Technomad

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   by Technomad 12y ago

   Not so. The AI was always there. We originally intended to use Text-to-Speech for output but rapidly found that TTS couldn't deliver the vocal nuances and timing required for the experience we wanted to deliver - this after all was a g
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   by Technomad 12y ago

   Charles, what Shim & Yoz said… …Be aware that Robert Sheckley did in fact deliver a couple of drafts of the novel. This I know 'cos the second draft is sitting in front of me right now :) And had ST gone along that SF satire route,
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   by Technomad 12y ago

   We weren't: Douglas was a seriously important catalyst for the company, but so much of the work we did (some of which carries on now) was the result of the coming together of a fabulously talented and deeply eccentric team of people wh
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   by Technomad 12y ago

   Nearly: We worked with one particular coder from Virtus, who was a (very good) NL person, who worked with us to implement the original engine that we and she designed (I've still got my original design docs - at least the ones that wer