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Communicative Artificial Intelligence for Nonplayer Characters in Digital Games: Mapping the Field

Year: 2025

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Further critical and theoretical research in this vein is needed if we are to understand how the experience of playing games shapes and is shaped by advances in communicative AI technology.Industry giants like Ubisoft have already shown great interest in the technology, so it is only a matter of time before such NPCs are commonplace in mainstream digital games.Let's not wait until the horse has bolted.

DOI: 10.26503/dl.v2025i3.2489

Author: Dom Ford

Institutions: University of Bremen, Zentrum für Medien-, Kommunikations- und Informationsforschung

Language: English

Topic: Artificial Intelligence in Games

Subfield: Artificial Intelligence

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

OpenAlex ID: W4411973675

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