Resident Evil Requiem actor Nick Apostolides, who plays Leon Kennedy, has commented on the state of AI in gaming today, saying AI is capable of speaking lines but there is “nothing human behind it.”
Speaking to PC Gamer, Apostolides said what draws people to games is that the characters and stories in them are “so human.” He said, “The stories are so real, the emotions are real” and players get invested in that. “I don’t believe AI can do that,” he said.
He went on to comment on the raid shooter Arc Raiders and how its developer, Embark, used text-to-speech and machine-learning technologies for its voice lines. He said for a game as successful as Arc Raiders, “to pay for an actor’s voice session is not that big of a deal.”
