Basic Artificial Intelligence

Just got back from a class in which we made and played several different variations of the Us vs. It game.  My head has been rendered into mush and I find it hard to even decide if I'm hungry or not.  My mind went on strike about 30 minutes before class ended.  I didn't care about what the robot could do now.  I didn't care if I lost.  Winning was meaningless.  The neurons and synapses in my brain simply switched to "sleep mode".  No thoughts being registered.  No thoughts being created.  I was floating in a silent womb, quite contented.

While still cognitive, I learned that artificial intelligence is what's going on in a game that you can't control.  It's magically doing things for desired results and can be directly effected by what the player does.  Or not.  You observe and interact with it until you can solve the task at hand.  Find a weakness and strangle it until its eyes pop out.  Jump over it, punch it, unlock it, hang on, let go, sneak away, hide, yell, shoot, dive, ctrl, alt, delete.  Off.  Go for a long walk and listen to the birds.  Feel the sun against your skin.  Clear your soul.  Relax.

Here's what Jon and I did.  Blue paper.

For someone unfamiliar with this game, I could explain exactly what everything means, but I simply can't at the moment.  Ask me one day.  I'll give you the rough idea.  I promise.