Part 13 of 45 in AI Foundations: From Curious to Confident
Playing Against AI
Game characters use AI to plan, react and get tougher the more you play. A plain-language explainer, part of our Learn AI path.
Maya battled a purple alien in her favourite game. The alien watched her moves, learned her tricks and got tougher each round. Game characters use AI to plan, react and challenge you.
The key ideas
- Game characters use AI to make smart moves.
- They observe, decide, act and improve over time.
- The more you play, the smarter they can become.
Why it matters
AI in Games is one small piece of a much bigger picture. Once you can spot it in the world around you, the rest of Artificial Intelligence starts to make far more sense — each idea builds on the last, from everyday examples up to how the technology actually works under the hood.
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