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minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agosomething i dont see being talked about is the sheer processing power needed for this. how are they gonna solve that? just requiring you to casually have a couple 4090s?
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoTraining the models initially is expensive, but running them can be done on commodity hardware nowadays.
minus-squareToribor@corndog.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThey’ll require a persistent online connection for cloud compute.
minus-squareCluelessDude@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoImagine now NPCs in gaming being bound to always being online and a company can choose to turn the cloud computing off for the npcs making the game unplayable after like a year, can’t wait /s
minus-squareDizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoLet’s not give them any ideas or they might actually do it!
minus-squareVeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoThat seems bound to loose them money if they don’t charge a subscription.
minus-squarejkrtn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoThey’re salivating at the idea of making you pay a subscription for this.
minus-squareVeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-25 months agoPiracy is gonna get more interesting. Cracked, removed AI Server lock, bring your own API key, or host model of choice locally. Known Issues: If you use the OpenAI API, the NPCs will sometimes tell you that killing is against the ethics policy while shooting at you.
something i dont see being talked about is the sheer processing power needed for this.
how are they gonna solve that? just requiring you to casually have a couple 4090s?
Training the models initially is expensive, but running them can be done on commodity hardware nowadays.
They’ll require a persistent online connection for cloud compute.
Imagine now NPCs in gaming being bound to always being online and a company can choose to turn the cloud computing off for the npcs making the game unplayable after like a year, can’t wait /s
Let’s not give them any ideas or they might actually do it!
That seems bound to loose them money if they don’t charge a subscription.
They’re salivating at the idea of making you pay a subscription for this.
Piracy is gonna get more interesting.
oh no…