why applying your research in ai on games

Why applying your research in AI on games

Florian Richoux

6th of December, 2016

Florian Richoux Why Game AI 1 / 11

It's fun!

�It would be disingenuous of us to disguise the fact that the principalmotive which prompted the work was the sheer fun of the thing.�


The game industry

A real industry, with its problems, needs and expectations.


Science popularization

Games speak to anyone: it is easy to explain ideas and concepts throughthem.


More convenient than other application �elds

For instance more convenient than robotics: dematerialized, need fewhardware, time-�ow control, costs, . . .


Experts identi�cation

International competitions for many games: winners are well placed tobring their expertise.


Huge accessible mass of data

Great analyzable, free, often unrestricted access without con�dentialityproblems collection of matches and data.


Excellent environment for human-machine interaction

Cooperative or competitive interactions at a large scale.Implies communication and social interaction abilities.


Game nature

Game : environment where one must take a series of decisions, with aclear metric of success (score).Ideal learning playground.


World simpli�cation

Like a small world: easier rules, more restricted space, more limitedinteractions, but rich and complex enough to propose scienti�callypertinent problems.


Other points?
