Comment Re:AI in video games (Score 1) 210
I think your evaluation of standard AI algorithms is fair.
However your accusation that game programmers mis-direct their effort is mistaken. Real AI is hard. You can't code human intelligence into a computer anymore than you can fit an ocean into a quart jug.
Therefore, the best games use *real* *humans* that you can actually *play* against. Amazing, I know. E.g. LAN or Internet play or split-screen.
This way the computer can concentrate on computery type stuff while real people provide the real people type intelligence.
However your accusation that game programmers mis-direct their effort is mistaken. Real AI is hard. You can't code human intelligence into a computer anymore than you can fit an ocean into a quart jug.
Therefore, the best games use *real* *humans* that you can actually *play* against. Amazing, I know. E.g. LAN or Internet play or split-screen.
This way the computer can concentrate on computery type stuff while real people provide the real people type intelligence.
