i really hope i will live to see an age of AI being used to make actual video game AI better. imagine strategy games where the computer does not play with cheats and with basic scripted logic but using actual AI.
Video game AI is gimped by design because devs found out very quickly if they made the AIs competent people would hate the game so instead they make them generally dumb as fuck and simulate difficulty by giving them access to different levels of cheats because that’s a lot easier than giving them different levels of actual intelligence.
The real challenge that you’re asking for is to see an age where AI is used to make video game AI play like actual human players. Competent but still makes understandable human mistakes.
i dont get why this is repeated so much. its just not true. in some genres, like shooters, yes of course the "AI" could easily be made into an unbeatable aimbot. in most others, where it actually matters - like strategy games - even the best AI is simply cheating and *might* perform well in microing stuff and multitasking, but just cannot do strategy well. civ, supreme commander, empire earth, stronghold, none of them are smart. just strong.
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u/Select_Angle516 2d ago
i really hope i will live to see an age of AI being used to make actual video game AI better. imagine strategy games where the computer does not play with cheats and with basic scripted logic but using actual AI.