Here you can find links to all of the various polls we've conducted over
the years. (They used to be all on one page, but there have been enough
of them now that a single page takes forever to load.)
The polls are presented in calendar order at present. The table is a smidge
wide so if the page size is making the rows look funky make your browser a bit
bigger if you can. I'm considering adding a cross-reference table to sorts
that breaks them out by subject for those who are interested in viewing them
that way. If you have other ideas on how you'd like to see them organized
(or just some ideas for topics for new polls), simply
email me and let me know.
| Poll Question | Date of Poll | |
| Poll #1 | Where do you think the next innovations in game AI will come from? (1999) | 5/18/99 - 5/30/99 |
| Poll #2 | Do you as an AI developer have enough CPU resources? (1999) | 5/30/99 - 6/22/99 |
| Poll #3 | How many dedicated AI developers does your current (or most recent) project have? | 6/22/99 - 7/16/99 |
| Poll #4 | What AI technology are you hoping will be "the thing" to make the difference in your next game? | 7/16/99 - 8/09/99 |
| Poll #5 | How much CPU do you, as an AI developer, want on your current project? | 8/09/99 - 9/28/99 |
| Poll #6 | What kind of development tools, if any, would you as an AI developer like to see? | 9/28/99 - 12/09/99 |
| Poll #7 | How much would you be willing to pay for an AI SDK, anyway? | 12/09/99 - 1/06/00 |
| Poll #8 | How would you like to see an AI SDK marketed/evolve/controlled? | 1/06/00 - 2/08/00 |
| Poll #9 | What's your interest in game AI? | 2/08/00 - 3/04/00 |
| Poll #10 | What would you like to see discussed at my GDC 2000 AI roundtables? | 3/04/00 - 4/12/00 |
| Poll #11 | Who game genre most needs better game AI? | 4/12/00 - 5/08/00 |
| Poll #12 | Where do you think the next innovations in game AI will come from? (2000) | 5/08/00 - 5/30/00 |
| Poll #13 | Why aren't there that many women involved in game AI? | 5/30/00 - 7/02/00 |
| Poll #14 | Would a game with killer AI really sell better? | 7/02/00 - 8/03/00 |
| Poll #15 | AI Survivor 2000 | 8/03/00 - 9/01/00 |
| Poll #16 | Are there any special skills required to make a really good AI programmer? | 9/01/00 - 10/01/00 |
| Poll #17 | AI SDKs and Toolkits | 10/01/00 - 11/01/00 |
| Poll #18 | Do you think AI in games today is generally lacking? | 11/01/00 - 12/01/00 |
| Poll #19 | Have you ever been "wowed" by a game's AI? | 12/01/00 - 1/07/01 |
| Poll #20 | Should players be allowed to modify a game's AI? | 1/07/01 - 2/05/01 |
| Poll #21 | Who do you think is doing a "better job", overall, to advance the field of Artificial Intelligence in general? (2001) | 2/05/01 - 3/02/01 |
| Poll #22 | Resources, Resources (2001) | 3/02/01 - 5/01/01 |
| Poll #23 | Just how difficult is it to build a good, challenging game AI? | 8/06/01 - 9/06/01 |
| Poll #24 | Where do you think the next innovations in game AI will come from? (2001) | 9/06/01 - 10/01/01 |
| Poll #25 | What is the goal of game AI? | 10/01/01 - 11/09/01 |
| Poll #26 | What language (scripting or compiled) are you using in your current AI design? | 11/09/01 - 12/04/01 |
| Poll #27 | Are there any truly good rasons to build an Extensible AI into your game? | 12/04/01 - 01/01/02 |
| Poll #28 | Do you as an AI developer have enough CPU resources? (2002) | 5/05/02 - 6/08/02 |
| Poll #29 | What area or technology should an AI SDK (middleware) focus on to get you interested? | 6/08/02 - 7/09/02 |
| Poll #30 | Are there any AI technologies that you once considered "too expensive" which you're now looking at using? Which ones? | 7/09/02 - 8/20/02 |
| Poll #31 | Who do you think is doing a better job, overall, to advance the field of Artificial Intelligence in general? (2002) | 8/20/02 - 9/30/02 |
| Poll #32 | What do you think of games that let you roll your own AI? | 9/30/02 - 11/01/02 |
| Poll #33 | What's Your Schooling in AI? | 11/01/02 - 12/11/02 |
| Poll #34 | What game genre most needs better game AI? | 12/11/02 - 01/06/03 |
| Poll #35 | Have you found books on AI generally useful? | 01/06/03 - 02/03/03 |
| Poll #36 | Would you ever consider using AI Middleware? | 02/03/03 - 02/28/03 |
| Poll #37 | What do you do with the "extra" CPU? | 03/28/03 - 05/08/03 |
| Poll #38 |
Do you consider things like collision detection to be "AI"?
(choose all that apply) |
05/09/03 - 06/16/03 |
| Poll #39 | What kind of AI would you most like to see somebody develop next? | 06/17/03 - 08/15/03 |
| Poll #40 | Will it take the evolution and introduction of a truly useful AI middleware toolkit before AI will become as important as graphics to a game's success? | 08/16/03 - 09/07/03 |
| Poll #41 | Do you as an AI developer have enough CPU resources to do your job adequately in your current project? | 09/08/03 - 04/14/04 |
| Poll #42 | What do you, as a Game AI programmer, need most? | 04/14/04 - 02/19/05 |