Those in the field realized the Internet was an interesting place to build software programs that could pretty much stand alone. A software agent is the kind of program that runs continuously performing tasks you give it, such as watching your calendar, shopping for you or even automatically searching the Web. It's almost like a personal assistant. That's where a lot of AI techniques are being applied, because an assistant needs to adapt and learn your needs in order to be successful. According to an article by Steve Woodcock for Game Developer, finite state machines, the simplest of AI engines, are used in individual shooting games like the popular Doom.
Neural networks can be an intricate part of heightening a game's degree of difficulty.
By gauging a player's tactics, the network can quickly learn to counter, creating new challenges for the player. Improvements have included development in game engines and 3D graphics cards, which continue a steady tradition of upward graphics swing. Pong would be proud. Expert Systems Simply stated, a computer program that contains knowledge used for a specified purpose. Selman says search engines like Ask Jeeves are a major part of this growing sub-field, but their limitations are great.