The Forgotten AI of Video Games - Exploring Pathfinding, State Machines, and Decision Trees Beyond Machine Learning

Explore the diverse landscape of artificial intelligence beyond machine learning in this conference talk that examines the sophisticated AI algorithms powering video games. Discover how pathfinding, state machines, decision trees, and goal-oriented action planning have been the backbone of game development long before the current ML revolution. Learn about the performance considerations essential for keeping these algorithms running efficiently in real-time gaming environments. Understand how these traditional AI techniques remain relevant and can be effectively applied in enterprise and business applications. Gain insights into how lessons learned from video game development can enhance software development practices and provide alternatives to machine learning solutions for automated decision-making systems.