Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has commented on the future of artificial intelligence and how it could impact game development in the future. During a company meeting recently, Kotick said he believes in the future of AI while also noting that it might not all be sunshine and rainbows. He also remarked that he’s known OpenAI founder Sam Altman “for a long time.”
Kotaku, which obtained a record of Kotick’s remarks, reported that the executive said he has a similar feeling now about AI to what he did when he saw the first Macintosh years ago. The executive said he believes AI has the power to have a “meaningful impact” on society in both a positive and negative sense.
“I think one of the things that I’ve experienced over the last year is that same feeling that I had when I saw that first Macintosh, about how meaningful the impact of AI would be on society both positive and negative.”