Chapter 376 The Balance Between Companionship and Non-Disturbing

Hou Ji opened the page of "Ascension" on the official game platform.

"Are you also an action game enthusiast? I also like the game "Ascension" very much. Sometimes I wonder if everything I see in real life is also an illusion?"

Hou Ji opened the page of "God Forsaken City" again.

"Ah, God Forsaken City. I know Xia Mi, and we are still good friends. But I think she is sometimes too simple, and we often have different opinions."

Hou Ji opened the page of "Against Heaven Cube" again.

"Hey, finally there is a game I can play! Can I play with you?"

Every time a new game page is opened, Arios will give some feedback, most of which are evaluations of the game, and in a few cases, she will even suggest playing with the player.

For example, "Against Heaven Cube".

This game itself allows two-player online, and it is relatively simple to connect to AI. If the player is willing, you can really play with Arios.

After playing, Arios will even have some new dialogues based on the situation at the time of play.

Of course, many of Ellios's words also make people feel inexplicably terrified. For example, when she mentioned "Ascension", she would wonder if her world was also an illusion.

However, there are not many similar conversations, and judging from the tone and expression of Ellios's speech, she was just thinking casually, not really thinking about this problem seriously.

So Hou Ji just regarded Ellios's words as some kind of easter egg, and didn't think too much about it.

"That is to say, the anti-heaven game has made some optimizations to this desktop companion. Whenever the anti-heaven game is mentioned, it will give a unique evaluation?

"But if it's just like this, it's nothing."

Hou Ji thought so, and casually opened the page of other manufacturers' games on the official platform.

However, what he didn't expect was that Ellios actually had comments on these games.

"Hey, do you like to play "Star Spirit World" too? Although I haven't played it, I have seen its videos and it looks fun.

"Although many people think it is not as good as "Shadow World", I think it is also a very good game.

"If there is a chance, can you take me to play together? ”

“Real Battlefield? I haven’t played this game either, because my shooting skills are terrible. I’ve watched some videos, but they’re too shaky and I feel a little dizzy.

“But I don’t understand why in this game the attackers have to plant bombs on abandoned planes? There’s nothing here except the defenders.”

As Hou Ji’s experimental direction expanded, he was surprised to find that it wasn’t just games that would make Ellios respond.

Many operations performed by players on the computer will trigger some reactions from Ellios.

For example, when players are writing documents or making PPTs, Ellios will say, “Are you going to start working? Then I won’t bother you for now, I’m going to study too.”

When players listen to music, Ellios will make some simple comments on the songs or music, and even put on headphones to listen with the players.

When players are reading books on the computer, Ellios will also interact with the content of the book itself.

For the books she has read, Ellios will directly give her own evaluation; for the books she has not read yet, she will raise a question or raise her own doubts based on the current plot.

Even when the player opens the background task manager, Ellios will have a corresponding response.

"Ah! Is there something broken on your computer?

"It's okay, I believe you can fix it!

"... It's, it's not because of my problem, right?

"If it's really because of my problem, it's okay to turn me off temporarily, I don't mind. ”

…

After a brief chat, Hou Ji roughly determined the function of this desktop companion.

First of all, Ellios does not have the ability to communicate directly with the player, and there is no chat box anywhere to talk to her directly.

The communication between the two is one-sided.

Ellios can only chat based on some specific behaviors of the player. The interaction between the two is more like the player concentrating on doing something, while Ellios sits aside and supports the player.

At first, Hou Ji was still not used to it, or most players should not be used to it.

After all, fake-AI is already very mature, and there are many AIs that can talk to players freely.

But after continuing to experience it for a while, Hou Ji felt that this seemed not bad.

Compared to the dialogue Compared to the current model, there is another advantage, that is, there is an inexplicable... implicit beauty?

If players can keep chatting with AI, they will soon have a "demystification" effect. With continuous attempts, they will soon touch the AI's knowledge blind spots, or get some not-so-smart or unpleasant answers.

Therefore, most people can't stick to using the AI ​​chat software on the market for too long.

But the AI ​​of Elios is different. She needs players to activate it with various behaviors.

Clicking on the game, playing in the game, browsing the web, listening to music, etc., may trigger Elios's dialogue.

But it is precisely for this reason that these triggered dialogues can easily give people a sense of surprise.

It's like going on a date with a girl, and she talks about your favorite game, which makes people feel surprised: You actually know this?

Of course, since everyone already knows that Ellios is an AI, the degree of surprise is definitely not that high, but compared with other AIs, there is still a little surprise.

In addition, Ellios, the AI, has many other advantages.

For example, her modeling is quite delicate, and her smiles and various micro-expressions when looking at the player give people a very vivid feeling.

In addition to some regular conversations, she often has some unexpected and surprising words.

For example, when mentioning "Ascension", she will inadvertently guess whether her world is also illusory.

Similar situations do not occur often, but when they occur occasionally, they can still give players a feeling of considerable astonishment, and even give people an illusion: "She seems to really have her own consciousness."

From the current situation, Ellios, the desktop companion, has made a good balance between "accompany" and "not disturbing".

She is quite tactful. When the player is working hard, she will hide cleverly, read a book, or simply walk out of the screen.

And when the player is obviously taking a break, she will always chat with him gently and cutely.

For most players, this kind of rhythm of getting along with others is very comfortable.

For a few players, even if they are not used to this rhythm, they can make simple adjustments in the settings to further speed up or slow down the rhythm.

In short, as a desktop companion, Arios does not have any particularly epoch-making and irresistible magic, but from appearance to function, it has been excellent enough among similar products, and can even be said to be outstanding.