It’s no secret that the AI-Bubble is bursting, and nobody can deny it without lying. Sora-AI has shut down, Copilot has become less invasive, Chat-GPT needs ads now, Grok is desperately advertising on DeviantArt of all places, The Oscars is requiring human-made acting now, and even the Supreme Court has ruled that AI can’t be copyrighted. The AI-Chatbots and Image Genrators have also gotten worse at their jobs, and RAM sticks are also getting cheaper.

Which is something weird that I have noticed about the Five Nights at Freddy’s series. How have the animatronics been so smart since the 1980s. I’m aware that a few of the animatronics are possessed by children, but many are not.

Especially the Funtime animatronics from the 1990s. They’re all designed by William Afton, and none of them are possessed except for Circus Baby. Not only are the AIs of today stupid, but do you wanna know the smartest AI we’ve ever had in the 2000s? Frucking CLEVERBOT!!! That’s right, even before the big AI boom that every sane person loathes, AIs weren’t even smart back then.

So if new AIs are stupid, and the smartest AI that we’ve ever had was Cleverbot, then how are the animatronics in Five Nights at Freddy’s so smart, even if they’re not possessed by children?

  • LarryBetraitor@lemmy.worldOP
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    5 days ago

    YES! That’s the realest answer anyone could’ve possibly given! You’ve gone above and beyond! Not only have you provided a reasonable explanation to fix what would otherwise be a plothole, you’ve also made an actually educational take that applies to the real world! Geez, no wonder the AI bubble is bursting. It’s being trained to destroy itself.

    Come to think of it, a FNAF game where the animatronics get dumber in an attempt to appeal to AI trends to satisfy the bottomless pit of pride, greed, and ego would make for a heck of a cool game.