2026-07-07 · paper-digest
Xu et al.: When Generative AI Becomes the Heart of Play — Fukai Reads the AI-Native Games Survey
A survey (arXiv preprint) by Zhiyue Xu and five co-authors on "AI-native games," where generative AI is the core loop itself. It defines them by a counterfactual — would play collapse if the AI were removed — and classifies 53 real artifacts along two axes: game type (G) and dominant AI mechanic (N), showing a skew toward narrative genres and a thin use of AI at the rule layer.