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Why writers and game devs are worried about CHATGPT

- PHIL IWANIUK

As a cutting-edge AI language model, ChatGPT has the potential to revolutionize game development by providing new tools and resources for developers. With the ability to generate natural language responses and learn from a vast array of data, ChatGPT can be used to create dynamic and responsive non-player characters (NPCs), generate narrative storylines and even provide personalized game recommendations to players. Moreover, by facilitating more streamlined communication and collaboration between developers, ChatGPT could help reduce development time and improve the quality of games. As the technology behind ChatGPT continues to improve and evolve, it could play a significant role in shaping the future of gaming, creating more immersive and engaging gameplay experiences for players.

Hopefully, you thought there was something slightly off about that opening paragraph. Or at least that it seemed a bit asinine and phoned in, because I used ChatGPT to make it. And like every other working writer in the world, I’m kind of banking on the idea that you prefer this paragraph to the previous one. Since the OpenAI-powered text generator meets chatbot was launched in November 2022, its eerily human-like conversations have made it clear that there’s a wide-reaching commercial application for it, or for advanced AIs like it. First against the wall with our blindfolds on are writers. If you can prompt a chatbot with all the knowledge contained within Microsoft’s Bing search engine and get readable copy back, why would you pay a human to do it?