The Past Present and Future of Artificial Neural Networks in Digital Games
Darryl K. Charles, Stephen McGlinchey · 2004
Over the past 20 years, the topic of artificial neural networks has been a vibrant area of AI research, leading to new algorithms that have been used in a variety of disciplines including engineering, finance, artificial perception and control & simulation. Despite this, there has been a limited impact on the commercial games industry. This paper reviews some of the successful uses of neural networks in games and identifies the positive elements of their use, and discusses some of the factors that have deterred their use amongst game developers. Addressing these weaknesses, we outline ideas for future research that may aid game developers in producing more convincing AI, and may supplement or replace more traditional techniques.