I've tried to get some feedback on this forum and others about the evolution of A.I. It seems that with people hearing about cell, dual core processors, future GPU, next gen consoles and most recently the notion of a dedicated PPU for physics (AGEIA for ex), that much of the focus is mainly focused on graphics and physics.
A big concern of mine is that A.I. is taking a back seat or overshadowed and it seems a bit troublesome especially since the quality of graphics and physics (to a lesser degree) is really outpacing A.I. development (To much so in my opinion). Although Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms show promise, hardware still has some growing to do before we can fully utilize them.
I know M$ has stated that XNA is putting focus into A.I. in its makeup but as we have seen time and time again that many games and developers that promises revolutionary A.I. have yet to really deliver. Dont get me wrong I dont think that A.I. is total crap right now. I just hope in the near future that developers take a more proactive approach to A.I. development. Maybe a company thats sole purpose is to develop game A.I. (such as Havok does for physics) might be the answer. To be honest I dont know of any big development companies that do dedicated A.I. Most are in house or maybe cross liscensed from other developersor incroporated into Liscensed engines etc.
I know that A.I. is a very difficult area of gaming but please can we shift more focus to it? I think the next "real" revolutionary game will not be one consisting of just stunning graphics or indepth story line, but a robust and believable A.I. system.
Just my two cents
A big concern of mine is that A.I. is taking a back seat or overshadowed and it seems a bit troublesome especially since the quality of graphics and physics (to a lesser degree) is really outpacing A.I. development (To much so in my opinion). Although Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms show promise, hardware still has some growing to do before we can fully utilize them.
I know M$ has stated that XNA is putting focus into A.I. in its makeup but as we have seen time and time again that many games and developers that promises revolutionary A.I. have yet to really deliver. Dont get me wrong I dont think that A.I. is total crap right now. I just hope in the near future that developers take a more proactive approach to A.I. development. Maybe a company thats sole purpose is to develop game A.I. (such as Havok does for physics) might be the answer. To be honest I dont know of any big development companies that do dedicated A.I. Most are in house or maybe cross liscensed from other developersor incroporated into Liscensed engines etc.
I know that A.I. is a very difficult area of gaming but please can we shift more focus to it? I think the next "real" revolutionary game will not be one consisting of just stunning graphics or indepth story line, but a robust and believable A.I. system.
Just my two cents