Insane Interactive World Creator (Genie 4)
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Author: Matt Wolfe · Watch on YouTube
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Original language: English
Original video: Insane Interactive World Creator (Genie 4) · Channel: Matt Wolfe · 01:34 · Watch on YouTube
Topics: AI content generation, AI models, Multimodal models
Summary
Section titled “Summary”Genie 4 from Google DeepMind lets users describe a place and a character, then generates a world they can move around in and interact with. Matt Wolfe tests it with scenarios including a monkey on roller skates, a biplane over San Diego, and a whale breaching. Users can also modify a world while inside it, and Google’s demos show generated sounds and talking characters. The tool has limitations, including two-minute worlds and difficult controls, and is currently available only to a small group of testers, with access planned for Google AI Ultra subscribers.
Key points
Section titled “Key points”- Genie 4 generates interactive worlds from descriptions of places and characters.
- Wolfe tested a monkey on roller skates on a world inspired by Rainbow Road from Mario Kart.
- Users can change the world while they are inside it.
- Wolfe added a breaching whale and a news helicopter to a scene over San Diego.
- Google’s demos show generated sounds and characters talking to each other.
- Worlds last only two minutes, and controlling vehicles can be difficult.
- The system does not always perform the requested actions.
- A request for King Kong was blocked, while a request for a giant gorilla worked.
- Genie 4 is currently available to a small group of testers and is expected to come to Google AI Ultra subscribers.
Chapters
Section titled “Chapters”| Start | Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | Creating and exploring a world | Wolfe introduces Genie 4 and tests a Mario Kart-inspired world with a monkey on roller skates. |
| 00:30 | Changing the world from inside | He adds a breaching whale and a news helicopter to a scene, then highlights Google’s demos of sound and talking characters. |
| 01:01 | Limitations and availability | Wolfe describes the short world duration, tricky controls, a blocked King Kong prompt, and the planned wider access. |
| 01:34 | What to build next | Wolfe says he finds in-world world editing impressive and asks viewers what he should try next. |
Quotes
Section titled “Quotes”This is the coolest thing I saw today. — 00:00
you can actually change the world while you’re inside of it. — 00:30
Each world only lasts 2 minutes. — 01:01
That is pretty freaking cool. — 01:34
Concepts and entities
Section titled “Concepts and entities”Genie 4, Google DeepMind, Google AI Ultra, Mario Kart, Matt Wolfe
Full transcript (original language)
Section titled “Full transcript (original language)”00:00 This is the coolest thing I saw today. I typed a giant gorilla enters the city and then it just walked right into the street I was standing in. This is Genie 4 from Google DeepMind. So, you type in a place and a character and then it generates a world that you can actually move around and interact in. And I actually got the opportunity to test it out myself. So, I typed in Rainbow Road from Mario Kart and tried a monkey on roller skates as the character. Now, I don’t really think this looks like Rainbow Road from Mario Kart that much,
00:30 but that’s definitely a monkey on roller skates. And in my opinion, the coolest part is that you can actually change the world while you’re inside of it. So, here I am flying a biplane over San Diego and then I asked it to make a whale breach and here you can see a whale breaching. Then I had it add a news helicopter which, as you can tell, got a little too close for comfort. And in Google’s own demos, it can actually generate sounds now. So, you can have characters that actually talk to each other. And in one of the coolest demos, they typed gigantic alien tentacles that destroy the world. the [music] tentacles
01:01 just rise up behind this couple that’s on the scooter. Now, it’s not perfect. Each world only lasts 2 minutes. And actually controlling the car and controlling the plane was really tough. Like it doesn’t always do the action you tell it to. And when I asked for King Kong, it wouldn’t let me generate that. I’m guessing it’s probably IP reasons, but it did work when I typed giant gorilla. Now, right now it’s only available to a small group of testers, but they do say it’s coming soon to Google AI Ultra subscribers. Quite honestly, I’ve never been able to just like generate a world and then actually
01:34 tweak that world while I’m standing inside of it. That is pretty freaking cool. I’m curious though, what do you think I should try to build next?