AI in game development & UX for gamers, w/ Unity ML-Agents' PM, Jeffrey Shih, E23

• 02:10 - Brief history of game development in relation to AI advancements
• 10:15 - Games driving advances in AI research: PR or reality?
• 15:50 - Latest AI technique popular in game development
• 20:55 - The role of Unity Game Simulation to reduce time & cost with games pre-launch testing
• 26:45 - What’s fancy in the games world
• 31:35 - Streaming a game vs. traditional edge processing, gamer’s lens
• 37:55 - What's next for games & AI

References:

• Unity ML-Agents Toolkit GitHub
• Jeff's Twitter handle @shihzy
• Jeff's LinkedIn

Host's notes:

• 2021 Update for AI advancements through game examples
• History of games at DeepMind
• Top AI Labs worldwide and AI's potential
• Facebook, Carnegie Mellon build first AI that beats pros in 6-player poker