Tommy Thompson
AI and Games
Dr Tommy Thompson is the director of AI and Games and provides consultancy, development support, and professional training for artificial intelligence technologies in the video games industry.
He is largely known as a content creator on AI for video games, hosting both the YouTube channel 'AI and Games', as well as the 'Branching Factor' podcast. In addition, Tommy is part of the advisory board for the AI Summit at the Game Developers Conference (GDC).
Before working full-time in the industry, Tommy was an indie game programmer and a university lecturer. His academic career spanned 10 years teaching computer science and game development, and authoring over 50 academic publications in game/AI research.
