Re: [FT] Unpredictable AI

David Griffin schrieb:
> > It's at this point I hear two comments: 1) humans
> > are "unpredictable"; 

> > In answer to 1: humans aren't THAT undpredictable.
> > In fact, a lot of fields (marketing, social science,
> > polling -- *ahem* --) are based on that fact. 

I consider the frequently stated argument that combat AIs would be too 
predictable to be a red herring. Even today, it is a simple matter to 
write a computer program with a random number generator to make the 
program as unpredictable as you like. It is well known in game theory 
that for some games (e.g.paper, scissors, stones) a purely random 
strategy is optimal. Any decent combat AI would be able to analyze the 
chances of a possible tactics. Weigh the options according to this and 
pick one at random based on the odds calculation. 

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