Poll #13: 5/30/00 - 7/02/00


Women & Game AI
Why aren't there many women involved in game AI?
(Choose all that seem appropriate)
  
There just plain aren't many women in the game industry in the first place, so there aren't many involved in game AI. (153)
37%
  
Most women in the game industry just aren't coders--they're designers and artists. (113)
27%
  
There might be more women involved is the industry was less focused on blowing things up. (83)
20%
  
I know of one or more women AI developers. (17)
4%
  
I am a woman doing game AI development. (19)
5%
  
Other (enter your own reason why). (28)
7%

Total Votes: 413

FINAL RESULTS
Steve's Comments: Well, well, well....what can one say to this? Most of the respondents seem to think there aren't many women doing game AI because there simply aren't many in the industry or because women are more interested in doing design and graphics work. I found the 19 women actually doing game AI development to be particularly interesting, since I don't think I've actually met more than about 3 in over four years of GDC roundtables.