>>61935777He had a good initiative in making something unique, but primarily had the stars align in his favor.
OSU is probably the easiest game for AI learning with a very simple and straightforward reward/punishment system, and has a very dedicated community who helped spread the word
Neuro's original chat AI was bad but in a funny way, her craziness is what got people to watch the streams for hours. Now that she is "smarter" people start getting bored of her and want more Evil who is a bit more crazy.
And the pioneer bonus did help in forming a solid community and creating a high bar of entry for any possible competitors, as well as getting friends among big names in vtuber community.
When he had a chance to prove his actual skills, he shat the bed hard(amogus and abandoned archive).
Neuro-sama is basically WoW of vtubers, a product of its time and environment more than anything else.
