We’re still a ways off, but most looking forward to AI in games. Imagine RPGs with “intelligent” NPCs that don’t just rattle off the same set of 2 or 3 phrases, they spontaneously come up with different side quests for you to do based on actual things happening around the world. Or they have opinions on things that you’ve done or what you’re wearing and you can actually type whatever you want to say and they’ll have some response.
Or maybe even the game has no set plot, it just comes up with a different overarching plot each time, you’d never play the same game as anybody else, different characters, all with personal histories and fully voiced dialogue, just created on the fly.
Also, AI porn videos.
I’ve been playing a lot of Baldur’s Gate 3, and I can imagine being able to respond to dialog in free form. Would be amazing for pretty much any RPG.
So you roll persuasion and then actually ask questions instead of getting a pre generated answer.
We’re also getting to the point where we can synthesize voices. They’d have to figure out rights but voice actors can still do major lines with feeling but the free form stuff can be voiced with ai as well.
Try dungeon AI, it has been out for a while. Uses LLM to generate the adventure:
I want a personal assistant that actually works. Like Siri or Alexa, but it can actually do secretarial tasks.
“Find and schedule a roofing company to come fix the roof”
“See if you can get me dinner reservations for a nice Italian restaurant tomorrow night at 630”
“Write an email to bob apologizing for running over his dog”
“Find an image on the internet of a person being mauled by a bear, edit the picture so that it’s James being mauled, and send picture to him”
“Find a new show for me to watch and torrent the first episode, re-dub it in Japanese with Spanish subtitles”
I’d be worried the service that suggests a roofing company or Italian restaurant would go to the highest bidder. That is, it would only contact the big nation wide chains, who pay apple & amazon, over the small local companies that give better service for half the price.
That’s already the case when you use Google maps or Google search, but it feels like you’d have less control by giving the AI a single instruction
Here’s a photo of what’s left in the fridge. Order my groceries online for the week and email the proposed recipes.
I need to get a present for X, please order it.
I think part of the problem, is those offering AI currently, have an ulterior motive. For instance, personal assistants like Google. They made it worse as there was less chances to advertise. Alexa can buy stuff, but only on Amazon. I want an assistant that is loyal to me, not to the company providing it. If I order groceries, I want it to check pricing and buy the best value with most convenient drop off. It’s getting infuriating that you have to go through 20 steps for many services before you find out the final price and timing.
Whatever means humans can work less and get more free-time.
Looking at our history, I doubt this will ever happen. We already have plenty of tools that make our work life easier, but instead of enjoying the gained free time, we get overwhelmed with more work.
I am very excited to see which areas of medicine will make progress through AI in the next few years.
My best friend has extreme back pain and there doesn’t seem to be anyone who can really help him.
My wife has multiple sclerosis, which I don’t need to say more about.
Medicine has made enormous progress in the last few decades. I pray this gets a turbo boost from AI. (And that even though I don’t believe in God.)
