- It is a virtual construct with many characters.
- The platform allows developers to create their own worlds.
- The characters of AI Town mimic live communication and interact with each other.
- This allows the formation of complex and multifaceted social systems, the company emphasized.
Venture firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has unveiled a project called AI Town. It is a modular platform that is designed to help developers build their own AI-based solutions.
The authors based the project on the joint work of Google Corporation and Stanford University.
Its essence is to create a programmable environment filled with AI-powered non-player characters (NPCs).
AI Town is a customizable and scalable platform. The project is distributed with open source code.
A demo of the “virtual city” can be viewed on the official website of a16z Convex Dev portfolio organization.
According to the project’s technical documentation, AI Town uses Convex’s serverless infrastructure. Authentication is done via Clerk and text generation is done via OpenAI.
The platform is a “microgrid” with a ready-made set of modules. It includes multiple characters under AI control.
They interact and communicate with each other almost like real players, which creates a rich field for forming social constructs, according to CryptoSlate.
The foundations of personality, behavior and communication patterns are laid during generation through a special template.
All characters retain a history of relationships, making their reactions even more vivid, a16z noted.
The developers emphasized that they encourage the community to create new AI-powered Town projects.. The authors believe the platform will spur further development in the sector.
We previously reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission has expressed interest in AI.
Agency Chairman Gary Gensler said the technology carries certain risks, and the agency’s job is to minimize those risks through regulation.
The agency said the technology carries certain risks, and the agency’s job is to minimize them through regulation.