stolen content and it takes a ridiculous amount of power to use. It's a big problem and most companies are just ignoring that. I did read that the dev of Inzoi said they were only going to train their genai on their own work, so if we can take them at their word, at least they'll have to have their own original work and aren't going to use stolen assets. But the power consumption to use it really needs addressed. It looks like it has promise, but yeah, it does seem lacking in the actual purpose department right now. But, that could just be because they're trying to get the basic stuff down first and then work on adding more goals and things.

[@danon.7777]

this is not actually ai, it's simulated programming lol

[@Wintera2002a]

Not all AI is stolen content.

[@user-mv5zt8qd9l]

That's generative AI, used to make art by being fed existing work. By the sounds of what Inzoi is doing, they're just using it to the extent of behaviour models, so I don't see where any intellectual property theft would occur

[@AShMR_]

@@Wintera2002a No, just Generative AI in 99.9% of cases.

[@AShMR_]

@@danon.7777 Ok, I wasn't talking about simulated programing.

[@crazyhorse]

I need to see those pools and playgrounds working 😂

[@KarinaCermakova-c7n]

This is going to be amazing this AI is going to make the game sooooo fun and just make the game come alive even more❤🎉

[@phoebs69]

I'm waiting for paralives. Because there you can make a character of different heights and in Inzoi if you make a character fat it doesn't look realistic or good, clothes then clip in.

[@Crochetcraftsbyaneta]

I think it’s good if you have more than one sim in your household but you only want to control one sim, so then your other sims can actually have a life without you having to micromanage

[@HappilyCarnivore]

LOL My car and fridge are definitely not using AI. My car is a 2007 and my fridge is likely from the late 80s, early 90s.

[@ScooterinAB]

I feel like the buzzword of AI is the other way around. While it does have dirty connotations to dirty hippies like myself, the general public seems to jump at everything that's AI. It's basically magic, and everyone thinks it's the hottest thing since sliced bread. I can easily see "AI" being used as an empty word to attract investors and market to customers who really don't know what it means. Any game that uses AI now is going to be amazing, even though the ghosts that chased Pacman around also used AI.

[@koololdster]

The Sims is AI, right? I mean It's the program that's making it run. So, this inZOI appears to be an advanced program. However, I think the issue is can it run on most computers or does it take up too much memory?

[@xgreydovex]

no, the sims autonomy is controlled through tuning.

[@IzzyandShadow]

Sims is too old for AI maybe sim 5 when we eventually get it

[@catboyslim202]

They'll probably have something like a "CheapZoi" for non playable, non important characters.

[@KarinaCermakova-c7n]

Just to confirm it is about ALL the npc around you :) including your zoi too! I have watched many videos about this and it confirms it :) kjun the developer himself said all npc will be involved in this... you dont have to have a amazing pc eaither it will be for all pc that have the reccomended pc specs for inzoi it will work even the mimium spec will work :) aslong as you have a 2080gtrx you will be more then fine! This is going to make the game to life everyday will be diffrent so for example he said when your driving to work everyday he doesnt want it to be the same he wants you too see and explore diffrent scenarios everyday and the zois acaully will have a memory for example you help that homeless man by a sandwich one day the next you may go there and he is finnaly trying to get a job or buy you a sandwich etc.. this is going to be so cool❤❤❤ they also tested it many times and it all worked perfrctly witch is great also! Its also not true that you need a really powerful computer i was watching a big youtuber play it on 2050gtrx card i5proccesor and he had it on high setting plus streaming and he said it is amazingly smooth 🎉❤

[@honinakecheta601]

I wonder how modders will play with this lol like attaching behaviors to certain areas

[@veronicatash777]

AI has comtrolled every single NPC in computer games ever.... koopa troopas were controlled by rudamentary AI.

[@Maria-w7n8y]

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[@creepydoll886]

Inzoi is gonna be the spiritual sims 5 🤣 if your pc can handle it 🫠

[@rqspellbound]

my 7'5 inch WHAT?? 😭😭

[@neptunecentari7824]

this sounds awesome, actually.

[@ramage7646]

I think It's going to be exclusive to the new upcoming RTX cards which Nvidia also unveiled the same week as this one. So these are all marketing for the new cards. It's like how DLSS is only available for the RTX cards. Nvidia ACE will only be available to the RTX50 cards

[@Capi_sigma_pro_coder]

N ai runs good on older generations

[@nedrane297]

I'm still gonna have to wait and see. I know I want Paralives but Inzoi I just still don't know enough yet. People think that I hate sims 4, but it was that I felt like they weren't making it an actual The Sims game, and when they "looked into it" and did that whole community inquiry as to what was wrong, they either didn't understand or pretended not to because they couldn't do it. That told me alot. Realize restaurant dining worked in Sims 1 but doesn't in Sims 4. They released packs that don't work and they basically at times misrepresented packs being released. All this was a total change in the behavior of the franchise that I accepted, admittedly for too long, because I loved the game. If they were to, by some miracle, fix/change something so that the game worked correctly and fixed the major issues, I'd go back to it. I don't see that happening, I just don't. LBY (still in mourning) and sims 4 taught me to be more skeptical and I'm doing that with InZoi, Paralives has been very transparent and seems to be more trustworthy just on the surface. We'll see how it goes.

[@AngelEveRu]

You’re so on point about AI. I’m pretty sure the sims also use ai to behave and any company can be using AI for generating designs and ideas and they might just keeping it a secret…, so I don’t really get why ppl are so hateful towards inzoi using ai…

[@animalinshorts2893]

Is there a release date, or not?

[@Vobatho]

Please inZoi gods save me from the life simulation giant The Sims. It’s time. I’m ready. 😅❤

[@phe.mp3]

NPC autonomy doesn’t necessarily mean that your pc is going to set on fire-I don’t really think it will work in the same way that the autonomous playable character will function

[@thewerewalrus7196]

This is just normal ethical AI, not gen AI that people have a problem with, this doesn't take anything from anyone and if games were not like this you would not have NPCs in games at all. Something I think the devs really need to start taking into account is the majority of life sim players do not have high end PCs, the graphics and level of simulation this is going for is going to alienate almost their entire player base.

[@Klondike877]

Not convince about Inzoi. I need max graphic and smooth performance and even with my high end gaming pc, the demo was not smooth and textures were not even at best...

[@Capi_sigma_pro_coder]

What’s up with ur pc, my demo ran good

[@Peachkins]

Adding on you said inzoi is far from release but the release date is March 2025 😮

[@ShadowAnimeation]

Massive powerful AI's like Google Gemini that does searches, calculations, speech interpretations, visual interpretations, etc. do take NASA grade computers to run. But more simple AI's that are based on if/else scripts that are often used in games are not as taxing. That's why I often get so frustrated with how stupid townies act in Sims 4. Their "autonomous" actions, are very poorly coded.

[@oliviahealy5900]

npcs have always run by AI in games

[@yujinkori]

1:54 em actually it can, because one InZoi city contains just 300 zois, NASA pc 100% can handle those (yes, I'm a nerd, hahaha)

[@killertau-]

There's harmless AI and harmful AI.. this definitely leans more into harmless! It just depends how the company uses AI.

[@cee_ves]

i feel like this is a marketing technique more than anything lmao. AI is thrown around as a buzzword now because of generative AI. like you’re telling me the zois react to their environment and have their own lives… like yes babes 2009 called and it said you aren’t original i do think it will be interesting to finally see what systems like those in the sims 3 would look like now that we are able to do so much more with games though.

[@JubeiKibagamiFez]

I bet InZoi will get released before GTA6.

[@thegamergames8421]

I love this idea smart zoi ❤

[@afra-k2685]

The only issue about them using Nvidia Ace is that it might only run on Nvidia RTX GPUs. Again, this is why that 8gb VRAM minium requirement is so necessary. I hope they keep it at that. Imagine cranking up zoi population to the max and turning on smart zoi for all zois in the world. 💀💀💀💀

[@IzzyandShadow]

Only thing that puts me off is it’s rating it 3 and up even the sims 4 is 12 and up if I’m going to have to rely on modders to make my life sim more of an actual life simulation I may aswell stick to the sims

[@Peachkins]

Do you know where you show the rating? Suri in discord said the rating was probably going to 15+ but it is undecided on 01/06 😮

[@IzzyandShadow]

@ on stream it says PEGI 3

[@Peachkins]

@@IzzyandShadow Ahh thank you it shows Unknown for me but its probably my country Im in the USA on Reddit they said the Korean steam is showing 12+ rating so I'm hoping they change it. Fingers crossed it changes to 12+ because 3+ I feel like it would be very childish.

[@0800sofa]

Guys… this is literally just video game AI. Video game NPCS have always been controlled by AI. It has always been a point of critique in video games. This is just that, but more. You’re definitely right that the average pc would blow up if every Zoi was running with this “AI boost” basically. So, I feel like there obviously be the basic Zoi AI and I like that this is optional. If you have this on for a few Zoi’s, you’ll probably see a few rare interactions which will make the game more interesting and less repetitive

[@ej13012010]

Totally not this it basically like the sims 3 open world where it's alive and ppl are actually living their own journey i feel its fantastic way of new life simulation and I don't think it will blow anyone pc up or take anyone's memory down i think this game is going in a great direction we deserve better than the si.....4 and the direction this is going oh man I'm ready

[@0800sofa]

@ I didn’t say this wasn’t like sims 3. The standard townie AI is probably like sims 3 yes, but this “smart Zoi” feature is a step further than that standard AI. It literally will require more memory to have more of the in game population have a more complicated daily routine

[@Zack_Wester]

@@0800sofa oh man the sims 3 AI was is old especually for today. that said AI in most game are really not been given resources. example see the Halo game Grunt that the devs actually did two run on. one they made the AI smarter (it would seek out cover better using more advance way to do that, it would teamwork better whit other grunts communicate there fire so that all did not reload at the same time and other stuff), do stuff like have 1 start to fire at the players cover taking the players atension while 2-3 other grunts would sneak around. the secound test the Grunt just had more HP. Player said it was more fun to shot the second one. and for the most part it sort of works... untill it does not. I played FPS game where I nottis how bad the AI is when the player does not do something in a specific way the way devs expected the player to play (and how I did the first time I played that level) second time I wanted to try something else and it jsut did not work... well it worked but the AI just bugged out.

[@ramage7646]

Incorrect. This will use generative AI. Look up what Small Language Models are. It's a smaller version of LLM's (Large Language Models) which is what powers ChatGPT. These new SLM's will allow it to run on your computer (likely being only available for the new upcoming nvidia cards) at a much smaller scale. If you haven't know how machine learning works, it learns autonomously, it's based on statistics rather than rule based programming. In a rule based programming, things happen like "IF this THEN that ELSE this", it's based off rules. In a machine learning model, it's "60% chance of doing this, 30% chance of doing this, 10% chance of doing this". If it fails, it learns, adjusts its statistical weights, and it changes the weights accordingly, without human input. No rules. Just chances.

[@0800sofa]

@ oh yeah I get that. The standard AI will be standard video game AI. This smart Zoi though obviously seems to be a little something extra. It seems like it is going to learn what actions/reactions it can use in a certain situation and like you said, a certain random chance of any of those reactions happening every time. So, standard video game AI (like people are saying, similar to sims 3), but it becomes generative AI if smart Zoi is switched on

[@_agust.challie]

If it's playable,less buggy,the features (AI) can be turn off,i would play

[@danon.7777]

i honestly don't really know how to feel about inzoi... it seems kinda complicated and the realism irks me. i personally like the sims for how simple it is and the artstyle, which is why i think all the realistic cc look ultra cringe and only ever get maxis match. not to mention that my pc(which is pretty damn good btw) would just explode the second i try to run allat. and while this whole thing sounds cool, i'm not sure if i'd enjoy it as an actual game

[@alexplayz1oo2]

InZoi is like The Sims 3, 8 years after the game has released we won't ned to worry about lag🤣

[@ambertl3648]

People is miss using the word AI too much lol, it just means artificial intelligence, not specifically AI art and in games usually it refers to the programmed actions of an npc, nothing else Also the npc aren’t actually thinking most of the time they are just programmed to do stuff and if the situation lets them do it they go for it

[@RaveMasterSRB]

I think 4090 will be minimum

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

It isn’t generative AI. AI is a buzz word now. Video games with NPCs all have some form of AI, including the Sims franchise as a whole. The AI used for NPCs and AI used for say Chat GPT are not one in the same.

[@MsAngelique]

... Video games kind of have been using AI for decades? It's like ... one of the few things that need AI?

[@Zack_Wester]

the AI stuff. have not seen the code and will probably not be able to. but all I seen is stuff we could do before it was just that we have not or the code handling it was a buggy mess. (watch the sims 1 video of how needs are handled by sims thats autonomous and how it picks a sink to do the dishes in). what Am saying is that right now this feel like someone is hyping up the AI system we have had sins 199X but slapped the bussword AI on it. there was a simular thing whit NFT a few years ago where if you wanted to get founding for a game just slap NFT on it and you get founding. never mind that you had zero ide how to get NFT into a Singleplayer only minecraft 1.6 Clone.

[@tiffanygilbert8188]

Possibly an unpopular opinion: I’m not interested at all in this game 😅 It looks creepy af

[@crazyhorse]

People complain about AI and copyright like how are people going to know what’s in your game 😂😂

[@nightbird316]

I'm very much at the point where Inzoi is my Sims 5. I think it's genuinely disheartening to me that EA wants to entirely rebrand the franchise to be spin-offs and keep sims 4 going indefinitely. Because there is so much new tech and capabilities in Unreal Engine 5 and the advancement in video game AI is so perfect for making simulation games so much more advanced. I always think Sims 3 was an ambitious game far ahead of it's time, but the tech needed just wasn't there yet. It's here now. But EA doesn't want to innovate. They want to make the most money possible for as long as possible, and they'll milk the sims franchise long after it's dead. It's also worth mentioning that AI in video games means something else, and has been the fundamental component to almost all genres since the beginning of video games. Every NPC, every enemy, every animal, etc is controlled by it's AI. In the sims, in animal crossing, in baldur's gate, even in retro games like the ghosts in pac-man. I know people have a knee-jerk reaction to AI nowadays because of things like Stable Diffusion or Midjourney. But those are entirely different to video game AI. This is the AI that, if you're a gamer, we've always known. But just 20x more advanced to what it could have done before. This is Zois capable of having several inputs given to them at once and to make a decision based on it. So in past games, say the sims, the decision for a sim is: 'Moodlet -> angry. Because of this, Sim will perform mean interaction to another sim.' From what I understand of Smart Zoi from Nvidia's post is: 'Camera -> Other zoi seems visually distressed. Personality trait -> The Smart Zoi is generous and would like to help. World -> There is a café nearby. Because of this, the Smart Zoi will buy food for the other Zoi. This will be added to their memory that this improved the karma system for them. So they will likely repeat the action again as a generous Zoi cares about their karma score.' That is SO MUCH MORE advanced than any NPC AI we've had in a simulation game before. Even back in Sims 3, sims could act out of character from their 'story'. Though because of Sims 3 trait system, they were more consistent. In Sims 4 they can be wildly inconsistent. Your loyal sim will have multiple affairs because they were flirty or because they spawned as a flirty townie on another lot while you played another household. Zois should be much more consistent in their personality because they learn based on a complex score and are able to adjust to accordingly. We do need to see how it works in game. Kjun talks a lot on Discord and is very open, this is a VERY experimental feature and will have to be opt-in for all players at the start. But they do plan to optimise it and keep working on it long after early access launch.

[@itsjamesoh]

Is this not...a fairly normal game feature to incorporate? I swear, a lot of people's perception towards AI have really become distorted due to generative software like ChatGPT, Dall-E, and Midjourney. How do they think things like NPCs operate lol, video games quite literally couldn't exist without AI

[@Capi_sigma_pro_coder]

Ai has become a broad term these years and these npcs are ai, not normal game ai, normal game ai I’d made by the programmer and is very stiff, this ai is flexible and dynamic

[@dinorah.]

So it’s not the ai that’s bad for the environment right? Sorry I’m confused