Chapter 35 : Fully Responsive AI
Chapter 35: Fully Responsive AI
Cha Seongcheol’s words contained not even a bit of exaggeration. Fully Responsive AI was actually that level of technology, and this was a point viewers also agreed with.
Then the question “What exactly is Fully Responsive AI?” would arise, but simply explaining, it meant AI that could respond to all actions as if truly alive.
In other words, in games’ case, NPCs that could perfectly react and communicate to any user action were exactly Fully Responsive AI.
Recalling Kim Cheol and Lee Yujin who conversed with Baek Woohyun made this easier to understand.
Baek Woohyun, who had been ‘over there’ for ten years, passed it without thought, but actually the natural communication he had with those two was truly amazing.
Because ‘Reverse Planet’ was a virtual reality game and all people he met were NPCs within it.
Meaning like other virtual reality games, they were existences that only reacted to words containing set keywords and only spouted set lines.
But Kim Cheol and Lee Yujin properly understood whatever Baek Woohyun said.
Not reacting only to specific keywords spouting set lines, but perfectly reacting like people to his words and gestures.
This was a characteristic only Fully Responsive AI possessed, so naturally those watching couldn’t help but be shocked.
“Actually I never even thought ‘Reverse Planet’ would have Fully Responsive AI installed. Because it’s technology that devours so much resources.”
“I vaguely remember. They said they couldn’t dare put it even in solo games?”
“Yes. Since it’s not simply combat-related AI, but AI that perfectly reacts like people even to players’ trivial actions, it makes sense.”
-How did they put in online what can’t even be put in solo games ㄷㄷ
-Really can’t even grasp how they put it in
-Developers will go crazy when this gets known lololol
-Already insane completion and adding fully responsive AI on top, ㄹㅇ game over
‘Fully Responsive AI cannot be installed in online games’ was current game development industry consensus.
The reason was as Cha Seongcheol said, because the technology itself demanded too much resources.
Meaning even applying only to really important NPCs would bloat capacity dozens of times, so there was no way to put it in.
That’s why the fact that NPCs facing Baek Woohyun had Fully Responsive AI installed was more surprising.
“They probably didn’t completely solve the resource problem. If they had, there’d be no reason to hide it like now. Unless they sprayed ads everywhere.”
If they’d perfectly applied Fully Responsive AI technology, advertising to the whole world wouldn’t be strange.
Because it was that amazing a technology and achievement.
Not doing so surely meant some problem existed.
“Probably until solving that problem, Fully Responsive AI technology seems to apply only when satisfying specific conditions.”
“That specific condition is probably no-assist, right?”
“Yes. For now that seems the right view.”
The only difference between Baek Woohyun currently progressing early game and other people was no-assist.
So viewing no-assist as the minimum condition to encounter Fully Responsive AI seemed reasonable, was Cha Seongcheol’s explanation.
“On top of that, the condition of not using assist from character creation might be attached. I heard Hackphysical did it without assist from the very start.”
Cha Seongcheol, who added this was a matter to investigate through future research, continued.
“And guessing one more thing, the Fully Responsive AI update itself probably isn’t very old.”
“Why is that?”
“After all, no-assist tutorial challenges have existed for quite a while.”
-A 2nd string player did it just months ago ㅇㅇ
-Ahem, mentioning other broadcasters is ban
-Can players be called broadcasters? Hmm…
-Should we dig through all recent update history
The more difficult something is, there are bound to be a minority of perverts who want to challenge it.
Though it never became popular at some challenge level, there were definitely those who somehow twisted their bodies to clear the tutorial with no-assist.
A tiny minority of challengers even somehow escaped to the forest and succeeded in joining the Otherworld Management Bureau.
But since no one among them heard stories of seeing Fully Responsive AI, the update date naturally had to be recent.
“Anyway, ‘Reverse Planet’ with Fully Responsive AI technology installed. Reasons for viewers to keep watching Hack Tour content increased.”
“Ahaha! Certainly good news for us.”
“Insane physicality shown with no-assist plus free communication with NPCs through Fully Responsive AI? I can’t resist this.”
-ㄹㅇ can’t resist
-Just hearing explanation sounds so delicious lololol
-But now observational variety format added to this
-What kimchi pizza sweet and sour pork? Mixed a bunch;
In the midst of chattering excitedly, one acquaintance suddenly came to Cha Seongcheol’s mind.
That friend with tremendous interest in ‘Reverse Planet’s’ worldview and story would surely have tremendous interest in this situation.
Because NPCs with Fully Responsive AI installed would wildly spout information unknown until now.
‘If Hack Tour establishes itself well, might be worth inviting as guest.’
Of course, for this Baek Woohyun and Jeong Nayeon would need to agree.
‘Hack Tour’ was a content proceeding centered on them after all.
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“Dimensional erosion’s otherworld invasion was very sudden. Tremendous damage worldwide. If awakeners’ appearance had been slightly later, damage would have been even greater.”
Even while the studio was noisy with Fully Responsive AI’s appearance, Baek Woohyun’s steps didn’t stop. Naturally since he didn’t know the circumstances over there.
Having received training ground location, he immediately moved there, and went through the tutorial process through training instructor Han Jiwon waiting there.
Receiving detailed explanation about supernatural abilities and future growth direction, to Otherworld Response Alliance’s birth starting from dimensional erosion and Otherworld Management Bureau establishment.
“With awakeners’ appearance, international organization Otherworld Response Alliance was founded, and not long after, our government agency Otherworld Management Bureau also launched. It was mid-period of otherworld invasion.”
This was clearly a level with far more information than the tutorial mission 「Research Facility Escape」.
Actually for ‘Reverse Planet’ users, tutorial often referred to conversation with Otherworld Management Bureau training instructor Han Jiwon—companies had separate similar NPCs.
The process of escaping research facility and passing through forest was merely treated as introduction.
Only called tutorial mission or whatnot, but actually there was almost no information properly taught step by step, so it couldn’t be helped.
“Isolation space creation technology confining dimensional erosion phenomena, ‘Reverse World/Reverse Planet’ is called great invention that reversed otherworld invasion’s paradigm. Thanks to it, invasion damage tremendously decreased.”
“I see.”
Even though mostly known information, Baek Woohyun didn’t interrupt training instructor Han Jiwon’s words and listened attentively.
Because he wondered if there might be information different from what he knew.
However, like when finding system message window differences earlier found nothing, this time too nothing changed.
The incomprehensible identity existing between reality and virtual, two worlds, remained firmly solid.
“……”
Had the game ‘Reverse Planet’ become reality?
Or had he entered inside ‘Reverse Planet’?
If not even that, was the game ‘Reverse Planet’ created based on ‘over there’?
Unsolved questions only kept deepening.
To dig into this, not only inside ‘Reverse Planet’ but also the developer Planet Earth would need thorough confirmation.
Since it absolutely couldn’t be called easy work, he’d have to uncover it calmly and certainly.
‘Must check Anonymous Viewer 62’s side too.’
“…Mm?”
Suddenly Baek Woohyun’s gaze turned toward one corner of his view.
Because he saw a message-shaped icon blinking like crazy.
Currently he had settings where only friend-registered people could send whispers, so only two people could contact him now: Kang Soyul and Jeong Nayeon.
But since Kang Soyul had no reason to contact him during broadcast, essentially that whisper’s owner could be considered Jeong Nayeon.
-Jeong Nayeon: Story progression seems okay up to here
-Jeong Nayeon: Since we just finished starting part
-Jeong Nayeon: Now go PVP ㄱㄱ
-Jeong Nayeon: Choose mode however you want!
Having heard in advance to go PVP in broadcast’s latter half, Baek Woohyun wasn’t flustered by Jeong Nayeon’s proposal.
He too had been thinking shouldn’t he finish story progression and move toward PVP soon.
His gaze, naturally manipulating system window to bring up PVP modes, carefully examined the list.
‘Duel’ and ‘Struggle’, and ‘Survival’.
Whether 1v1 (or 2v2) confrontation, 5v5’s various combat styles, or battle royale with hundred people.
The choice was his.
‘First exclude Survival.’
Perhaps because he’d already played dozens of matches before?
The ‘Survival’ mode didn’t appeal much, so Baek Woohyun boldly passed it.
‘Duel, or Struggle.’
Then the remaining choices were two: ‘Duel’ and ‘Struggle’.
After briefly pondering, what Baek Woohyun chose was none other than ‘Duel’.
Because he judged that ‘Struggle’s’ nature of proceeding 5v5 plus having various combat styles meant there’d be many points to learn to do it properly.
On the other hand, ‘Duel’ that was only about fighting 1v1 seemed to need no deeper learning.
[Moving to battle preparation room]
After a brief system message appeared, surrounding scenery changed as if melting.
The Otherworld Management Bureau interior’s appearance with people busily moving blurred and disappeared, and what appeared afterward was a place resembling the command and control room seen before.
That place with hologram monitors filled with various numbers meaning who knows what filling one wall.
However, there was also a clearly different point from before.
That the island hologram map at room’s center had disappeared.
Replacing that spot was a stage hologram that seemed to further subdivide fourteen areas existing on the island.
Considering you could look inside the island in advance through hologram map in ‘Survival’ mode, surely this stage hologram was the place where ‘Duel’ mode occurred.
‘If I bring the build used before as is— Ah.’
Baek Woohyun, who tried to completely transfer the build made when playing ‘Survival’ mode, stopped his hand.
Because he belatedly recalled the story Jeong Nayeon carefully brought up before broadcast started.
She had asked if he could reveal the build he’d use while proceeding PVP in the latter half. Preferably picking from the very start.
Naturally it absolutely wasn’t a proposal with compulsion. The intention to just subtly grasp possibility was clearly evident.
Enough that she said several times while asking to just ignore it if he didn’t feel like it.
Actually regarding builds, anyone couldn’t help but be this cautious.
Because even if not pro level with professional builders and build disclosure prohibition clauses, there were people among personal broadcasters too who terribly hated revealing their builds.
This was largely because if related information leaked, malicious snipers would bring builds countering that broadcaster’s build when doing PVP.
To the extent there were several personal broadcasters who stopped receiving build-related questions at all from being hit at weaknesses by malicious snipers so much, no need to further explain the harm.
‘Well, it’s unrelated to me anyway though.’
Of course, it was merely a story that didn’t apply to Baek Woohyun.
The build he used had no so-called clear weaknesses, truly a flawless build.
The only disadvantage was not being able to use supernatural abilities, but how does one counter this?