the future of the gaming industry will literally belong to whatever studios figures out the best way to utilize AI in games. some of the most popular games of all time are games with semi-randomized generated content and also games that easily allowed for modifications and custom content.

think of how popular diablo was for its replay-ability due to its randomized maps. think of how popular elder scrolls games are due to their pseudo living world full of peculiar ai npcs/mobs. think of how popular minecraft was simply because of how it generated unique maps. think of how popular games like warcraft 3 became because of its map maker and modability.

AI can amplify all of this and make emergent gameplay and custom/personalized content no one can even think of yet. just wait till some genius autists figure out some new great gimmicks that utilize AI. we're already seeing the rumblings of it.


of course 95% of "AI" talk is bullshit, but there is also undeniably huge potential there for content generation. especially in regards to the 'machine learning' rudimentary AIs we have right now.

there will be a game that will be THE game that demonstrates AI's value. a minecraft/warcraft/zelda/mario/tetris/wii sports/pokemon tier game that will change how people think of AI in games. it will happen eventually.