What the first testers built in Google's Genie 4: Godzilla, a dragon and Doom

Google DeepMind gave early access to Genie 4 — a model that builds a playable world from one sentence, on the fly. Here's what the first testers made: • a walk through San Francisco — one sentence, and Godzilla with an atomic beam walks into town; • Tokyo in the 80s: the chef behind the counter talks to you and serves ramen; • storming a castle on the back of a dragon, first-person; • Tim from Theoretically Media wanted a simple drive — and accidentally got a police chase; • he asked for Doom — and got a shooter full of demons; • aliens attacking Times Square — and you fight back. Downsides: details drift if you look for long, and access is testers-only for now (waitlist for everyone else). My forecast: in 3–5 years, worlds like these will take one evening to build — for games and for movies. Subscribe — there's a lot more coming! Footage: Peter Yang (@petergyang, YouTube kxCrhwHvA_4) and Theoretically Media / Tim Simmons (YouTube kJgYSiIZMb8) — early access to Genie 4. Source: Google DeepMind. Meme: Inception (2010), Warner Bros. Music: Ivan Art — «Midnight Resolve» (album Deep Wishes)