Re: Wanted: Cheating AI
"But given that, I'd say that #'s 4 and 6 shouldn't be considered AI cheating - if the data is available or can be derived, the AI can and *should* make use of it. "
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I personally believe you have chosen the best two ways for an AI to "cheat". In the game Imperialism II, I believe that they make use of both of these strategies and disguise them quite well. It's worthy of note that Imperialism II has to be one of the most difficult strategy games of all time. That game will bust your ***.
Note that #6 isn't an all-or-nothing affair. One can give an AI more information than it ought to have, but do it sparingly enough so that it doesn't look like it has perfect information.
Personally I don't find AI's which cheat over information to be offensive at all. That's just my opinion, though.
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