Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is an enabler in games at every level, from game development to player experience to building and maintaining gamer communities. Using AI-powered procedural generation of content, recommender systems, or community moderation is very attractive, but calls for consideration of Responsible AI (RAI) principles to address possible risks of e.g., echo-chambers and lack of inclusivity.The purpose of the Ethics of Game AI workshop is to bring together researchers from academia and industry who are interested in developing, applying and critiquing the ways in which principles of RAI have (or have not) been applied to AI in games. Our goal is to provide a forum where we can share, discuss, and propose ideas and solutions regarding the role of AI in all stages of game development, and the ethical implications that follow from it.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. We invite you to submit your contributions in one of these formats:

• Long papers: 7-9 pages, excluding references.
• Short papers: 3-5 pages, excluding references. These papers will be presented as posters during the poster session

We are interested in contributions that focus on any aspect of responsible AI for games including, but not limited to:

• Transparency of in-game AI decision making
• Explainability in games AI
• Social, ethical, legal issues in AI generated game content
• Fairness and inclusion in games AI
• Robustness of games AI models
• Transparency of in-game AI decision making

List of Topics

This workshop focuses on, but is not limited to, the following subjects:

AI in Game Behaviour

• Using AI to drive the behaviour of non-player characters (NPC)
• Using AI to adjust the game environment
• Using AI to balance between realism and predictability
• Minimising unexpected, unexplained, and inconsistent in-game AI behaviours

AI in Game Analytics

• AI-driven player modelling and personalisation
• AI methods used to combat toxic community behaviour across gaming platforms
• Using persuasive AI to keep players engaged
• Explainability of AI-driven decisions made on players

AI in Game Art

• Using AI to generate content (art assets, dialogue and game narratives)
• AI to generate content aimed at children
• Inclusiveness towards under-represented players in AI generated content
• Legal copyright of AI generated content

Committees

Organising committee

• Cezara Păstrăv
• Leila Methnani
• Rui Prada
• Sahar Asadi
• Georgios N. Yannakakis

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to cezarap[at]cs[dot]umu[dot]se or leila[dot]methnani[at]cs[dot]umu[dot]se.