What do you want in an AI?

Alpha Kodiak · #1 July 28th, 2001, 06:48 PM

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Originally posted by capnq:

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How 'bout being overly helpful to the point of being annoying.
Eek! It's Commander Clippy of the MSWord Empire! Run away!

Cool! That gives me the race portrait.

Quikngruvn · #2 July 28th, 2001, 10:23 PM

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Originally posted by capnq:
Eek! It's Commander Clippy of the MSWord Empire! Run away!

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Originally posted by Alpha Kodiak:
Cool! That gives me the race portrait.

Then everyone would declare war on them at first contact!

Quikngruvn

DocShane · #3 July 28th, 2001, 10:52 PM

Careful with using clippy for that race portrait. You wouldn't want to infringe on copyrights. Microsoft's lawyers probably make more defending each case than most of will see in a lifetime.

Which makes me think about a theme for an AI. How about a Judge Dread theme? An empire that wants to live peacefully, but bent on totally eradicating any militant races?

I think the biggest thing most AI's lack is flexibility. I would like to see an AI make dramatic and unpredictable changes in tactics. This is what makes playing humans so fun.

Puke · #4 July 29th, 2001, 09:04 AM

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Originally posted by docshane:
Careful with using clippy for that race portrait. You wouldn't want to infringe on copyrights. Microsoft's lawyers probably make more defending each case than most of will see in a lifetime.

free use. as long as you are not selling it, you can use portions of their stuff. also, they can quite easily be called a public figure, and any non-profit use of their logo or imagry can be called satire. which is perfictly leagle. this is the same thing that lets you create a 'george bush' race with a picture of our fearless leader and a shipset consisting of flying alcohol and drug paraphanalia. sure its slanderous lible, but hes a public figure so you can do it.

try doing that to a private citizen, and you will have problems. for example, the goth-artist chick that got upset about one of her pictures being used as a race portrait for one of the shipsets on KDY was perfectly within her lawful rights.

and shoot, its not like microsoft has its own eschellon system scanning for any use of their 'clippit' trademark on any internet messageBoards (if you dont hear from me in the next few days, its because i was wrong and they got me)

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capnq · #5 July 29th, 2001, 04:43 PM

Actually, Clippy's looking for work, anyway; the legal department might not care anymore.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/clippy/

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Alpha Kodiak · #6 July 29th, 2001, 05:26 PM

The Clippy speech file could get interesting.

"It looks like you are trying to declare war. Would you like me to help?"

Quikngruvn · #7 July 30th, 2001, 03:33 AM

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Originally posted by Alpha Kodiak:
The Clippy speech file could get interesting.

"It looks like you are trying to declare war. Would you like me to help?"

LOL. Then there's the design file: Cut, Paste, Mail Merge, Auto-Correct....

Quikngruvn fears the thought of a dozen Mail Merges bearing down on his homeworld, or worse, Dr. Watson's...

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