The Forgotten AI of Video Games – NDC Copenhagen 2025

Layla Porter dives into why every “AI” conversation nowadays is all about machine learning—LLMs, generative AI, you name it—while classic game-dev algorithms get sidelined. She reminds us that pathfinding, state machines, decision trees and goal-oriented action planning once powered millions of in-game decisions, and they still pack a punch.

In this session you’ll get a peek under the hood of these tried-and-true techniques, plus tips on keeping them performant. Better yet, you’ll learn how to steal these ideas for your own business apps and write smarter, leaner software—no neural nets required.

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