hi all, where should i go if i want to begin learning AI. i need some basic tutorials or some begginer books on the subject. i just want something on AI in general, not specifically aimed at game programming. thanks a lot.

We need a FAQ for this forum.

Artificial Intelligence a Modern Approach
By Stuart Russel and Peter Norvig

But my hunch is even if we had one people would still ask these
questions.

No offense to you Cid23. This is the 3rd post I have made in this forum to recommend the book and I have only posted 4 times or so :-)

It is considered to be the best introductory text available right now. I have plenty of older text books on AI but this one is solid. They have a website with alot of source code examples too.

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Original post by PeterTarkus
We need a FAQ for this forum.

Artificial Intelligence a Modern Approach
By Stuart Russel and Peter Norvig

But my hunch is even if we had one people would still ask these
questions.

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That is the crux of it. Right next to the click on Forums is the click for Articles & Resources and Books & Software and For Beginners (all of which contain answers to intro questions) which seem to be missed when someone has a question about an Introduction to AI book or article or tutorial. So instead of researching the answer by going through those resources, the person asks the question in the forum.

Fortunately for them, there is always someone in the forum, nice enough to answer this same basic question (for the 3rd time this week) again.

Geta

sorry guys, i didn''t think to look there. i''m new here kinda...only posted a few times. anyway, thanks a lot.