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Most difficult programming feat...

ragonastick · 2000-10-04T15:19:14

What would you say is the ultimate test of programming? Something that some people can do, but not all, something that only a few can explain in English, something that takes brains to be able to comprehend and basically something special? I put it to you, that the ultimate is not in making killer 3d graphics, or an ultra realistic combat engine, but in making Artificial Intelligence which is actually intelligent. Think about it, physics engines: You already have the laws of physics set out in front of you. Graphics engines? You already have you own eyes to show you what to put on the screen. But with AI, all you have is psychology textbooks (and they are a great read I find) and your own and other peoples minds to explore. Am I overlooking something? Am I a total fool (yes, but that''s not the question) What do you think? Trying is the first step towards failure.

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Started by ragonastick September 29, 2000 07:01 AM

41 comments, last by ragonastick 24 years, 3 months ago

CobraA1

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October 03, 2000 09:51 AM

I remember a short story where somebody asked a computer to how to reverse the entropy of the universe . . .

BTW, what is the "Halting problem"?

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away" --Henry David Thoreau

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away"--Henry David Thoreau