The future of AI and games | Playable Futures Podcast
In the final episode of this series of the Playable Futures Podcast, Will Freeman chats to Mitu Khandaker, CEO and Co-Founder of mobile studio Glow Up Games, about the impact of AI on games and what they mean for the future of play.
Whatever your views are on AI, it’s very much here to stay. But what does it mean for video games - and is it quite as terrifying as some might have us believe?
As the former Creative Partnerships Director at Spirit AI, an artificial intelligence company that aims to foster safer online communities by using language detection technology in online spaces, Mitu Khandaker knows a thing or two about where AI might be taking us.
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Title music by Thomas Marchant. Episode produced by Keira Freeman.
Having left Spirit AI in 2019 to focus on Glow Up Games, the developer and publisher Khandaker co-founded with a view to creating games and narrative stories for diverse audiences, AI has remained a foundational interest.
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