[dedicate]

I don't actually want to have a deep, philosophical conversation with a blacksmith.

I just want to see that blacksmith close up shop early because he's feuding with the town guard, or give me a discount because his daughter just won the local archery competition. I want a world that reacts to itself, not just to me.

The goal shouldn't be to make NPCs that can pass the Turing test, but to make a world that feels like it has a pulse.

[kjkjadksj]

Do you really want that in a scrolls game though? I want the blacksmith to be first npc in the town, more or less always there, with 1 button on the dialog tree to get to the shop menu for me to unload an entire dungeon of loot onto this blacksmith. And he better have ore and leather strips.

[nxobject]

And I want to be able to game player statistics using a combination of spells and potions so I can pickpocket the blacksmith and then sell their stuff back at marked-up prices. The traditional RPG numbers-and-skills-and-formulas part of TES was a great joy to exploit.

[TillE]

Agreed, that's the real dream of open world RPGs: dynamic worlds. Perhaps modern AI techniques can help in that a bit, but what you really need is an incredibly intricate simulation.

[deadbabe]

It doesn’t need to be a deep philosophical conversation. You could be striking up a “buy now pay later” business deal or asking him to produce a specific type of equipment according to your specifications, etc.

[Legend2440]

>I don't actually want to have a deep, philosophical conversation with a blacksmith.

You didn’t read the article, that’s not what Radiant AI did. This is from twenty years ago and has nothing to do with LLMs.