The AI Pretender design is insane!

[hnchrist3]

Guys, lighten up.

Just programming a system not to lose at tic-tac-toe is hard, and that is a closed, super-simple, well-defined system.

Here we're talking about a super-complex system. The mere fact that it [AI] can do anything even remotely intelligent is incredible.

Don't criticize it.
Point out difficulties, surely, and any gaping holes, and if that isn't enough, join an MP game.
That'll teach you.

[Agrajag]

hnchrist3 said:
Just programming a system not to lose at tic-tac-toe is hard, and that is a closed, super-simple, well-defined system.

Not really, since Tic Tac Toe has a known undefeatable strategy.
But yes, even slightly more complex games are very hard to write good AIs for.

[Morkilus]

Even Checkers and Connect Four have been "solved". That means there is no way for an AI programmed correctly to lose. These are much simpler games, though.

[Loren]

hnchrist3 said:
Guys, lighten up.

Just programming a system not to lose at tic-tac-toe is hard, and that is a closed, super-simple, well-defined system.

Here we're talking about a super-complex system. The mere fact that it [AI] can do anything even remotely intelligent is incredible.

Don't criticize it.
Point out difficulties, surely, and any gaping holes, and if that isn't enough, join an MP game.
That'll teach you.

I consider the pretender I ran into to be an example of a gaping hole.