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1 Post author: polymathwannabe 19 February 2016 03:04AM

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Comment author: Lumifer 19 February 2016 03:37:54PM 3 points [-]

the traditional goal of AI in games—to win the game

That's just not true. The traditional goal of AI in games is to lose in an interesting way after forcing the player to spend some effort.

Comment author: Vaniver 19 February 2016 04:54:46PM 3 points [-]

This calls to mind someone's mod to a Total War game to improve the AI, where a user complained that Portugal had invaded Ireland to seize some territory for itself, instead of leaving it there for England to eventually take. "But if the AI doesn't do that," the modder asked, "how is it going to win?"