You've got personality...for a bot

摘要

Most gamers prefer playing against their friends rather than the computer, but for how much longer? Intelligent bots could become the ultimate opponents in virtual worlds - or the best companions. In role-playing and action games, the personalities of non-player characters are often scripted and predictable, even though the player has to interact with them frequently. Massachusetts-based start-up GiantOtter wants to take these characters to another level of realism, using data from crowdsourced human interactions.