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From: hodsdon@scoot.netis.com (Steve Hodsdon)
Subject: Programable AI, Why?
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Organization: Pragmatic Designs
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 12:32:36 GMT
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I'm going to play devils advocate here...

Does John & Jane Q. Public really want to have programmable AI?  Or
are we creating something that only a few of us (AI types) are
interested in?

I can't see too many people even having the ability to write a new AI
from scratch.  Does this mean that the AI portion of the program is
supplied in source form?  Or are we, as developers, expect to sell an
update disk with a handful of "new & improved" opponents?

Mind you, I'm all for it.  I'd like to see some ideas for a generic
API -- what kind of hooks would be needed / available for third party
developers.  (Just ideas, something to plan for while developing a
program).

Steve


