Gaming laid a lot of the foundational tech for the AI advancements today. @demishassabis had a great quote during @lexfridman's pod where he talks about this. “In the 90s, all of the most interesting technical advancement were happening in gaming, whether it is AI, graphics, physics engines, hardwares like GPUs were designed for gaming initially. Everything that was pushing computer forward in the 90s was due to gaming. Interestingly, that was where the forefront of research was going on and it was this incredible fusion with art, graphics, music and the whole new media of storytelling and I love that.” And I have no idea he worked on Themepark by Bullfrog, one of my favorite games of all time!