Just How Smart Are the AI Characters in Inworld's 'Origins'?

Earlier this year, the AI company Inworld released their tech-demo 'Origins': a detective game built in Unreal Engine in which you try to solve a mystery by speaking directly with your suspects.

Powered by Inworld's character engine, each non-player character you meet in Origins is built to support full voice-based conversations using the latest trends in generative AI technology, each with their own personalities, goals and mannerisms.
In this first of a two-part series, I sit down and give my first impressions of Origins, with a future video detailing how it all works, with insights from Inworld themselves.

You can try it out yourself by downloading Origins for free on Steam:
https://bit.ly/AIandGames-Origins

And if you're a developer yourself, sign up for a free trial of Inworld's tools, and start building your own conversational AI characters
https://bit.ly/AIandGames-1

[00:00] Intro
[02:15] Who Are Inworld?
[06:35] Analysing the Demo
[10:50] Text Generation
[13:33] Voice Recognition
[15:12] Voice Synthesis
[17:20] Closing
[19:12] Credits

Special thanks to ‪@inworldai‬ for sponsoring this episode. I was compensated by Inworld for time spent producing this video.

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