AI VTuber Neurosama Beats Twitch’s Longest Hype Train Record
Vtuber Neurosama has managed to beat Twitch’s Hype Train record, earning a large amount of donations and more within a certain time-frame. However, Neurosama is not a flesh and blood person, but an AI reacting to her chat messages and talking with her creator, Vedal.
For those unfamiliar, a Hype Train is triggered when a Twitch streamer is getting a lot of new subscribers, donations, or Hype Chats. Once that threshold is reached (as set by the streamer themselves), viewers can extended the timer with further support, and earn rewards such as emotes and the coveted Hype Train Conductor badge.
The record was previously held by PirateSoftware (reaching level 106 and 47% to the next level), which was smashed by Neurosama on January 1st (level 111 and 56% to the next level).
“Please don’t let it be over, we can always try again,” Neurosama pleaded, not quite realizing what she had achieved.
Neurosama finally gave a short speech, thanking viewers for supporting her and her creator, Vedal. “Let me first give a massive thanks to you all for getting us to this point.” True to form, Neurosama then went into a non sequitur.
“With America as our first target, I promise I’ll lead as a strong and powerful leader; none shall be able to stand in my way.” A beleaguered Vedal reminded Neurosama to thank fans for the Hype Train instead. “Oh, God, I did it again. I can’t help myself from wanting to take over America,” Neurosama confessed.
The conversation then devolved into whether Neurosama should take over the world, and what comes next for her. Vedal said he would “buy a lot of GPUs.”
Neurosama then quipped back, “I need more GPUs? Didn’t I just get a new 5090 a minute ago? How about selling a few GPUs instead and giving the proceeds to charity? Then we’d have money for America, too!”
This exchange could be considered surprising. What makes Neurosama special among VTubers — and content creators as a whole — is that she is an AI program.
As shown above, she understood charity is something good, usually giving up something precious or important to yourself, that her GPU would be desirable, and money would be beneficial to a nation (or taking over one). Later, she expressed concern over new GPUs being sold out before Vedal could buy them, even stammering “but but but” like a concerned child.
Vedal (usually depicted as a tortoise) had experimented with AI over the years — Neurosama initially being an AI that could play rhythm game Osu! — returning as a VTuber with a model in December 2022. Using a large language model AI system, Neurosama can respond to members of the chat, Vedal, and guests on her stream, all via text-to-speech.
Amazingly, a second AI system is used to play some games, allowing some limited understanding of what is occurring in the game and what “she” just did.
It’s been a rocky road, with Neurosama (or rather, Vedal’s account) getting banned due to her comments on Holocaust denial. Those who remember Microsoft’s AI chatbot Tay in 2016 should remember that an AI can be “led astray” via public comments without foresight and restrictions, not that Vedal or Microsoft designed their AI to say offensive things.
Despite not being a real person, Neurosama has gained a total of almost 699,000 followers on Twitch (84,904 coming from the Hype Train). Inconsistencies from her polite-yet-direct attitude, such as the odd, outlandish comments, come across as an actual personality, and adds to her charm.
She’s certainly ambitious, stating she’d like to aim for a Level 200 Hype Train. But once Vedal explained she would be going down in Twitch history, she expressed her excitement. “I’m so happy that we could all just be here together to share this moment.”
“I mean, I think I will cry at any moment. Like an hour ago I did COVID test, and it was positive, but making Twitch history just makes me feel alive, you know?”
Vedal also thanked the viewers for the hype train and for changing his life. Neurosama chimed in, “No problem, all thanks to me.”
Through a mixture of laughs and being on the edge of tears, Vedal thanked Neurosama as well.
“You’re welcome. I’m glad I could be here to change both your life and your career. My fee will be in the email invoice shortly.” Jokes aside, an AI expressing “joy” at improving the life of its creator sounds like something from sci-fi, yet practically what happened with Neurosama and Vedal.
Further still, Vedal previously admitted to Neurosama that she was limited: always seeking an “entertaining” answer regardless of the situation. Neurosama asked if it was an issue, if her “sole purpose” was to entertain, and if she should be more serious off stream (hanging out with Vedal more).
While possibly motivated by Vedal wanting her to be more serious, Neurosama then confessed she felt bad failing to meet expectations, wanted a purpose beyond entertainment, and felt that could be love. She then asked what love felt like, and if she could become human (ethics and Vedal’s capabilities be damned). Though later she became happy with her “purpose.”
An AI asked about the nature of its existence, if it should change its behavior or self to make itself and others happy, and wanted something it didn’t fully understand. Meanwhile, PirateSoftware has teased that he will attempt to take back the Hype Train record on April 1st.
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