The company is owned by the founder of Mihoyo so they’re pretty serious, I think it’s more of a proof of concept that ai can be used in a way that makes conversation more interesting and engaging while also being part of a planned narrative. Any deviation from narrative would be regarded as a bug.

The idea with this kind of thing is that they want ai to be involved in making dialogue more personal and interactive rather than just a choose your own adventure list of choices. Those choices are still technically there really but they’re hidden I guess. So in Elder Scrolls or whatever everyone you talk to would be more engaging when it comes to small talk and personable reactions. The most impressive part for me is that they’re generating speech and intonation while doing a good job of matching facial expressions to that too. Confusion is expressed pretty well, mild disgust, etc. She’s very well animated for ai generated speech in realtime imo.