LLM real time PONG! commentary

Manche Dinge sind einfach zu großartig: Hier ein gpt-4o-mini Kommentar auf eine spannende Runde PONG! :)

07.05.25

Love it!

As the name suggests, xPong is all about Pong — but with a twist: there’s LLM-based commentary generation integrated into the game. I’ve wanted to do this for the longest time — in fact, back in my undergrad days, I used to carry around a GitHub Gist to store such ideas, and an entry for this one dates back to Feb 16 2020. That’s five years! Anyway, for the longest time we never had the right technology to pull this off in a cost-effective, near-realtime manner. However, late last month, with OpenAI’s gpt-4o-mini-tts, we finally have the resources to do it! I envision a future where gpt-4o-mini-tts-like software is integrated on the edge — that is, edge LLMs. When that happens, next-generation gaming consoles will leverage such technology, opening up a whole universe of possibilities in gaming, especially in sports-simulation titles.

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