A filtering video of Sony’s internal prototype for an NPC with AI has appeared online, shown by Aloy from the Horizon series that answers questions both in a demonstration and during the game. Shortly after a video of a presentation in the project on YouTube, Muso eliminated it, a copyright application company that works for PlayStation together with other corporate clients.
The edge of this original video, which obviously we can no longer see directly, was informed by the edge. The medium, which was sent the video by an anonymous typter, could look at it and have created an animation based on the video so we can see Aloy chatting. However, the demonstrated technology, as well as Sony’s software engineering director, Sharwin Ragheebardajal’s narration, are not present. Unless, of course, track another version of the video online. He is out there.
Tom Warren of The Verge writes the following: “You can see Aloy responding to the consultations with a voice synthesized with AI and facial movements, both in a demonstration environment and in the full horizon forbidden West game. Ragheebardajal makes it clear that this is only a prototype that has been developed next to the guerrillas to demonstrate internal technology in Sony.”
This technology was running on a PC, using OpenAi’s Whisper, GPT-4 and calls 3 so that the speech of AI really works. In addition, he turned that of Sony’s own technology, specifically the synthesis of emotional voice. According to the reports, this demonstration was internally and behind closed doors at the Sony Technology Exchange Fair in November.
Sony is not the only company that you experience in this area. Nvidia, Ubisoft, Microsoft and other technology companies have created separated technology demonstrations in similar lines. We could even see AI NPC of NVIDIA first hand in 2024. All were developed and tested for a period of time in which AI was a great engine in financial investment worldwide.
It is worth emphasizing that, unlike Nvidia, Ubisoft, etc., this technological prototype is exactly that: a protoype. There are no plans so far, at least not public, that involve this technology that makes its way in retail games such as a new horizon or otherwise. So, you shouldn’t feel too frustrated or excited yet. In addition, it is interesting that this prototype has not yet been officially revealed. The skeptics of AI technology, which for transparency include myself, could argue that some of the aforementioned companies hurried to show AI Tech to exploit in the increase in investment in the area. In the case of Sony, it seems that he is cooking in this technology for the love of the game, or most likely, to develop some experience in this area in case he finds a point of support in the development of wider games.
The AI as an industry remains a great discussion issue about technology and video games, with many extended fears on the real benefits it provides and the possible impacts on the labor market in case it becomes something used in the development of video games. AI is also an industry in unstable land financially, with Openai losing billions of dollars, even as the leader of AI in the United States. Microsoft also canceled a lot of leases in AI data centers, a sign of the death of the company’s bullish support.
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