AI Tools Prominent at GDC Gaming Conference, But Developers Resist Using AI in Games
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Jay Peters
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Summary
The article reports on the prevalence of AI tools and discussions at the GDC Festival of Gaming, where vendors showcased generative AI for game development, including AI-driven NPCs, game generation from chat, and AI QA assistants. However, despite the heavy presence of AI in development tools and conference talks, actual game developers expressed strong opposition to incorporating AI into their games themselves, creating a disconnect between AI hype and practical implementation in the gaming industry.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledAI was everywhere at the GDC Festival of Gaming this year.
Vendors at the event pitched generative AI tools for things like making AI-driven NPCs and even entire games from a chat box.
I spent 10 minutes playing a demo of a pixel-art fantasy world generated by Tencent's AI tools.
I watched an AI assistant for QA automatically log issues in a shooter game.
But there was one key place where AI was missing: the games themselves.
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