The head of Microsoft‘s gaming division gave an interview to the Xbox On channel. During the conversation, Phil Spencer touched upon, among other things, the topic of artificial intelligence and video games.
Spencer is confident that the development of AI will have a positive impact on the gaming industry, because with the help of such technologies, developers will be able to create more ambitious projects. Now Xbox employees are actively discussing with Microsoft engineers how modern neural networks like chatbots can be used in game development.
Spencer also noted that AI in the broad sense of the word has long been used in games. As an example, he cited Pong, in which one of the tennis rackets is controlled by a computer.