Xbox Exec Believes AI Will Be A Major Inflection Point For Gaming But Says Nothing About Human Impact
«I've never been more excited for a technology shift in the gaming landscape,» Tim Stuart says.
By Eddie Makuch on
Microsoft is a big believer in AI--and of course they are, because the technology giant spent a reported $10 billion to partner with OpenAI on future projects--and AI will be baked into every product Microsoft makes. This includes Xbox. Tim Stuart, the CFO of Xbox, recently spoke about how he expects AI to impact the future of gaming at Xbox, and he sees a bright future. Like other Xbox executives before him, he did not discuss any potential downsides to AI like job losses or displacement.
«I've never been more excited for a technology shift in the gaming landscape,» he said at the Wells Fargo TMT Summit. «The last one we did was when we went from discs on consoles to let's call it online games and games-as-a-service; things like Fortnite and Minecraft, which really changed the landscape of how people play. Mobile games being another one. I think AI is one of those inflection points for us.»
For developers, Stuart said studios spend millions of dollars on localization, scripting, and other elements, and he believes, «AI can take care of all of that.»
«You can say, 'Hey I need a player to get from A to B.' And instead of having to write a thousand lines of scripting or code, you just have the AI get you from A to B,» Stuart said, adding that AI can help with localization and game testing. AI might also help Microsoft find ways to make even more money, Stuart said. He gave an example of how a game like Minecraft can use AI to learn where players get stuck, but more importantly for the company's bottom line, where they spend money, Stuart said.
He estimated there are around 100,000 game developers in the world, but
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