Gonna Doomer for a moment: The worst thing AI is going to inflict on us will be the emotional manipulation.

I'm just pondering how AI will integrate into gaming, which leads to the idea of an AI companion NPC.

This won't be a normal NPC relationship of course, it'll be enhanced by the interactions you share with this NPC.

But how much power would that give a gaming company over everything from DLC purchases to influencing your opinions in the real world?

Guh. This is all very cyberpunk.

We can think of more and more advanced AI NPC integrations as …

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