What if the pixels and polygons of your favorite video games were the secret architects of today's AI revolution?Carly Taylor, Field CTO for Gaming at Databricks and founder of ggAI, joins host Conor Bronsdon to illuminate the direct line from video game innovation to the current AI landscape. She explains how the gaming industry's relentless pursuit of better graphics and performance not only drove pivotal GPU advancements and cost reductions, but also fundamentally shaped our popular understanding of artificial intelligence by popularizing the very term "AI" through decades of in-game experiences. Carly shares her personal journey, from a childhood passion for games like Rollercoaster Tycoon ignited while playing with her mom, to becoming a data scientist for Call of Duty. The discussion then confronts a long-standing tension in game development: how the critical need to ship titles often relegates vital game data to a secondary concern, a dynamic Carly explains is now being reshaped by AI. She details the inherent challenges game studios face in capturing and leveraging telemetry, from disparate development processes to the lengthy pipeline required for updates. Carly illuminates how modern AI, particularly generative AI, presents a massive opportunity for studios to finally unlock their vast data troves for everything from self-service analytics and community insight generation to revolutionizing QA processes. This pivotal intersection of evolving game data practices and new AI capabilities is poised to redefine how games are made, understood, and ultimately experienced.Chapters00:00 Introduction00:28 The Role of Gaming in AI Development05:35 Personal Gaming Experiences08:18 The Intersection of AI and Gaming12:45 Importance of Data in Game Development18:55 User Testing and QA in Gaming25:41 Postmortems and Telemetry27:13 Beta Testing and Data Preparedness29:10 Traditional AI vs Generative AI31:23 Challenges of Implementing AI in Games35:49 Leveraging AI for Data Analytics39:33 Automated QA and Reinforcement Learning41:53 AI for Localization and Sentiment Analysis44:13 Future of AI in GamingFollow the hostsFollow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Atin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Conor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Vikram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Yash⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Today's Guest(s)Connect with Carly on LinkedInSubscribe to Carly's Substack: Good At BusinessCheck out Galileo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Try Galileo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Agent Leaderboard

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