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Ubisoft announces AI Ghostwriter to “Save Scriptwriters Time”

Ubisoft has historically been one of the first publishers to adopt any new technology, whether it be cloud gaming, NFTs or what-have-you. With AI being the new hotness, the publisher has officially announced that they will be using an AI ghostwriter to help with the scripting of future games, stating that it will “support our scriptwriters.”

Making the announcement, the publisher released a YouTube video titled ‘Ubisoft is Developing an AI Ghostwriter to Save Scriptwriters Time’ where they detailed this new tool which will be used primarily to assist in the writing of NPC chatter.

The description of the video offered more on this new endeavour, saying: “Introducing Ubisoft Ghostwriter, an AI tool developed in-house that aims to support our scriptwriters by generating the first draft of our NPC barks – the phrases or sounds made by NPCs when players interact with the game world.”

They continue, “This tool was created hand-in-hand with scriptwriters to create more realistic NPC interactions by generating variations on a piece of dialogue See how our teams will use AI to handle repetitive tasks, and free up time to work on other core game elements.”

The use of AI to replace human workers is certainly a slippery slope and while it is supposedly being used only for relatively menial dialogue and as a first draft, the announcement of this new tool has been met with great scepticism from most.

AI technology is not as robust as many would have you believe, and so the introduction of the process into game development is concerning, and could ultimately lead to NPCs and worlds which feel even less human. We will have to wait and see what becomes of Ubisoft’s AI Ghostwriter.

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