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A Borg-like Artificial Intelligence For Lionhead's New Game

Posted by timothy on from the you-will-be-arsesimilated dept.

cybaea writes: "The creator of Black & White is experimenting with new work on group minds - but unlike the Borg, the characters in the new game are already descending into bar brawls, reports ZDNet UK, quoting Richard Evans (famous for the AI engine in Black & White). My favourite quote: '[AI] Characters [in the game] even have the ability to dynamically create their own language, constructing simple sentences on a word by word basis.'"

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  1. thank you by geek · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    No one understands that anymore. I program in 6 languages, but I'm also a kickboxer and was state champ in wrestling in high school. Not to mention i still hold all of the lifting records (365 pound bench press junior year).

    I grew up with a guy named Jerry Bohlander who was at one point UFC champion, as in Ultimate Fighting Championship. He got beat by Tito Ortiz tho. You wouldn't realize it looking at him, or talking to him, but he's a computer geek as well.

    We're not all losers.

  2. Re:Hmm by geek · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Not limited to "hard guys". Put a groupd of geeks in the room and see how long it takes before they argue over vi and emacs.