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If you train a ML system on one task, and then it becomes able to perform another task you did not anticipate, that's emergence. Many people interpret "emergence" as something wondrous and magical -- "it's alive!" But it's actually banal and has been going on for a long time.

Very proud of this survey of the affective game research space with Georgios N. Yannakakis - published in Proceedings of the IEEE! We take a tour around different applications of affective computing, player modelling, and game dev with academic and industry examples! arxiv.org/pdf/2309.14104…

Happy to be in Krakow for the #ECAI2023 European Association for Artificial Intelligence giving a keynote on Ethics of AI in Games at the EGAI Workshop! Our survey on the topic was just published in the IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing! Julian Togelius Dikte holmgard Georgios N. Yannakakis arxiv.org/abs/2305.07392

As of next year I will be coordinating the new Master Degree in Artificial Intelligence for Games at Universidade Lusófona. It will be the first of its kind in Portugal and I am excited to see what the future holds in this field. More info: ulusofona.pt/en/lisboa/mast…

Ever noticed how your emotional patterns change throughout your gaming experience? Learn about the "affective loop" in games and what's happening at the exciting intersection of #AffectiveComputing and #games: bit.ly/3Mq8Oxf Georgios N. Yannakakis David Melhart

Glad to see that my annotation software PAGAN still in good use, years after my PhD :) We've used it extensively in both academic and industrial projects over the years. If you need a light weight annotation tool be sure to check out the repository here: github.com/davidmelhart/p…

Recently George E. Osborn interviewed me on the Video Game Industry Memo about the risks of #AI in the games industry. Today, I'm unpacking this further, and highlighting how the industry could move to self-regulate AI for both players and developers. aiandgames.com/p/ai-safety-ga…

A few days ago Julian Togelius and I agreed with Springer Nature to move ahead with this truly scary idea. While working on this 2nd edition of the AI and Games book please email us all your ideas at [email protected] and help us make this edition the best possible we can deliver.

We are back! Don't miss a chance for some sunshine and game AI! :D Be sure to stay tuned for exciting announcements soon!

We are opening Early Bird registration for the Summer School on AI and Games 2024! We are still in the process of putting together the program but check previous year's event to get a good feel of the Summer School: school.gameaibook.org/2023-school/#p…

Very happy to see Arm is returning for the Summer School 2024. I really enjoyed Koki Mitsunami's talk last year on "How to Implement Multi-Agent Machine Learning Scenarios in Mobile Gaming". #summerschool #mobilegaming #gamedevelopment #machinelearning

Great opportunity to meet the author of the Wave Function Collapse algorithm and the MarkovJunior probabilistic programming language at the Summer School on AI and Games in Malta in July later this year! We still have Early Bird seats open! school.gameaibook.org/#registration

A first-hand look at the previous summer school by AI and Games youtube.com/watch?v=jh0y8_… We connect big industry players with indie devs and research students to foster collaboration and connection between the game industry and academia. Register today: school.gameaibook.org/#registration

Last year we had amazing coverage of our Summer School by AI and Games! Go check out the video! We had a wonderful time in Cambridge and this year we are coming to the Mediterranean to Valletta Malta, 17-21 June 2024! Don't miss out on a great networking opportunity!

I am very happy to see our partnership with Ubisoft continue! In past years we had amazing speakers from Ubisoft La Forge and Massive Entertainment - A Ubisoft Studio 🎮 on a wide array of topics from #reinforcementlearning to #userresearch and #userexperience with #machinelearning

It's Wednesday, time for some new AI and Games! In the latest episode of the Branching Factor podcast, I talk about the upcoming AI and Games School 2025, the new Game AI Uncovered book, Suicide Squad, Helldivers II, Microsoft's gaming plans and more. aiandgames.com/p/branching-fa…

David Melhart New day of #GameAISchool2024, new thread! x.com/AIandGames/sta…