The obvious, rigidly scripted NPC dialogues might be a thing of the past.
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Devs lose control of the endgame.Yes, that would be the plus.Now what are the negatives… 🤔
I’d say in my ignorance, that would not be ideal, and there should be ways to control that to the desired level via hard programmed limits. An example would be CP2077, there is a main story with variables, the game is designed to present this story. The way I see it, the variables would arise in a more orangic fashion, and would also allow for correction of self induced errors, such as a decision you make and later change your mind.
I don’t like that the Phantom Liberty DLC being plunked down near the end of the main story, because it’s messes with the main story. This is why you’ll read comments like play the game though to the end first, and then go back and pick up that story, which feels artificial to me. AI might possibly make insertion of a DLC into an existing story easier and more fluid. No Telling how many jobs it might cost… 🤔
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AI is nowhere even remotely close to being able to insert DLC/new content into an existing story in a convincing fashion, let alone generate the environments, characters, etc. that would be needed in such cases.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reckons we might see AI-generated games in less than 10 years
If we could sort out old-fashioned AI in games first, that'd be grand. Oh who am I kidding, bring 'em on.
Nvidia does have a vested interest in seeing that happen.Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reckons we might see AI-generated games in less than 10 years
If we could sort out old-fashioned AI in games first, that'd be grand. Oh who am I kidding, bring 'em on.www.pcgamer.com
They also have a vested interest in (and track record of) artificially jacking up their GPU prices to take advantage of market conditions. Right now I wouldn't trust Huang or Nvidia if my life depended on it.
I think maximizing profits is what Nvidia shareholders expect.
Sort of like what Apple does.
There's a difference between maximizing profits and price gouging/artifically inflating prices due to heightened demand. The latter is what Nvidia did in 2020-21, and the higher pricing across the board has applied to both the 30xx and 40xx series of GPUs.
From a shareholders perspective what is the difference?
IMO, GPU pricing went up because nvidia didn't want to leave money on the table (that was the lesson they learned during the 30-series time frame). Them heavily pushing DLSS and Framegen has allowed them to up price all the 40-series tiers (except the 4090) and for some reason folks are still buying at what you would say are "inflated" pricing.
If it were just gamers buying these GPU's maybe I would agree that nvidia is being greedy, but the bulk of the money they are making is from the AI folks, whom are also using gamer cards to defray costs (like the Crypto-bros did before them).
2024 March Steam Survey puts Apple Silicon at 70.62% (+0.60 %) market share on macOS.
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| SoC | Market share | Change |
| M1 | 27.07 % | -0.29 % |
| M2 | 15.83 % | +0.27 % |
| M1 Pro | 10.73 % | -0.60 % |
| M2 Pro | 4.56 % | -0.12 % |
| M1 Max | 4.20 % | -0.17 % |
| M3 Pro | 2.79 % | +0.43 % |
| M2 Max | 2.05 % | -0.03 % |
| M3 | 1.68 % | +1.02 % |
| M3 Max | 1.44 % | +0.17 % |
| M1 Ultra | 0.14 % | -0.08 % |
| M2 Ultra | 0.13 % | 0 % |
| Intel | 29.38 % | -0.60 % |
I’m on mobile, so I can’t do it, but I suspect that the data will fit an inverse logarithmic curve.
Mm. We're at the point where people are going to start to upgrade from their M1s to M3 or a future M4, and where Intel machines might have to be kept around for software support/lack of funds/etc, really slowing Intel Macs going to M series.
Looking at it, the 3 most common Intel Macs, going by GPU, are 2015 - 2017 MacBook Air, 2020 MacBook Pro 13 inch, and 2019 MacBook Pro 13 inch, which use the Intel HD Graphics 6000, Intel Iris Plus Graphics from Ice Lake, and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645.
Looking at it, the 3 most common Intel Macs, going by GPU, are 2015 - 2017 MacBook Air, 2020 MacBook Pro 13 inch, and 2019 MacBook Pro 13 inch, which use the Intel HD Graphics 6000, Intel Iris Plus Graphics from Ice Lake, and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645.