It'd be interesting if games can be revolutionized with realistic worlds and NPCs with the use of a dedicated NPU. Like how game graphics were revolutionized with the GPU.
Maybe, but I think that more handcrafted and tailored NPC interactions would be much more engaging than AI rng (not to mention way more energy efficient)
Even oblivion had pretty lively NPCs, if quirky.
Majora’s mask takes it to the extreme by scripting 3 in game days for each and every character.
I think AI generated voice "acting" will be great. Someone made an addon for world of Warcraft maybe a year ago that gives NPCs voices when giving you a quest. While not all of the voices exactly match the character, the voices themselves seem pretty incredible.
Yeah it’s a cheap way to add voices. I think X4 does this with its (many hundreds of) side NPCs.
But Oblivion voiced a couple hundred characters with the same 9 voice actors and that’s a well loved game.
I’m not sure AI would add anything, but it’d make it cheaper since you don’t need to hire voice actors for side characters.