AI in Game Development - Hype, Hope, Help or Hell?

Panel presentations and then discussion that gets into the details of the practical, ethical and business implications of AI and what it means for developers. This will look at the practicalities, the challenges, the benefits, the risks and the worries that help ordinary developers navigate what is becoming an ever more complex issue. Plus we won't try to sell you any AI services at all!

Featuring:

• Dr Tomas Rawlings (moderator, VP Sumo Digital (& sits on Sumo's AI committee, he/him)
• Ben Byford (podcaster / games designer, AI Ethicist, he/him)
• Damian Grimshaw (Professor & Associate Dean for Research Impact, King’s Business School, he/him)
• Simon Barratt (CTO/Co-founder of jeco, CEO/Co-founder of Cooperative Innovations, he/him)
• Levi Fussell, Co-Founder of Martian Lawyers Club (he/him)
• Marlon Fussell, Game Designer at Martian Lawyers Club (he/him)
• Harriet Horobin-Worley (Software engineer and artist, they/them)

Tomas will present some opening remarks. There will be two short presentations by Levi and Harriet, before Tomas MC's the discussion with the panel.