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Johanna Pirker

Johanna Pirker

Professor
Dr. Johanna Pirker is professor for media informatics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany and Ass.Prof. at TU Graz in Austria, leading the research group Game Lab Graz, and researches games with a focus on AI, HCI, data analysis, and VR technologies. She has lengthy experience in designing, developing, and evaluating games and VR experiences and believes in them as tools to support learning, collaboration, and solving real problems.

Talks & sessions

How AI is shaping our games

AI is used to create parts of our games. It provides intelligent enemy behavior, implements techniques such as pathfinding, or generates in-game content procedurally. AI can also play our games. The idea to train computers to beat humans in game-like environments such as Jeopardy!, Chess, or soccer is not a new one. But can AI also design our games? Especiall with the current rise of generative AI concepts, the role of Artificial Intelligence in the game development process is constantly expanding. In this talk, Dr. Pirker will talk about the importance of AI in the past, the present, and especially the future of game development - the good, the bad, and the ugly.