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The Secret AI Testers Inside Tom Clancy's The Division 2 | AI and Games (2020x5)

: 27, 2020

In collaboration with Ubisoft and developer Massive Entertainment, I get an inside look at the challenges faced when building the AI of Tom Clancy's The Division 2. I sit down with Division 2's lead AI programmer, Philip Dunstan and get his perspective a year after the game first shipped. Over a three-part series we discuss the challenges of designing AI characters for missions and open-world gameplay and the other interesting problems faced along the way. In this third and final video I take a look at one of the biggest applications of artificial intelligence inside The Division that players will never get a chance to see: the secret AI testing bots that helkp playtest both games. We discuss not just the god-like server bots - that can teleport around the map and kill everyone - but the client bots that play Division 2 on consoles like humans would and give valuable feedback to level design and quality assurance teams. Watch all episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLokhY9fbx05ec0K1-mD5vrdPjTvxXmGkR -- Support AI and Games and help the show grow by joining my Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/ai_and_games -- AI and Games is a YouTube series on research and applications of Artificial Intelligence in video games. It's supported through and wouldn't be possible without the wonderful people who support it on Patreon, plus YouTube members and Paypal donations. http://www.patreon.com/ai_and_games https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCov_51F0betb6hJ6Gumxg3Q/join http://www.paypal.me/AIandGames -- Get yourself an AI and Games t-shirt over on Teespring! https://teespring.com/stores/aiandgames You can follow AI and Games (and me) on Facebook and Twitter: http://www.facebook.com/AIandGames http://www.twitter.com/AIandGames http://www.twitter.com/GET_TUDA_CHOPPA Please note: as part of my collaboration with Ubisoft I was compensated for my time in developing this and related videos.