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World of Warcraft Director Says ChatGPT Told Him to Revisit One of WoW’s Least Loved Expansions

With more and more news about AI technology, more and more game developers are considering whether they want to integrate artificial intelligence into their development pipelines. While much of this discussion takes place in genuine fear that his AI will replace real humans at the developer’s job, World of Warcraft game director Ion Hazzikostas said: , not worried about what happened to him after his recent encounter with ChatGPT.

Hazzikostas told IGN ahead of the release of Embers of Neltharion, the latest major patch, that one of the first things he did when he first got access to AI chatbot ChatGPT was World of Warcraft’s next was to ask what the extension of the should be. And the answer was unparalleled on multiple levels.

“I’m not kidding. The first prompt that came back to me was … ‘Return to Shadowlands.’ So I’m not too worried about ChatGPT replacing me anytime soon. “

Hazzikostas is probably mindful of the fact that Shadowlands was the last expansion to the current one, so it’s not a good place to turn around and come back to right away, but Shadowlands isn’t very popular with the WoW community either. was. Players hated the slow cadence of content rollouts, the multiple time gates his endgame grind, and most of all, his highly controversial treatment of one of the most beloved characters. Sylvanas WindrunnerSo, suggesting that ChatGPT return to one of World of Warcraft’s least loved expansions in recent memory feels doubly silly.

Hazzikostas and World of Warcraft Executive Producer Holly Longdale explained the team’s thoughts on AI more seriously. Hazzikostas confirmed that machine learning is being used in part of his pipeline of art for WoW, but it’s been around for years. It’s about automating a really laborious and painful task, like attaching a helmet to a blood elf’s ear. Free up some time so you can create art.” That’s nothing new.

Longdale, meanwhile, is looking ahead.

“When we talk about living in a world that we want to feel alive in, there are a lot of opportunities out there. We want to make sure we’re human, but I think there’s a lot of opportunity in interactive spaces to see what the opportunities are. , is nothing new in our daily lives, and while advances in AI will certainly help us, it will always be here.”

We also spoke with Hazzikostas and Longdale about the current World of Warcraft content cadence and future content roadmap, while posing a few questions about player toxicity and group loot – full interview tomorrow. In the meantime, we’ve put together a week of articles and video content about AI and its impact on gaming, entertainment, and more.

Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. you can find her on her twitter @duck valentine.

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