Dev: AI NPCs need local inference or 100x cheaper compute to reach mass-market games
rickasaurus · x · 2026-10-02
Developer rickasaurus argues AI—especially reasoning LLM NPCs—won't make it into mass-market games or MMOs unless it runs locally or gets orders of magnitude cheaper, framing the latency/cost economics as the core blocker.
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