I suppose you could run it on the cloud yes. Simplified it just has a database that it draws from and generates new material from it, that is why there is some controversy regarding AI and art and how that affects copyright if the AI is trained on copyrighted material.

So, lets take a game like pathfinder. If you were to take chatGPT, and instead of the database you trained it on being a snapshot of the web ~2 years ago, you give it the entire history of the world, you could have it generate new content pretty easily.

There would be issues in making sure it is internally consistent, but yea I suppose it would be possible using a cloud based solution.

I think it could be fun, and I have thought about it as well.

Here is the thing, I dont think we are QUITE there yet with AI. Sure, chatGPT can write stories with some input, but afaik that is still too heavy to run on a personal computer.

However, I dont doubt that we will in <5 years see a game lite pathfinder where the game actually reacts to what you are doing. Maybe even having the abillity to write what you want to answer instead of choosing predefined choices.

"HEY LISTEN! Another settlement needs your help."

Im not sure how people would expect it to be any different given that the sequel is a direct sequel set in the same place.

Also, key point, we dont know how big both the underground (hinted at in the first trailer with Ganon being sealed under ground with the green miasma and shit) as well as the sky islands. If both of those are reasonably big and the map itself is completely repopulated, perhaps some new villages added for example, to show the passage of time. Then I dont think it would be an issue.

That said, come day one and it is just the same shit with what amounts to a few new shrines? Yeah, that would be REALLY bad.