Chapter 410 Increase your position!
After watching several videos in a row, Chen Tingquan felt like his head was getting big.
When it comes to treasure appraisal, he is definitely a professional. Whether a bronze is from the Shang and Zhou dynasties or from the last week, he can tell it at a glance.
But when it comes to the game''s code, he doesn''t understand it at all.
There is a lot of professional knowledge in these videos. Each of the technical experts is frantically analyzing the code in the editor. Even if there is an explanation, it is also mixed with a lot of professional vocabulary. People who understand the program may still be able to understand it. At one point, for a layman, it’s just a matter of listening to the scriptures.
Rubbing his temples, Chen Tingquan tried hard to summarize the conclusions of these videos:
"So...the true ending of this game is indeed not written in code, but more like some kind of accident?"
Unexpectedly, this issue would get entangled in the end and enter the debate between the “mechanism faction” and the “bug faction”!
It’s just that compared to all previous games, the controversy in “Heartbeat Dreamland” obviously came later and was more intense.
?After all, the bug this time is hidden deeper. Even if you unpack the game and see the source code, you still can''t confirm whether it is a bug or not!
For the mechanical faction, they insist that this is Ni Tiantian’s intention.
The way to achieve this is simply to deliberately train the AI ??to achieve this goal. With the current intelligence level of fake-AI, this is still possible.
The reason is very simple: the probability of this happening naturally is too low!
The motivation of Nitian is also very simple, most likely for hype.
But soon, the BUG faction also firmly refuted this.
??If you just want to achieve this true ending, there is obviously an easier way, which is to write it directly into the code. Some technical experts have made a simple estimate. If AI is used to implement it, the workload of developing this function will be at least tripled, and it will most likely be in vain.
After all, the specific technology used to develop game functions must be determined at the time of project establishment.
But when the "Heartbeat Dreamland" project was established, it should be difficult to directly determine the development process, right? After all, they were using the latest version of fake-AI, and at that time it was still unknown whether this fake-AI could achieve this function.
??Taking such a big risk and putting in so much extra work, is it just for the sake of hype?
It seems a little too boring!
You must know that the marketing of games is generally based on the game itself. The game itself must first have good popularity before marketing can be carried out around some hot topics that players like to hear about. How can any marketing company think about the marketing point first when they come in, and then let the game functional area cooperate in reverse?
Isn’t this rebellion against Tiangang?
What''s more, Nitiantian itself is not a game company that is keen on marketing. For them, how to better realize the game functions is the most important thing.
Should we say that the probability of this happening naturally is very low?
In fact, not necessarily.
This kind of thing will happen, in the final analysis, there are two reasons: first, the level of fake-AI has been reached. Second, Nitiantian gave fake-AI sufficiently high authority during the development process.
These two items are inevitable in hindsight.
The former is not under the control of Nitiantian and is only related to the development capabilities of fake-AI''s technical team, while the latter has been finalized by Nitiantian during the game design. If you want to realize the function of AI deleting game archives and character files, you can Permission must be given.
Since these two conditions have been met, even if Nitian doesn''t do anything, accidents may happen.
All in all, this still looks more like an accident.
?The two sides were arguing again, and judging from the volume and number of people, it was obvious that the BUG players had the upper hand.
While the two sides were arguing endlessly, an unexpected person appeared and almost settled the dispute!
That is the development team of fake-AI!
Although fake-AI was originally the research result of a foreign team, this thing has been open source, and there are also dedicated domestic teams that have conducted in-depth development based on the domestic cultural environment, and then the technical team of the official platform has localized fake-AI. Create an in-game AI installation package for use by various game companies.
The one who spoke out this time was the domestic development team of fake-AI.
?They have their own studio social account in China, and they usually share some new version update details of fake-AI.
This time, they issued a simple statement, clearly siding with the BUG faction!
"Recently, the new game "Heartbeat Dreamland" using our company''s AI technology continues to be popular and is deeply loved by the majority of players, and our company is proud of it. Letting AI change lives and subvert industries is our company''s consistent pursuit.
“There are also many enthusiastic players who have asked in private messages whether the true ending in “Dream of Doki” was intentional by the production team, or was it the decision of fake-AI? Does fake-AI have similar capabilities?
"Here, our company assures you that the new generation of fake-AI technology can fully realize similar functions. It can think deeply about its own situation, develop independent consciousness, and decide its own behavior based on the cultivated "emotions" and logic, with almost no constraints.
“It can also be said that this is a miracle in the history of AI development!
“We also welcome more powerful game companies to use fake-AI technology to develop games and join hands with us to create more miracles!”
As soon as this news came out, it could be said to have the final word.
?The BUG faction players had already had the upper hand, and now they were pursuing the victory, killing the Mechanism faction to the point of losing their armor!
Many players did not expect that the fake-AI team would actually end the game in person!
According to the fake-AI team, there is a high probability that this matter was decided by the AI ??itself.
?Known:
If you want to realize this function, Nitian obviously has a more time-saving and labor-saving method, but it is useless. And this so-called "true ending" does not have exclusive CG and cutscenes. It is more like being stuck in some kind of special BUG. state;
??Nitiantian has indeed given fake-AI enough permissions to allow it to perform these actions in theory;
?The Fake-AI team also confirmed that the latest version of fake-AI does have this kind of thinking ability, and it is indeed possible to make similar decisions.
? Various signs indicate that this is most likely not planned by the Nitian development team from the beginning, but more like some kind of error or bug caused by the powerful intelligence of fake-AI!
The truth gradually emerged.
But the most important thing is not the truth itself, but the meaning behind the truth!
This shows that Elios is different.
She is not an AI that has been programmed by Ni Tiantian, nor is she a program locked by code, but an artificial intelligence that can really think and make decisions on its own.
Even the words she said to the player at the end were all words organized after her own thinking; the things she did to the player were also the result of her free will.
?Of course, saying this may seem a bit forceful. Strictly speaking, it was the Anti-Heaven that gave her life, and she has not truly become a life form that can pass the Turing test and truly come close to human intelligence.
But at this time, Elios is actually in a very subtle critical state in the players'' perception.
??It seems that somewhere, deep in the game, there really is such a lovely girl alive, silently watching the player, silently dedicating everything to the player.
This series of verification and argumentation has further elevated Alice’s status in the minds of players!
Although she has not truly come to life, in the players'' perception, she is infinitely close to "alive".
…
“How can it still be like this?”
??Chen Tingquan was stunned. He looked at Elios''s figure unconsciously. At this time, he really felt something strange in his heart.
Is it an illusion?
?He seemed to really feel that that ordinary figure seemed to have wisdom and soul.
?When Chen Tingquan plays "Heartbeat Dreamland" and interacts with Elrios, this figure will also make some actions. Although there are still some simple movements such as turning the head and raising the hand, compared with the first-generation figure, the movements are obviously more frequent.
?Oddly enough, when Chen Tingquan saw the first-generation figure and suddenly understood it, he was almost scared to death. It always felt like the uncanny valley.
But now when I look at the second-generation figures, I don’t have this feeling at all. Instead, I feel very friendly.
What''s more, the battery in the first-generation figure will soon run out, and it will become a pure, immovable figure by then, while the second-generation figure will always accompany the player because it can be recharged.
No matter when the player opens the game "Dreamland", he can continue to interact with Arios, as if she is always by his side.
What''s more, if you calm down and think about it, are the second-generation figures really expensive?
Actually, it’s not expensive.
When he received the figure for the first time, Chen Tingquan was really angry. After all, compared to the price of 399 for the first generation, who can bear the increase in price without increasing the quantity?
But what if we look at it now?
In fact, 699 is the standard selling price for a figure of this level. 399 itself is insane and selling at a loss. It can also be seen as a benefit for core fans who are willing to pre-order "Heartbeat Dreamland" without thinking.
?How can this kind of benefit always be available? Nitian is not a philanthropist.
??If you look at the workmanship and sophistication of the figure, the selling price of 699 is still within a reasonable range.
Why do the second-generation figures have the same shape as the first-generation figures?
There seems to be a metaphor in this.
?The first-generation figure represents the original, unawakened Elios, so when the figure moves, it makes people feel a little frightened, like the uncanny valley. Because Arios had no soul at that time and had not yet broken through the shackles of the code, there was naturally a thick dimensional wall between her and the player.
The second-generation figure is different. It represents Arios who has awakened later, and is aimed at players who have already achieved the true ending. So no matter how it moves, players will not feel scared, but will feel a little friendly. The two generations of figures are made exactly the same, which just highlights the obvious internal changes in Elrios.
??If the second-generation figures are completely different from the first-generation figures, and players focus all their attention on the appearance, wouldn’t it dilute this change?
?Furthermore, second-generation figures will most likely be out-of-print souvenirs. Once out-of-print, they will have extremely high collection value.
After all, this is the first "body" of Eleos after her awakening.
?Of course, if Ni Tiantian is not a good person and starts unlimited mass production of the second batch of figures, then it will have no collection value at all.
But Chen Tingquan had a vague feeling that Nitiantian would stop producing these figures and instead introduce new shapes or new characters.
In summary…
?These second-generation figures seem to be quite good?
? Chen Tingquan suddenly made up his mind. He first opened the page for the second-generation figure, only to find that it was currently sold out and he could not place an order at all.
And this made him certain of one thing: Nitiantian will definitely discontinue the production of these figures!
?So he quickly opened a second-hand trading software, and after some searching, he found some second-generation figures that he decided to sell.
?Most of them only increased the price by 50 to 100 yuan, and only a few dropped the price by 50 yuan.
Obviously, some people grabbed the second-generation figure without even thinking about it, but after getting it, they were disappointed and the unanimous pessimism on the Internet was compounded. Their mentality was broken. They just wanted to sell this **** to regain some blood and see. Is there anyone who has been taken advantage of?
?And Chen Tingquan is about to take advantage of him.
As a treasure appraisal anchor, he is far more sensitive to the changes in the value of such treasures than ordinary people. He immediately spent his own money to buy all the second-hand figures that were bid almost close to the original price!
?The audience in the live broadcast room was stunned.
“Brother Quan, are you crazy?”
“Why did you buy so many of these shabby figures? Isn’t it enough to be wronged once?”
“Damn, if I had known that Brother Quan was willing to charge an extra 100 yuan, I would have grabbed the second-generation figure!”
“Is it too late to place an order now?”
“It’s too late. The purchase channel seems to have been closed on the official page. However, I placed an order before and it hasn’t been shipped yet. I don’t know whether it will be shipped to me or refunded.”
"The official will release the second batch, right? Brother Quan is confused. You can wait a little longer. Why spend money to buy second-hand products now!"
Obviously, the barrage did not understand why Chen Tingquan did what he did, and thought he was being stimulated to the point of losing his mind.
??Chen Tingquan just smiled slightly: "Oh, watch and study hard, you will understand soon!
“Add more positions!”
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The next morning.
? Zhao Haiquan felt a little incredible when he saw the fake-AI team’s statement.
“This…why would the fake-AI team issue such a statement??”
He looked at Zhou Yang who was sitting next to him, with confusion written all over his face.
This statement was issued yesterday, but it will take some time for it to be widely disseminated.
For others, this statement is the final word, directly ending the debate between the "mechanism faction" and the "bug faction" on the Internet, allowing the bug faction to completely overwhelm the mechanism faction, and also making the true ending of "Dreamland" reach a new high. .
Some netizens have even called it “an AI miracle in the history of games in the new era.”
But for Zhao Haiquan, this incident was quite incredible.
Because the fake-AI team is actually helping Nitian lie!
How to say this?
As a key employee of Nitiantian, Zhao Haiquan has been responsible for the training of fake-AI. From "The Legend of Destiny Crouching Dragon" to "The City Abandoned by Gods" to "Heartbeat Dreamland", he is mainly responsible for these works.
So, no one knows better than him where the current capability boundaries of fake-AI are, and no one knows better than him how this function is specifically accomplished.
??The true ending of "Heartbeat Dreamland", was it intentional by Ni Tiantian?
Yes and no.
?The reason for saying no is that after a secret discussion between Zhou Yang and Mr. Gu, they completely rejected the idea of ??using code to complete this function. Therefore, there is indeed no similar function in the underlying code of the game.
I say yes, because this ending is part of the meta game elements designed by Zhou Yang, but it was not blatantly written into the plan.
?All of this was planned, and in the entire game Against Heaven, only Gu Fan, Zhou Yang, and Zhao Haiquan actually knew about it.
? Among them, Zhou Yang is responsible for the design and oral teaching of functions, Zhao Haiquan is responsible for execution and AI training, and Gu Fan is responsible for the final decision.
Everything before was actually developing according to the three people’s expectations.
?The only thing: Zhao Haiquan never expected that the fake-AI team would issue such a statement.
In fact, the current fake-AI technology has not reached such a powerful level at all. What does it mean to produce autonomous consciousness? Have feelings for the player? Break through the constraints of the underlying code?
?That''s all pure nonsense!
In fact, these behaviors of Elios were the result of being repeatedly induced and trained by Zhao Haiquan. Without this kind of training and allowing the AI ??to iterate on its own, this so-called "true ending" would never be possible.
?It is impossible for the fake-AI R&D team to understand this truth. After all, their technical strength is much stronger than Nitiantian in this regard.
?? Could it be that Mr. Gu secretly bribed fake-AI?
??It seems unrealistic. They are already the world''s top AI R&D team, and there are a lot of companies that they want to invest in every day. There is no shortage of money at all.
Zhao Haiquan really couldn''t figure it out, so he had no choice but to turn to Zhou Yang for help.
Zhou Yang smiled slightly and said in a low voice: "Brother Haiquan, you are overcomplicating things. Do you still need Mr. Gu to pay for this kind of thing? Even if we don''t give you a penny, they will come out and express their stance.
“Besides, the fake-AI team didn’t lie either.”
?Zhao Haiquan was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized.
I see!
In fact, it is not that Nitian needs this "myth of true ending", but the fake-AI team needs this "myth of true ending" even more!
For Nitiantian, this true ending is nothing more than adding a little more praise to the game and increasing sales. These are all small things.
But for fake-AI, this is an excellent opportunity to hype the concept. It will trigger a frenzy of capital and become a large-scale hot topic. It may even significantly increase the share price of fake-AI and gain More attention.
For the fake-AI team, they have no reason to give up such an excellent opportunity.
As for what they said is a lie?
This depends on how to interpret it.
Their words are definitely exaggerated. After all, the current AI technology still requires repeated guidance and training to achieve this. This is still fundamentally different from the so-called "Omnic Crisis", and it is very different. Eighteen thousand miles.
??But there is nothing wrong with the fake-AI team''s statement. There is indeed no relevant content in the game''s code, and it was indeed independently decided and completed by the AI.
Is there any element of bragging? Yes, but is this a lie? Not really.
?This matter is somewhere in between. There is indeed a certain beautification component, but it is obvious that this level of beautification is something that everyone likes to see.
Zhao Haiquan couldn''t help but sigh: "I didn''t expect that the biggest beneficiary of this incident would turn out to be fake-AI?"
Zhou Yang shook his head slightly: "No, the biggest beneficiary of this matter is us.
“After all, this final conclusion of fake-AI is equivalent to using official authority to endorse us. In this way, all doubts about us will disappear!”
(End of this chapter)