Villain’s Programming - Chapter 249



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Episode 249 Game AI

Dojun asked right away at Sally’s words.

“Is there a neural network AI expert who knows a lot?”

When ordinary people think of AI, they think of computers that can think, but surprisingly, there are many ways to make computers think.

Neural networks are one of them, which had been stagnant due to limitations in computer performance until 2011 when they began to grow explosively.

“Yeah. I have a friend named Marshall who used to work at MS and then moved to ImageNet.”

“Ah! Imagenet!”

“Dojun, do you know ImageNet?”

“Just a little bit. I’ve only heard the name.”

ImageNet was a company that almost no one knew about, even those who didn’t know much about AI. It was a company that Dojun had only heard of through articles in his previous life.

‘I don’t know the details, but I heard that artificial intelligence has grown tremendously thanks to this company. And it was also this company that used GPUs to perform artificial intelligence calculations.’

“You’ve only heard the name? Check it out this time. That company is amazing. I keep hearing about AI here and there these days, and all the AI ​​developers I know talk about ImageNet. They say that thanks to that company, artificial intelligence development has become easier.”

“Isn’t that a non-profit organization? And yet it has that much influence? And is that guy Marshall okay? Since it’s a non-profit organization, I think the salary would be lower than MS… … .”

Sally cut the apple and put a piece of apple on her fork and gave it to Dojun.

“It’s okay because the company is sponsoring it. And the Marshall I know is a guy who does what he wants to do rather than for money.”

Dojun nodded while chewing an apple.

“Well, I really hope he’s interested in games. Do him a favor, Sally.”

“Okay. But Dojun, I’m telling you in advance that applying neural network AI to games won’t be easy.”

“I know. We need data to train the AI, but honestly, the game isn’t even finished yet, so where would we have that data?”

Sally looked surprised.

“Dojun, you know quite a bit about AI, don’t you? In fact, you know a lot about ImageNet, don’t you?”

“No. I just heard it somewhere.”

This was true. Dojun knew about game AI using FSM, but he didn’t know much about what ordinary people call artificial intelligence, or AI that learns on its own.

‘All I know is the match between Lee Sedol and AlphaGo that I saw in my past life. In the newspaper article I saw at that time, it was written that AlphaGo had learned almost all the records of Go that existed in the world.’

“Okay, I guess it’s okay if you know that much. Honestly, I was worried about how disappointed you’d be if I told Marshall and he turned me down. I thought if you didn’t know much about AI, it would seem like you just didn’t like it and turned it down. Marshall isn’t that kind of person.”

“Don’t worry about that. You won’t be disappointed. Besides, I was asked to do it by Miyazaki, so I’m just trying it out. Don’t worry and find out.”

“huh!”

* * *

Kim Joo-yeon stroked her Gucci bag and thought of Kevin Park, who had given it to her.

‘He’s rich and handsome. He’s also very perceptive. How did you know that I wanted this bag and give it to me?’

Kim Joo-yeon met Kevin Park three times in two weeks.

‘You said you came here to scout me, right?’

At first I was skeptical, but after meeting him twice more I began to believe that he was sincere.

‘Well, where would you find someone as talented as me? I graduated from a prestigious university, I’m good-looking, and I’m also capable! It’s strange that this company doesn’t recognize that.’

Kim Joo-yeon looked at her watch. It was almost time to leave work, and it was time to meet Kevin Park.

‘Will you be out today too?’

Kevin Park was literally her ideal type.

‘I have to do something to keep it from getting away from me.’

Kim Joo-yeon told Jo Eun-ho, whom she had been dating for three years, that she wanted to break up with him last night.

Eun-ho Jo, who received the message, came to her house at dawn and begged to meet her, but Joo-yeon Kim refused to meet him.

‘Goodbye to you, you rascal.’

When she arrived at work, Jo Eun-ho kept sending her messages. He asked her to talk during lunch, but Kim Joo-yeon refused every message.

When it was time to leave work, Kim Joo-yeon, who had dressed up, went out right away. She was supposed to leave work at 6 o’clock.

I had an appointment with Kevin Park today, so I had a really hard time getting to work at 9 o’clock.

“Jooyeon. Let me talk for a moment.”

Jo Eun-ho was waiting at the company’s main entrance. But Kim Joo-yeon ignored him and passed by.

It was then that Jo Eun-ho grabbed Joo-yeon’s arm and said.

“Jooyeon! Please!”

Kim Joo-yeon said with a frown.

“Don’t let go of this!”

“Juyeon. Talk to me! Talk to me!”

“What are you talking about? I have nothing to say. And I told you. Stop pretending to know anything. People need to be neat.”

As the two shouted at each other, the Black Cat Studio staff started to murmur as they left work.

“Let go! What’s so embarrassing? If I quit this company, you’ll think it’s because of you!”

Kim Joo-yeon pushed Jo Eun-ho’s arm away and left the company. Jo Eun-ho just looked at Kim Joo-yeon with a blank expression.

As I went out on the road, I saw a red Lamborghini. It was Kevin Park’s car, which I had driven a few times.

The protagonist quickly got into the passenger seat of the Lamborghini.

“Sir, you’re here early?”

“Mr. Jooyeon. We decided to call you oppa instead of CEO, right?”

Kim Joo-yeon said with a shy expression, pushing her hair behind her ear.

“… I’m a little embarrassed… … .”

“What if you feel embarrassed about something like this? You seem too naive.”

“Ah… no.”

“By the way, do you like Baek?”

“yes!”

“I think it suits you well. Um, is there anywhere you want to go today?”

Kim Joo-yeon said shyly.

“Well… no, wherever you want to go, oppa, that’s fine.”

“Really? Then let’s go to a good restaurant I know.”

Kevin Park took Kim Joo-yeon to a fancy restaurant outside of Seoul.

Kim Joo-yeon’s face turned red as she ate and drank wine there.

“Brother, what are we going to do if we always get what we deserve? Should I pay today?”

Kim Joo-yeon spoke under the influence of alcohol.

Kevin Park shook his head.

“No, it’s okay. This much is fine.”

“still…….”

“Then come to Baekseon quickly. You have a lot of work to do. I got approval from the head office for your salary. You will be paid twice what you are now.”

Kim Joo-yeon answered with a smile.

“I was planning to tell the company tomorrow that I’m quitting.”

Kevin Park’s eyes lit up.

“Really? Then when can you come?”

“Ha. Looking at other people, they take a month to hand over everything. I think it should take at least two or three weeks.”

“It’s a shame. I want to work with you soon.”

“Me too. Oppa, should I just ignore you and go quickly?”

Kevin Park shook his head.

“No. People need to end things well, right? End things well so that people will be sad when you leave.”

“Ha. My brother seems like such a nice person.”

The two clinked their wine glasses again and drank the wine. Kim Joo-yeon’s cheeks turned even redder. Kevin Park saw that and asked.

“Yes, Jooyeon. Even if you quit, make sure to take care of your materials. You know that, right? Those materials are your property.”

The lead actor nodded.

“Of course. I brought everything with me when I came out.”

Although it was originally illegal to take company data, it was common in the IT industry. When developers left a company, they often took their work with them.

The company knows this, but often tacitly ignores it.

It was rare for a regular employee to cause a major problem by taking the materials he had worked on.

“But oppa, this company is a bit strange.”

“why?”

“Security is tight. They even block USBs from being plugged into the PC.”

“Oh my, then you have to leave behind all your work?”

“That’s right. It’s frustrating, really. It’s my property.”

It was then that Kevin reached out and grabbed Kim Joo-yeon’s hand. Kim Joo-yeon looked slightly surprised, but didn’t pull her hand away.

“Jooyeon-ah.”

“huh?”

“I can’t stand seeing you upset. I’ll help you.”

“how?”

“I’ll let you bring all your materials out.”

* * *

The next day, Sally called Marshall.

“Hey! How have you been?”

– Sally! Long time no see. I’m always well. Oh, and congratulations on your wedding, Sally.

“thank you.”

The two exchanged the usual greetings and got down to business.

“Marshall, do you know how to play game AI?”

– Game AI? That’s made with FSM, right? I’ve never done FSM before.

“No. It’s made with neural network AI.”

– Oh my god! Are you going to make all the game NPC AIs using neural networks? That would require hundreds of servers. The development period would be incredibly long, and above all, there’s no guarantee that the AI ​​will move as the game designer wants.

“Oh, that won’t be the case. Not all NPCs, just one or two.”

– I think that would be okay… … .

Sally asked, delighted at the unexpectedly positive response.

“How about it? Can you do it? I can pay you a lot.”

– Oh, sorry, Sally. That’s going to be hard.

“Why? Because of the company?”

– No. It’s not because of work. I’m getting married soon, too. I don’t think I’ll have time.

“Ah! When?”

– It’s March 6th. In San Francisco.

Sally understood Marshall, for she too was busy preparing for her own wedding.

“congratulations!”

– Thank you. I really wanted to try making a game NPC AI with a neural network, but it’s too bad.

“There will be another chance next time.”

Sally said goodbye and hung up the phone, sighing in regret.

‘The response was good, but the timing was bad.’

When Dojun got off work, Sally told him about the conversation she had with Marshall.

“That’s too bad.”

“huh.”

“I guess I can’t help it. Thanks Sally, for caring.”

Dojun said, kissing Sally on the cheek.

“Thank you, we’re a married couple. You haven’t eaten dinner, have you? Just wait a minute and I’ll prepare it for you.”

“huh.”

Dojun came out after washing and changing clothes. The smell of curry wafted from the kitchen.

‘Why is someone who has lived in America his whole life so good at cooking?’

No matter how much you watch YouTube and follow along, if it were easy, everyone would be a chef.

Dojun sat on the sofa waiting, and suddenly Miyazaki came to mind.

‘I guess I should tell Miyazaki.’

Dojun immediately called Miyazaki. Miyazaki was still at work.

“Director Miyazaki, I spoke to a developer who could create an NPC AI like the one you requested last time, but I failed to find one.”

– Oh, is that so?

Fortunately, Miyazaki didn’t sound too disappointed.

“sorry.”

– No. I didn’t expect much either. I don’t think such AI developers would be interested in games.

“No. He was very interested in the game, but he said he couldn’t make time because of his wedding. If it’s not urgent, I’ll ask him again later.”

– thank you.

“But, sir, what are you trying to do with a human-like NPC AI?”

Dojun was curious about this.

‘If you make the regular bosses look like people, the difficulty level, which was already high, will increase even more.’

This wasn’t Dojun, he thought. Because what he was making was a game, not a virtual reality.

– Ah, that’s not a monster, it’s something… what should I call it… an administrator, or maybe a god… … .

Dojun was surprised when he heard Miyazaki’s explanation.

‘The manager AI learns the user’s patterns and applies them to the game?’

Miyazaki intended to create easy, normal, and hard levels for ‘Kamusha’, and for one mode to appear when the hard level is beaten.

‘AI level!’

The game difficulty simply increases from Easy, Normal, to Hard levels, but the ‘AI’ is completely different.

‘Learning the patterns of users who played on hard levels and changing the placement and attack patterns of NPCs. Isn’t this a match between a user and an AI, like in chess or baduk? This is crazy, this would be really fun!’

Dojun thought back to his past life.

‘There were users who beat the final boss in Elden Ring wearing only underwear. However, this is impossible in AI mode. This is because the pattern changes to suit the user.’

Dojun felt that Miyazaki, who had this idea, was a genius.

‘If I make this mod, users will be really shocked. But… there’s no one to implement it.’

Dojun hung up the phone with Miyazaki and thought about it. But there was no one he knew who could apply neural network AI to games.

‘Isn’t there a way?’

While Do-jun was worrying, Sally called him. She said dinner was ready.

Dojun had dinner with Sally and went to bed. He was tired, but he kept thinking about the conversation he had with Miyazaki.

‘Is there really no one who can implement neural network AI?’

It was then that Dojun remembered his ‘lost memories.’

‘Eric Ryan must have said something like this back then.’

– So we decided to build an AI to manage Shangri-La. We brought together the best AI programmers and security experts from around the world.

‘The Shangri-La project was a virtual reality project. It was almost like a game. And there were AI programmers there. If only we could get to know them!’

Dojun jumped up from his bed.

“Dojun?”

“Sally, go to sleep first. I need to find out something.”

Dojun said that and went into the small room.

Dojun said quietly.

“Morning star.”

[Yeah, boss!]

“I want to see the lost memories.”

Dojun was able to receive help from Saetbyeol twice a year, but he hasn’t received help even once since 2011.

[Lost memory? OK. I’ll find out the conditions right away.]

After a while, a message from Saetbyeol appeared before Dojun’s eyes.

[Save Marshall.]