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I've actually never been to this, but most of the talks Ive seen from it are great! If you are doing anything interesting PCGwise maybe see if you could submit something?

I mean, I'd be curious to see what people are doing in this part of the industry, but I worry that there'll be quite a few who can't tell the difference between procedural generation and AI generation 🤔

There are usually some AI talks, most are trying to use it in interesting/clever ways (e.g. local, narrative, reviewing output, testing). A couple have been more blatant but the audience are very aware of what's what.

We shouldn't have to be using it for narrative though. That's the creative bit! Why would anyone who cares even remotely about creativity want to hand the narrative off to a machine?

This is true, and I'm not convinced by those talk(s), but I suggest giving them a watch as there is still food for thought within. Some examples to follow...

Mmm... it takes her a while to get to her point, but what she's actually talking about is getting rid of testers. Both internal and external. Funny that she says it doesn't replace actual play testing, because that's exactly what studio CEOs want, and if she thinks that's not the case, she's naive.

True, but where do you draw the line? Sure, traditional QA is still essential, but there new approaches that aren't humanly possible, e.g. running 1000 playthroughs overnight looking for anomalies and generating analysis/reports from them in time for breakfast.

I can't believe I'm saying this, actually 'supporting' AI techniques. Forget I ever said anything. 😭