'D&D' is for friends, not for computers outside of maybe a digital map, digital books and perhaps a teleconferencing solution.
A generative AI is never going to replace a talented DM who is playing with a skilled group. Or hell even a mediocre DM with a less skilled group. 'D&D' is about your friends around the table, not a ruleset. It's about creating a story together not about being navigated down some decision tree.
To put it another way. Baldurs Gate 3 was an amazing game, but it was not 'D&D', I as a player could only move within the bounds of the system laid down by the developers. .. and honestly and a little more subjectively, it did not 'feel' like 'D&D' even though the systems were largely conformant to the 5e ruleset. AI might be able to shade a little closer to tabletop, but it still won't be tabletop, not for many many years, and probably a different underlying 'AI' technology.
Maybe you could use this for 'solo rpg' play without a huge amount for frustration, but that also isn't 'D&D' even when you do it with pen and paper.
You aren't going to replace a bunch of friends around the table, not with the current generation of 'Generative AI'.
I don't think the incentive of this is to destroy the human joy of the game or create a static circus for you to explore. Something like this might give us the ability to focus more on our friends and less on assessing whether they can do what they're saying. As a DM, I get your concern, but I think tech like this could really make sessions more immersive.
I personally love to focus on combat and sometimes miss the nuance of storytelling. Something like this could help nudge you to remember to cater to your players that also enjoy RPing more than picking their spells during a fight
Would you like this more if it gave you the ability to type as input and see the response so that you could use it as a DM tool?
A generative AI is never going to replace a talented DM who is playing with a skilled group. Or hell even a mediocre DM with a less skilled group. 'D&D' is about your friends around the table, not a ruleset. It's about creating a story together not about being navigated down some decision tree.
To put it another way. Baldurs Gate 3 was an amazing game, but it was not 'D&D', I as a player could only move within the bounds of the system laid down by the developers. .. and honestly and a little more subjectively, it did not 'feel' like 'D&D' even though the systems were largely conformant to the 5e ruleset. AI might be able to shade a little closer to tabletop, but it still won't be tabletop, not for many many years, and probably a different underlying 'AI' technology.
Maybe you could use this for 'solo rpg' play without a huge amount for frustration, but that also isn't 'D&D' even when you do it with pen and paper.
You aren't going to replace a bunch of friends around the table, not with the current generation of 'Generative AI'.