In games this is widely known and accepted even, but I guess that's a slightly different case since there's some history behind the why. It's AI because the act

In games this is widely known and accepted even, but I guess that's a slightly different case since there's some history behind the why. It's AI because the actors are game characters trying to emulate a real behaviour, whether that's a soldier, dinosaur, or a fish. "Artificial intelligence" makes sense. I don't think it's not too bad to call a complex decision process "AI". ML is a separate distinction.