Expressive AI: Games and Artificial Intelligence

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Authors:	Michael Mateas
Source:	Level Up Conference Proceedings
	Vancouver: University of Vancouver, January, 2005
	Pages: CD Rom
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Abstract:

In recent years, as dramatic increases in graphic sophistication began yielding diminishing returns, the technical focus in game design has been turning towards Artificial Intelligence (AI). While game AI might be considered a “purely technical” phenomenon not of interest to game designers and theorists, this paper argues that AI-based art and entertainment constitutes a new interdisciplinary agenda linking games studies, design practice, and technical research. I call this new interdisciplinary agenda expressive AI.

Keywords: expressive AI, game design.