Artificial Intelligence
Created | Updated Apr 8, 2002
The attempts by a group of computer programmers to pretend that they have managed to create programs that think like a human being. This is a noble aim, but current versions are sadly a fair distance away from anything resembling human intelligence. Actually, current methods have resulted in AI a fair distance away from potato intelligence.
AI is a much vaunted blob point in many computer games, including Age of Empires, Command and Conquer and Starcraft, all of which proudly boast the finest intelligence available. Unfortunately, the finest intelligence available doesn’t include such testing tasks as getting a group of vehicles through a narrow passage, or realising that the best route for a vehicle is probably not straight through the enemy base, admiring the scenery.
AI is a much vaunted blob point in many computer games, including Age of Empires, Command and Conquer and Starcraft, all of which proudly boast the finest intelligence available. Unfortunately, the finest intelligence available doesn’t include such testing tasks as getting a group of vehicles through a narrow passage, or realising that the best route for a vehicle is probably not straight through the enemy base, admiring the scenery.
