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> Most importantly, Olaf can speak and engage in conversations, creating a truly one-of-a-kind experience. We already live in the world where hackers are pwnin

> Most importantly, Olaf can speak and engage in conversations, creating a truly one-of-a-kind experience. We already live in the world where hackers are pwning refrigerators, I can't wait for prompt injection attacks on animatronic cartoon characters.

Majromax 10mo ago
> We already live in the world where hackers are pwning refrigerators, I can't wait for prompt injection attacks on animatronic cartoon characters. It's not necessarily AI controlling the communication. Disney has long had 'puppet' characters whose communication is controlled by a human behind the scenes.
- flutas 10mo ago
  Yep, in this case everything is controlled through a steam deck.
- crooked-v 10mo ago
  They're already using similar tech for the Mickey meet and greets and the Galaxy's Edge stormtroopers. The details aren't public, but it seems to be a mix of complex dialogue trees with interrupts or context switches, controlled in real time by the actor or operator.
  - yjftsjthsd-h 10mo ago
    That's interesting; if you're doing human in the loop, I would have thought it'd be easier to just do voice swapping. Or did the technology not quite line up?
    - pfych 10mo ago
      Someones linked in this thread the Defunctland video essay on these characters that I highly recommend watching since it goes into this in detail. But the main reason is, there's a lot of brand imagery on the line with these interactions, someone putting on a voice, or using a voice changer could make a mistake. Disney instead have a conversation tree with pre-recorded voice lines that a remote operator can control. Much harder to mess up
      - dotancohen 10mo ago
        And possibly more importantly, much easier to keep doing for hours on end. There's no need for a highly trained actor.
  - dawnerd 10mo ago
    It's not even complex, just some pre-recorded lines that the character can trigger via finger movements. You can want them do it and it becomes very obvious.
- theshrike79 10mo ago
  AFAIK even the stormtroopers use prerecorded stuff when they speak, they make a specific hand gesture which triggers the voice.

Majromax 10mo ago

> We already live in the world where hackers are pwning refrigerators, I can't wait for prompt injection attacks on animatronic cartoon characters. It's not necessarily AI controlling the communication. Disney has long had 'puppet' characters whose communication is controlled by a human behind the scenes.

flutas 10mo ago
Yep, in this case everything is controlled through a steam deck.
crooked-v 10mo ago
They're already using similar tech for the Mickey meet and greets and the Galaxy's Edge stormtroopers. The details aren't public, but it seems to be a mix of complex dialogue trees with interrupts or context switches, controlled in real time by the actor or operator.
- yjftsjthsd-h 10mo ago
  That's interesting; if you're doing human in the loop, I would have thought it'd be easier to just do voice swapping. Or did the technology not quite line up?
  - pfych 10mo ago
    Someones linked in this thread the Defunctland video essay on these characters that I highly recommend watching since it goes into this in detail. But the main reason is, there's a lot of brand imagery on the line with these interactions, someone putting on a voice, or using a voice changer could make a mistake. Disney instead have a conversation tree with pre-recorded voice lines that a remote operator can control. Much harder to mess up
    - dotancohen 10mo ago
      And possibly more importantly, much easier to keep doing for hours on end. There's no need for a highly trained actor.
- dawnerd 10mo ago
  It's not even complex, just some pre-recorded lines that the character can trigger via finger movements. You can want them do it and it becomes very obvious.
theshrike79 10mo ago
AFAIK even the stormtroopers use prerecorded stuff when they speak, they make a specific hand gesture which triggers the voice.