Wagner James Au / New World Notes

Adding A.I. Powered NPCs to Second Life: Philip Rosedale & Brad Oberwager on the Promise & Perils

… And the [NPC says], “Do you want to go surfing?” And Brad was like, “Yeah.” 

And [the NPC] clicked on a surfboard giver and rezzed the surfboard for Brad. 

And Brad said to the team that was working on it, “How did it do that?” 

They're like, “I don't know. It figured it out.” 

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