The developer behind Teach My Little Sister How to Drive, a driving instruction sim where you instruct a generative-AI-powered, dynamic NPC, has been spending $1,000 dollars a day to keep the demo working.

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[–] 17 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Given that people playing this have GPUs, why not run the AI model locally? I can't imagine it needs to be a very large model.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    Because even very small models will take up a large chunk of your cards VRAM, if not all of it. And then you still have to render the game on top of it.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (2 children)

    It looks like a very simple game graphically, so having say 2GB VRAM left over for a small model would probably be viable?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

    There are 1-2gb vram models that should fit in anything. Game doesn't appear to be texture heavy, and targetting a 6gb gpu, would cover anything less than 10-12 years old.

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