Agenda

As AI transforms creative workflows and studio cultures, many women and female-identifying professionals in game development are facing new challenges and new forms of invisibility. Generative tools promise efficiency, but they also risk erasing nuance, authorship, and the human touch that has been hard won through decades of advocacy for inclusion and recognition.
In this roundtable, we’ll unpack the idea of AI Psychosis, a metaphor for the collective disorientation that can occur when studios prioritize machine output over human insight. We’ll discuss how this shift uniquely impacts women in creative, technical, and leadership roles. From loss of visibility in algorithm driven pipelines to emotional burnout from navigating AI accelerated expectations.
Hosted by the Women in Games SIG+, this session invites open dialogue about reclaiming creative identity, protecting equity gains, and leading with empathy in an AI-saturated landscape. Participants will share stories, strategies, and solutions for staying grounded, visible, and valued in the next evolution of game development.

Takeaway

Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of how to recognize and recover from “AI Psychosis” within creative teams where automation has begun to overshadow artistry. Attendees will gain actionable strategies for leading with empathy, re-centering human creativity, and fostering psychologically safe environments that embrace AI as a tool, not a master.

Intended Audience

This roundtable is designed for women, nonbinary, and gender-diverse professionals working across all areas of game development, as well as allies seeking to understand and support them in an AI-transformed industry. It’s especially relevant for creatives, producers, and leaders navigating how to protect human creativity, ethical authorship, and emotional wellbeing in a world increasingly defined by algorithms.