Myfirstreactionwas,"Whoah,cool.Allyourbasearebelongtous."Butafteramoment'sthought,thismightnotactuallybesuchagreatidea.Giventhecommunicationskillsofsomeplayers(especiallyinthebattlegrounds),I'mnotseeingthisasalitmustestofwhatin-gamespeechcanpassforspokenbyrealpeople.WhileI'mprettysuretheAIwon'tcommunicatelikearoleplayer,theAIcouldprobablygetbywithaseriesof"lol"and"kek"typedoutinrapidsuccession.
Thisisn'tthefirsttimewe'veheardaboutthemilitaryusingWoW(orWoW-likesystems)fortrainingpurposes,whichisthenominalpurposeofthisnewAIresearch.Maybeitwon'tbetoolongbeforewe'reloggingintohaveaGnomeRoguenamedJoshuaquietlywhisperus,"Shallweplayagame?"
AccordingtoDr.JohnParmentola,theplanistotesttheAI'sabilitytobea"fake"humanbylettingitinteractwithrealhumansinavirtualworld.