How will the advent of AI transform the making of video games? Will it improve and enhance the games we love – or will it sap them of their humanity and emotion? What will AI mean for the people who make games, from actors to artists to coders? In this presentation, Noshir Dalal gives his perspective on these questions and more. Currently on strike with SAG-AFTRA against the game industry, Dalal will discuss the challenges and opportunities that come with AI, and how we might chart a path forward.

This event is hosted by the Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts' Digital Games Research Seminar.

About the Speaker:

Noshir Dalal is an Atlanta-based actor who has done performance capture for some of the most popular video games of the last decade. He is best known as Charles Smith in Red Dead Redemption II, Kotallo in Horizon Forbidden West, and Bode in Star Wars: Jedi Survivor. He has also appeared in games such as Ghost of Tsushima, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Death Stranding, and The Outer Worlds. He is a member of SAG-AFTRA, and has a degree in cognitive brain science from the University of Rochester.