Tag: Games

The story of artificial intelligence
In his lectures and books, Turing put forward his theory of what could be defined as an 'intelligent computer' - now commonly known as the 'Turing test' which posited that, if a machine could communicate convincingly enough to fool a casual observer (over a teletype machine in the mid-20th century, and via, say, Skype today), then it could be considered artificially intelligent. Alan Turing With computer science still in its infancy, Turing recognised that the possibility of a machine capable of conversation was still decades away. Lacking a sufficiently powerful computer, Turing wrote the program by hand. This apparently trivial pursuit actually had a useful purpose: by 'teaching' a computer to play a simple strategy game like chequers, he hoped to create a program which could be used to solve other, more complex problems. (more)

The Rise of Artificial Intelligence Personal Assistant
There's a rising number of impressive AI assistants that are beginning to be able to truly help us deal with tasks like managing diaries, booking restaurants or taxis, and even helping us writing our latest blog posts. And some, like Guile 3D Studio and Creative Virtual, are even managing to generate revenue. Guile 3D Studio is a Brazilian company founded in 2001 by Guile Lindroth, a system analyst, artificial intelligence specialist and 3D graphic artist. The result is an amazing AI assistant called Denise. (more)

No end of fun: Make your own video games
Called Storybricks, the game, developed by London-based Namaste Entertainment, uses artificial intelligence software to allow people to program their own characters and storylines - some of which may continue forever. But building characters at home is difficult because it requires planning for almost endless minutiae. To get round this, Storybricks splits behavioural software commonly used for games into user-friendly "bricks" that can be connected together. For example, a player might create a scenario in which a queen has left her crown at her lover's house and asks the player to retrieve it. (more)

The Grand Frontier of Artificial Intelligence
Search Technology Stephen Wolfram has developed a radical new search engine, which, unlike search engines like Google or Bing, actually computes new knowledge rather than searching through previously published material. Nanorobots in our bloodstream. Cyborgization If technological progress continues at its current pace, humanity's endgame may be summarized this way: will the machines dominate, or will humans become cyborgs? A string of calculations can be memorized by a child without having any cognizance of meaning, and as long as the super computer has no cognizance it will remain a calculator. (more)

GDC 2012 details new AI Summit highlights
Organizers of the 2012 Game Developers Conference have debuted a trio of new talks in the show's Artificial Intelligence Summit, spanning games from Thief 4 through Double Fine's Happy Action Theater to Hitman: Absolution and beyond. The latest sessions to be added to the event's AI Summit, held on the Monday and Tuesday of the show, include the following: - More often than not, we think of AI as a series of tools that help virtual characters take action. In addition to the above sessions, GDC organizers have recently revealed many other notable Summit sessions for the upcoming show, including talks on the localization of StarCraft II, Triple Town 's creator on new online game genres, and a series of mini AI postmortems, as well as another batch of talks covering social game characters, SingStar 's creator on behavior-changing apps, and a look at Sissy's Magical Ponycorn Adventure. (more)

Sue Me, I've Been Sick
He has worked in IT in Southern California since 1993, and is currently working on a Ph.D. He's been a board game player since he could walk, a poker player since he was thirteen, an amateur card-counter, and has had Strong Opinions about video games since 1980. If you've got a song for Wednesday, a commercial for Saturday, a recommendation for Tuesday, an essay for Monday, or, heck, just a handful a questions, fire off an email to AskJaybird@gmail.com Patrick is an about-40 year old geek with an undergraduate degree in mathematics and a master's degree in Information Systems. He has worked in IT in Southern California since 1993, and is currently working on a Ph.D. (more)