Sims 3 Appearance at GDC? An interesting result came up when searching the GDC website. Apparently there's a session this week focusing on the AI or Artificial Intelligence for The Sims 3. I've been prodding the link all evening but haven't been able to get much from it. The Session is entitled "New AI Techniques for Sims 3" with Richard Evans. The session information: Evans will show some of the more unusual AI techniques we are experimenting with in Sims 3. These include very long-term planning, autonomous traits, and a new socializing model based on overlapping normative processes. He will show how these technology components address two high-level design goals: to make each Sim be a unique snowflake, and to move up Maslow's hierarchy of needs. He will demonstrate these ideas working in action in our 2D experimental testbed. Richard Evans is senior AI engineer on The Sims 3 at Electronic Arts, where he is responsible for the AI architecture, and also likes to get involved in game design. Previously, he was head of AI at Lionhead Studios, where he designed and implemented the AI for Black & White. The artificial creature in Black & White holds the Guinness world record for most intelligent being in a game.