Machine Learning for Kids

12 Avoiding the Monster

I and ML have exciting potential for the future of computer games, such as computer game characters that learn to understand your words and actions. There are already games where characters behave like the chatbots you learned about in the last chapter. However, the opportunity for truly intelligent games that adapt as they are played is enormous.

In this chapter, we’ll look at the reverse situation: not how AI can contribute to game development, but how games have been used in AI development.

Games provide a simulation ...