Artificial Intelligence (AI) has recently been making all the right noises and the careers in AI have open up lots of avenues for tech-savvy millennials.

AI programmer is one such role in the AI career, which has been alluring professionals from varied fields. But before going further about the career prospects of AI programmer, let’s understand who is an AI programmer, what are the skills required to become one and how can AI certification help augment your AI career are certain topics that will be discussed in this article.

But First Who Is An AI Programmer?

An AI programmer is a professional who creates code and algorithms for various AI-related activities like pathfinding, group movement and cooperation, tactical strategy, and camera control. She is the one who sets parameters for state mechanics (also known as rules) and establishes how will an agent think and solve problems, creating a framework for artificial emotions and ideas.

Ok, now that the definition of AI programmer is clear, let’s take a look and what does she do ideally.

Understand this: The job of AI programmers is to create the ‘intelligent brains’ behind the games. The non-playable characters (NPCs – the characters that are not controlled by players) need to make decisions, and behave in a believable manner, exciting and presenting the player with varying degrees of challenges.

Also, the role of an AI programmer is to write the code that will outline the way the above-mentioned characters will operate. These codes give NPCs the impression that these characters have thought and emotion.

With the definition and roles clear of AI programmer clear, it is equally important to understand that AI programming is a highly specialized area in the field of AI, with most of the time overlapping with physics and gameplay programming.

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