Hi Yohandy, Well, AI really is a specialized field of computer programming, and is rather complex to break down to a newby level. However, I think I can give you the jist of how it works without getting too technical. First off there is what we call boolean logic. Generally, computers operate on the assumption something is either true or false. Usually, this works ok in normal applications, but in games there are so many factors that simple boolean logic can't account for all of the probabilities involved. So in a complex game eventually the boolean logic will break down and not be very effective. Fortunately, there is a methodology for handling some degree of uncertainty by basing an action on probabilities and not solid true/false logic. This method of AI programming is called fuzzy logic because it doesn't act on a strict true/false condition. Instead we use Bayesian updating to calculate a pprobability based on a number of factors and take an action according to the current probability. Let's give an example here. You are playing Mortal Kombat wailing away on some bad guy when he moves a certain way. Now, there is a certain probability your next blow will be a strike from your left hand. That isn't necessarily something that is true/false but can be guessed by your relationship to him, and your left hand is closer etc. So there is a high probability generated that you will strike with that hand so the game will prepare a blocking move antisapating that attack. However, if you throw a punch with that hand you will leave yourself open for a split second and there is a high probability he can get a good blow in as well. So after all this is figured in to a Baysian probability it has an action in mind, you follow through with that attack, and he nails you hard and fast. However, were you to throw a punch with the right hand instead of the left the AI opponent might have been caught off guard and got wailed really good. That's what I meant a couple of days ago about being able to defeat a computer opponent if you can guess its strategy. Unfortunately, human beings are predictable, because we try to do the obvious move/attack. If you do something that is counter intuitive it plays havic with the AI's fuzzy logic and scrambles its probabilities. In other words try and suprise the AI by doing something unexpected.
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