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Erik Wolpaw Explores Generative-AI For Game Dialogue
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On the MinnMax podcast, Valve writer Erik Wolpaw said a small group of Valve employees have been experimenting with generative-AI tools to test reactive dialogue and real-time character responses in games. He said the models can follow player-driven chaos and act as a "straight man" in open-world scenarios but remain poor at creativity, humor and voice acting, and are currently too costly to ship at scale.
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Insider experimentation provides authoritative, practical insight, though single-source anecdotes and limited novelty constrain broad applicability.
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