Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

To this end, the Tenth Development Department also established a special elite monster design team and a BOSS design team.

The two groups designed different difficulty curves for different enemies, so that while players are faced with high difficulty, they will also feel that they are just a little bit away from defeating the enemy, and that it is entirely possible to do so as long as they do not make too many mistakes.

However, if you were to give Sekiro's boss an AI core, probably very few people would be able to actually beat the game in their lifetime.

The goal of a game is not to make it difficult, but to bring players another kind of enjoyment. Too much difficulty will only discourage players from playing.

The initial games like Demon's Souls were hampered by two factors: the overall environment at the time was not good, and the difficulty level was simply too high.

Later on, Miyazaki's game development team clearly gained more experience in difficulty curve design. They knew what kind of difficulty could keep players highly engaged, which led to the creation of Dark Souls 3, which had a relatively more accessible difficulty, and Elden Ring, which once again rose to prominence.

"I was just saying, I didn't really intend to do it." The man shrank his neck slightly and didn't say anything more.

Just then, another person nearby suddenly spoke up: "But now that you mention it, I actually think that games like Monster Hunter could also incorporate artificial intelligence (AI). It would be perfectly reasonable to increase the difficulty of those already powerful monsters, wouldn't it?"

This time, it was the turn of many people around him to look at him.

Well, here comes another inhuman bastard.

At that moment, they were all thinking that they absolutely could not let such a guy become the game's numerical and difficulty designer, otherwise the players would be in big trouble.

The demonstration has ended, and everyone was amazed by the speed at which this artificial intelligence has grown.

Starting around 10 a.m. in the United States, when the program was completed, Benedict began to train the AI ​​frantically on the laboratory's computers.

The training lasted about nine hours, ending at 7 p.m.

In just nine hours, the four AI systems in this small game underwent several iterations, which is truly terrifying.

But to Benedict, this was child's play.

His team is planning to train a truly invincible StarCraft AI player, the kind that is absolutely impossible to defeat.

This small program demonstration wasn't even enough to fully utilize the performance of his lab's computers.

To be honest, he was also amazed by Zhu Youxing's ingenious idea.

Chapter 929 I Want to Create a New Era

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Add an artificial intelligence core to the characters in the game, giving them more varied attributes.

Many game developers in the conference hall were only thinking about increasing the difficulty of the game by simply adding enemies and monsters, but he saw further ahead.

Or rather, he now fully understands what Zhu Youxing really wants to do.

As expected of the universally acknowledged god of games, his idea is truly ingenious.

"Everyone should have finished watching this demonstration. Do you have any thoughts?"

Zhu Youxing looked at the crowd below the stage, now he really wanted to hear if anyone present had guessed what he was planning to do.

Aya Tsukino squinted her eyes, seemingly already understanding something.

Meanwhile, Hayazawa Airi, who was standing to the side, was still a little confused.

She usually works on hardware systems, and she only attended this meeting because Tsukino Aya dragged her there to sit in.

However, she did develop some interest in artificial intelligence.

As Zhuyou just mentioned, all of this is artificial intelligence trained through massive computations.

This means that such artificial intelligence will require high-performance electronic products.

In particular, the processor core needs to be highly compatible with the requirements of AI artificial training.

No... processor cores alone don't seem to be enough...

At this moment, someone mustered up the courage to raise their hand and stand up, saying, "President, could this kind of artificial intelligence (AI) be used in our Monster Hunter or Sekiro?"

"Hmm... that's possible, but it would be too difficult. Internal company testing is fine, but I don't recommend doing it that way."

"So, President, do you want to apply these artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to some autonomous demonstration programs?"

"No, that's meaningless; it's just observing the AIs communicating with each other."

……

Several people stood up to express their opinions, but none of them gave Zhu Youxing the answer he wanted.

After waiting for a while, Zhu Youxing stopped waiting and took the initiative to explain: "My real purpose is to use artificial intelligence (AI) in our future open-world games to apply it to the behavior and actions of AI-controlled passerby characters."

Zhu Youxing switched the image on the big screen, returning to the initial state of the red and blue figures.

"In this program, I set only one goal for each of the four little people: one to catch people and the other to avoid being caught. Have you ever thought about setting more rules for this program?"

"More..."

Some people began to ponder, while others finally realized what was happening. One person stood up with wide eyes and said, "President, you mean you want the AI ​​to generate its own life in the game, or even generate its own story, or even its own entire life in the game?"

Zhu Youxing smiled: "That's right, that's exactly it."

"Let's assume we set a few basic rules for AI: it will have birth and death, it will have all kinds of emotions and systems such as walking, running, fear, happiness, sadness, competition, etc. Of course, building the model in the early stages may be quite complicated, but as long as the basic rules are established, the story will be written by these AIs themselves."

"But President, in that demonstration, the AI ​​became increasingly outrageous towards the end. They started solving game problems in ways that were beyond the game's original understanding. Wouldn't players feel detached from the game if they experienced that?"

Zhu Youxing immediately explained, "Therefore, the rules we set for artificial intelligence must be comprehensive enough. Although it is always possible that things will happen that are beyond the rules, we can set up multiple layers of protection for the game program to prevent artificial intelligence from doing things beyond its comprehension."

At this moment, Airi Hayazawa suddenly said, "Takeyu, have you ever thought about whether the game consoles of players can support such a game? The computing power required for this artificial intelligence (AI) will probably be quite terrifying, right?"

"That's a good question, and that's exactly what I'm planning to announce next."

“This kind of artificial intelligence training can no longer be completed by simply relying on the existing core processor and graphics processor, because that would put too much pressure on them. So it’s time to launch a new game console, which should add a dedicated AI processor for AI computing in addition to the core processor and graphics processor.”

This can be considered a huge gamble for Zhu Youxing.

In the past, Nintendo has made countless groundbreaking innovations in the field of video games.

In this world, Bamboo Star repeatedly replicates these innovations, bringing the interesting gameplay from its own world to this world.

Now, he has almost used up all the resources of the original world. For more than 20 years, there have been no ups and downs, and Zhu Youxing has hardly doubted his success.

But humans are strange creatures; sometimes they really want to gamble.

This is a gamble on the future.

However, this cannot be entirely considered gambling; it was merely an attempt with some minor risks.

Artificial intelligence is inevitably the future direction of the world.

Even if you are unable to apply AI to games, you can still apply artificial intelligence (AI) technology to other scenarios by participating in it yourself.

AI-powered photography in smartphones, or autonomous driving and obstacle avoidance systems in future cars, will all require the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI).

In the future, humanity will be deeply intertwined with AI (Artificial Intelligence).

So at least I won't lose out.

So why not give it a try in video games?

"Next, I plan to apply this artificial intelligence to the development of Cyberpunk 2077 first. Before that, I also plan to apply it to other open-world games that we will be developing in the future."

Zhu Youxing slowly stood up: "I hope everyone can witness this new era with me, and let's see together just how far artificial intelligence (AI) can go."

……

"As expected, Mr. Zhuyou really intends to use artificial intelligence to create an electronic virtual world. If we think about it carefully, if such a world is really created, then can artificial intelligence be considered a kind of life form in it?"

Benedict couldn't help but start having endless associations.

Inside the conference hall, many people were still somewhat clueless about the application of AI in video games.

However, they also have a bit of blind worship for Zhu Youxing. If it is something Zhu Youxing insists on doing, they will support him unconditionally and do their best to fulfill his requirements.

This can be considered as the accumulation of Zhu Youxing's prestige and influence over the past twenty years.

No one would have too much doubt.

Moreover, even if this path really doesn't work, it's really not a big deal.

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The team is not yet proficient in using artificial intelligence, so they need someone to assist in the game development.

Benedict happened to be a seasoned gamer, and most of his students were also avid gamers. So when they learned that they would have the opportunity to participate in the game development of Yusei Electronics Entertainment, they were all very excited and couldn't wait to fly to Japan and work at the company's headquarters.

Zhu Youxing also offered very attractive compensation and benefits.

If Benedict's students are interested after graduation, they can directly apply for a job at the US branch of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment.

The company will also establish a new department, the AI ​​Creative Department, which will conduct in-depth research and development on AI technologies related to video game development.

As for Benedict, he will also become a long-term advisor to Star Electronic Entertainment.

"Artificial intelligence (AI)? What is this Bamboo Star planning to do now?"

At the same time, Myron Case, who was struggling to carve out his own niche in the American gaming market, couldn't help but frown as he read the latest news.

He understands artificial intelligence, which is a relatively hot industry recently.

Moreover, his chip R&D team is actually developing related AI chips.

However, this AI chip is specifically designed for hardware and system assistance within smartphones, unlike Zhuyouxing which aims to directly use AI to develop software or games.

Is this paving the way for Facebook's smartphone?

No, if that were the case, Zhu Youxing would have directly advised Bob to promote the AI ​​industry instead of doing it himself.

After so many years, Myron Case has become a long-term competitor of Bamboo Star.

Those who understand you best are often your rivals, and Myron Case had a general idea of ​​Zhu Youxing's personality.

Zhu Youxing is a person who is obsessed with video games. He rarely gets involved in industries outside of gaming, at most acquiring flash memory factories to produce game cartridges himself.

As for the other industries, he left them all to his younger brother to promote; he only gave him an idea or a concept.

However, it must be said that Zhu Youxing has a really good eye.

So, even if I'm unwilling to admit it, I should probably do some serious research on artificial intelligence.

Along with Myron Case, several other major companies, including Surrey Electronics, Morgan Group, and Brown Entertainment, are also closely monitoring the movements of Star Electronics Entertainment.