CS725m ago
Lmao.
AI was a huge factor in gaming way before the AI craze started.
95% of games have you dealing with some sort of beings /creatures that you need to create believable mannerisms.
The more intelligent and truly reactive to the player they are the more immersive the game can be.
AI is going to be 100% part of game development going forward.
The game developers that succeed would be the ones that use AI not as a lazy cost cutting tool, but a way to create worlds, characters and stories way beyond anything we can conceive of today.