Re: [FT] Unpredictable AI

--- KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de wrote:
...
> 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. 
> 
Well, since we have computers that can fly planes
and also random number generators, how come we still
have fighter pilots?

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