@stooovie you would think—but think about that for a second. Most bystander NPCs sort of grunt, act confused, or maybe say a comment to you that you’ve heard before. These are all signals that NPC doesn’t have much to add to the progression of the story—it’s an indicator that they’re a leaf on the game tree, not a branch.

Putting all of ChatGPT, its weird sycophancy, its infinite desire to blab—does that add anything to the game? Maybe the first time, but not the fifth.