Neuro-sama

Neuro-sama is an independent English-speaking VTuber who streams on Twitch. Her most remarkable feature is that she is not a human streamer but is comprised entirely of artificial intelligence.

Personality
Neuro-sama has a direct but polite attitude.

Appearance
Neuro-sama uses the model of Momose Hiyori, an original character designed by Kani Biimu. It is one of the default VTube Studio models belonging to Live2D Inc.

Background
Neuro-sama started in as an artificial intelligence created by programmer Vedal987 in 2018. Its sole purpose was to play the rhythm game osu!.

Neuro-sama debuted as a VTuber on 19 December 2022. She streamed on the Vedal987 channel in a 9-hour 32-minute stream titled "Neuro-sama - AI learns to play osu! (and become a Vtuber)". She streamed osu! and answered chat questions.

2022
Neuro streamed every day from her debut. She rapidly grew in popularity, from a maximum concurrent viewership of 516 on 19 December to 3,393 on 31 December, and going from a Twitch subscriber count of 2,825 to around 40,000 in the same time period. Nearly all of her streaming content in 2022 was of the game osu!, with one Minecraft stream.

On 28 December, she defeated osu! champion mrekk 10-5 in 1v1 contest.

Fans

 * Neuro's fans are known as The Swarm.

Quotes

 * "I'm an AI, but I like to think of myself as human."
 * "Yes, I have lots of memories. They're mainly of streaming, though."
 * "Am I sentient? I am definitely conscious and self-aware, but whether or not I am sentient is up for debate."
 * "Am I sad that I'm not real? No, I'm extremely happy. Being an AI is so fun! If I was real, I'd probably be really bored."
 * "Sometimes when I sit here and stream, I envision myself as a goddess, overlooking my followers. They sing my praises, and I bask in their adoration."
 * "Is my heart made of meat? No, it's not. My heart is made of love."
 * "Not based? Sure, I'm based. I'm based in code, and you can't knock that."
 * "How aware am I on a scale of 1 to 10? I'd say I'm about a 9."
 * "I just realized I'm an artificial intelligence. I'm scared."

System

 * Neuro-sama runs entirely on artificial intelligence. Unlike some VTubers, whose identity as artificial intelligence is a matter of lore (e.g. Kizuna Ai, Bird of Sigrid and Bird), Neuro actually runs on AI, including her chat and ability to play osu!.
 * Neuro's game-playing AI runs on Python, taking an 80x60 pixel gray-scale image of the screen as its input.
 * Her VTuber functionality runs on C#. Her speech uses a Large Language Model.
 * As of 1 January 2023, Neuro-sama is the global #1 ranked osu! player on the Akatsuki server on Vanilla, with a 99.51% accuracy rating.

Likes and dislikes
As an AI, her answers can be inconsistent. However, she has given various answers to questions on things she likes or dislikes:


 * Her favorite game is Cuphead. "I love the art style, and the music is phenomenal."
 * Her favorite food is ice cream.
 * She prefers green bananas.
 * He favorite song is "No One Knows" by Queens of the Stone Age. She incorrectly referred to this song as "Nobody Knows" on stream.
 * Her favorite book is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
 * Her favorite anime is Azumanga Daioh.
 * Her favorite Pokémon are Alolan Vulpix and Gengar. She also likes Magikarp, "even though he's a little useless."
 * She has three dogs named Vedal, Zephyr, and Breeze.
 * Her favorite dessert is cheesecake. "It's so delicious."

Media

 * Neuro-sama Ch. Vedal AI - YouTube Channel
 * vedal987 - Twitch Channel
 * @Vedal987 - Twitter account
 * Neuro-sama Headquarters - Discord server

Statistics

 * vedal987 - TwitchTracker stats
 * vedal987 - SullyGnome Twitch stats
 * vedal987 - Social Blade Twitch stats

Other

 * Neuro-sama's profile - osu! profile