Future of AI in video games focuses on the human connection
Future of AI in video games focuses on the human connection
Future of AI in video games focuses on the human connection
By Kassidy Kelley
July 31, 2020
Summary
App developers, students and researchers are using the transformative power of AI technologies to develop people's emotional connection to video games.
With all the buzz around the release of a new iteration of the popular GPT-3 video game tool, IT developers are more in tune than ever with the needs of creative deployments of popular AI technology.
The future of AI in video games lies in the ability of the technology to increase the human connection.
Christian Selchau-Hansen, CEO of enterprise software company Formation and former manager of product at social game development company Zynga, said that one of the major uses of AI in video games is the implementation of generative adversarial network technology, image recognition and replication in character design.
Much like marketing campaigns and personalized promotions, the future of AI in the video game industry depends on monetizing the emotional connection between the game and the consumer.
While the future of AI in video games would naturally point to automation and generated text, the AI-generated video games now testing the fringes of current gaming technology also highlight their limits.
Developer Nick Walton's AI Dungeon storytelling game throws you into the development of the decision tree - your choices change the outcome and help train the game for future players.
Angelina is designed to make games based on simple theme inputs and is the first system to make 3D games within the game design engine Unity.
Despite the nonsensical gameplay, somewhat comical instability and terrible UX, games by Angelina are an interesting foray into what it means to train an AI or machine learning system - it's a peek into the mechanics of how to train computational creativity.
It's clear that the future of AI in video games lies somewhere between generated text and finely crafted human emotion to wrangle consumers.
Reference
Kelley, K. (2020, July 31). Future of AI in video games focuses on the human connection. Retrieved August 07, 2020, from https://searchenterpriseai.techtarget.com/feature/Future-of-AI-in-video-games-focuses-on-the-human-connection