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Definition: gamer
A person who likes to play video games. A gamer may be a dedicated aficionado who plays every day; however, there are many more casual players. According to the September 2022 edition of The George Gilder Report, more than three billion people play games worldwide, with more than half in Asia. There are more than 650 million gamers in China and approximately 200 million in the U.S. See also virtual reality.
No Gamers - No AI
Gamers are the cause of AI flourishing. Had there never been a requirement to produce ever more realistic video games, the graphics processing unit (GPU), primarily from NVIDIA, might not have been developed. Video games with realistic 3D graphics require trillions of calculations repeated hundreds of times per second, and the GPU was invented to handle mathematical computations in parallel. It turns out that is exactly what AI requires for processing. See GPU, gaming and AI glossary.
A Serious Gamer!
No Gamers - No AI
Gamers are the cause of AI flourishing. Had there never been a requirement to produce ever more realistic video games, the graphics processing unit (GPU), primarily from NVIDIA, might not have been developed. Video games with realistic 3D graphics require trillions of calculations repeated hundreds of times per second, and the GPU was invented to handle mathematical computations in parallel. It turns out that is exactly what AI requires for processing. See GPU, gaming and AI glossary.
In 2010, this four-year-old genius already had a year of gaming under his belt. His Nintendo DS kept him entertained while mom shopped.