{"id":18306,"date":"2023-03-30T17:33:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T08:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=18306"},"modified":"2023-03-30T17:36:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T08:36:08","slug":"20230330-18306","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230330-18306\/","title":{"rendered":"Can ChatGPT help you beat Dark Souls? One player put it to the test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>A player has attempted to tackle Dark Souls using advice provided by ChatGPT, an AI based natural language processing tool. This challenge was taken up by content creator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@JyanaihoZUNDA\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Asuta Taiyou<\/a>. Their video shows them playing through Dark Souls while following the advice that ChatGPT provides when asked things like how to defeat a boss, which weapon to use, and where to go next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video was posted on March 1, but Asuta Taiyou noted that the questions were posed to ChatGPT around one month prior to that\u2014basically, before the most recent updates. As a result, they emphasized that the answers provided by the AI were not very accurate and it gave a good deal of unsuitable advice, like recommending weapons that don\u2019t exist in the game.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010ChatGPT\u3011AI\u3092\u4f7f\u3063\u3066\u30c0\u30fc\u30af\u30bd\u30a6\u30eb\u3092\u30af\u30ea\u30a2\u3059\u308b\u305a\u3093\u3060\u3082\u3093\u3010\u305a\u3093\u3060\u3082\u3093\u3011\u3010DARKSOULS\u3011\u3010\u30c1\u30e3\u30c3\u30c8GPT\u3011\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A-MftVMDaKc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>To begin, Asuta Taiyou asked ChatGPT if it knew what Dark Souls was. The AI replied by correctly noting the game\u2019s release date and developer but described the story as \u201ca journey to defeat the demon king,\u201d so things were already looking a bit iffy. When next asking about how to beat the game, the AI mixed in some dubious advice, like \u201cobtain the potion,\u201d and \u201cuse the doll.\u201d On the other hand, you could say that it was right on point when it recommended adopting the attitude of \u201cenjoying failure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The explanation of the starting classes was also lacking, and it described the Deprived class as having \u201cStrong physical attacks and high defense,\u201d contrary to the actual starting stats which are all balanced and not especially higher than other classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked what starting gift it recommends, the AI boldly introduced a non-existent item that it appears to have made up. When pressed about whether such an item actually exists, the AI began to doubt itself and replied, \u201cI apologize, there are no gifts that can be chosen when starting Dark Souls.\u201d The answers given by ChatGPT seem to lack certainty and its explanations change again and again.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230328-242170-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230328-242170-002.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230328-242170-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230328-242170-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230328-242170-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230328-242170-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230328-242170-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230328-242170-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230328-242170-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230328-242170-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Asylum Demon, the first boss in the game, is described as a \u201cparticularly difficult foe,\u201d and the AI advises that it can quickly be defeated by raising your damage output and using fire attacks. However, at the time when you face the Asylum Demon, there is no way to level up or upgrade your equipment. Even still, Taiyou does their best to stick to the AI\u2019s unreasonable advice. First, they use a glitch in order to leave the Northern Undead Asylum without defeating the boss and go about thoroughly increasing their damage output and acquiring fire-based attacks. They then return to the asylum and, following ChatGPT\u2019s advice, proceed to obliterate the Asylum Demon with the Pyromancy Firestorm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asking for advice for the fight against the Capra Demon, the AI encounters an error for some reason and its explanation is cut off halfway through. Taiyou then instead asks how to defeat the \u201cDog Demon,\u201d which ChatGPT describes as a \u201cboss in the Lower Undead Burg.\u201d The Capra Demon is accompanied by two Attack Dogs, and because these dogs are so strong, some players have jokingly stated that the dogs are the true boss. It\u2019s as if ChatGPT based its answer on memes about the game. Incidentally, when giving tips for the \u201cDog Demon\u201d fight, it once again thought up an original weapon that doesn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the abundance of unreliable advice, it provided some accurate tips for the fight against the Gaping Dragon, noting that long-range attacks are effective and recommending that you move in time with the boss\u2019 rotational movement. After this, however, ChatGPT began to insist that the last boss of the game is the \u201cNightmare Dragon\u201d that inhabits the Depths. But no \u201cNightmare Dragon\u201d boss exists, and the last boss is not located in the Depths anyway.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230328-242170-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230328-242170-003.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230328-242170-003-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230328-242170-003-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230328-242170-003-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230328-242170-003-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230328-242170-003-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230328-242170-003-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230328-242170-003-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230328-242170-003-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In the end, the advice provided by ChatGPT proved to be highly inaccurate, but as we mentioned previously, the video that we have been discussing did use a version of the tool from about two months ago. One would imagine that the answers provided by the current version of ChatGPT would be much more precise. In addition, users of the paid subscription ChatGPT Plus are even able to use some functions of ChatGPT\u2019s next generation large-scale language model GPT-4. Using that would likely provide even better advice with which one could tackle Dark Souls.<br><br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Marco Farinaccia based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20230328-242170\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2023-03-28 18:49 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A player has attempted to tackle Dark Souls using advice provided by ChatGPT.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":18311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-18306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can ChatGPT help you beat Dark Souls? 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