I didn't even think about it, but now that I see it, it's a clever solution to the problem at hand. If 99.9% of players are not going to care or see the trick, it's fine.

Lmao right?

I literally feel like chatgpt-like AI is basically just a thing rewording google searches to sound human

Ehich i guess is a thing for making it make sentences that sound human, but not " intelligent"

Indeed! In general I think most people don't appreciate how much smoke and mirrors goes into game design. One of my favs is how they made the grass in Ghost of Tsushima look so fucking incredible:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8HH_pMKOhk

We're talking about people who would willingly not only play but pay a game from a game developer whose last good game is over two decades old at this point. Of course they'll be the rubiest of rubes.

no it's just usually implemented in a more robust way which happens to be described in the tweet.