Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence ( AI ) means the intelligence of machines , and is commonly used to refer to computer - controlled units in RPGs . Enemies are AI - controlled , but in certain cases , player characters can also be computer - controlled . With the status effects Berserk and Confuse allies are taken out of the player ' s control and start performing actions on their own . Even if Confuse is always considered a negative status , Berserk can be used to the player ' s advantage at times , and is considered a positive status in some games . Appearances . " Final Fantasy VI " . Cyan is controlled by the AI where he is given an AI script just like the enemies . For three battles in the Imperial Camp , his AI script is as follow : Attack Turns : 1st Turn : Fang ( 33 % ) or Attack ( 33 % ) or Attack ( 33 % ) If attacked by anything : Attack ( 33 % ) or Nothing ( 66 % ) In the Dragon ' s Neck Coliseum player characters are controlled by the computer and will randomly use any commands they have available , even ones that can kill the character , like Self - Destruct . Thus the battle outcomes are often random and risky . Umaro is an optional playable character who cannot actually be controlled in battle and is in a constant state of Berserk . Umaro only uses physical attacks , unless equipped with his special relics that allow him to randomly use a special ability . Gau can emulate a monster . When he does he becomes a computer - controlled character in battle , and has the chance of using two abilities . One of them is always an Attack , the second can either be a special attack , a magic spell , a lore , a dance ability , or an enemy spell . When Mog selects a Dance , he will randomly perform one of four abilities from the selected dance . The player will lose control of Mog while he ' s dancing . " Final Fantasy VII " . Sephiroth , while as a party member , is entirely computer - controlled . He can attack enemies with physical attacks and powerful magic that targets all opponents . If Cloud is dead , Sephiroth can use Life2 on him . Vincent Valentine is computer controlled when using his Limit Breaks . When using his Limit Break form Vincent has a random chance of either using a physical attack or a special attack , but the special attack is always rarer , in each of his turns . In the Chocobo Races the player can let the chocobo be controlled by the computer , in which case the chocobo is controlled the same as the other opponent chocobos on the track . The computer does not usually take the most effective turns on the race tracks , however , and might waste Stamina . " Final Fantasy VIII " . Rinoa Heartilly ' s Limit Break , Angel Wing , turns her into a sort of Magic Berserk state , in which she is computer - controlled and casts random magic from her stock , without actually expending the spells . Because Rinoa only casts spells she already has , it is easy to manipulate Angel Wing by letting her only have powerful spells , such as Meteor . The player also has the option to set Squall ' s and Zell ' s Limit Breaks into automatic , in which the computer performs the Limit Break without player input . " Final Fantasy X " . Magus Sisters and Yojimbo are optional aeons whose commands the player cannot actually directly control . While commanding the Magus Sisters , the player offers suggestions to each one individually , and the AI will choose a relevant ability and target . Sometimes they may fail to take an action . The player uses gil to manipulate Yojimbo ' s actions : the higher the amount paid the better attack will Yojimbo perform . The Overdrive gauge also plays part of which action will Yojimbo choose . " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . All monster allies are controlled by the game ' s AI . " Final Fantasy XII " . Player can set the player characters ' gambits to have them perform actions automatically in battle . The player is still able to interrupt these actions and give the characters commands manually , but if the character has no player commands to execute , they will act according to their gambits . Guest characters are computer - controlled allies . In the original version they were entirely computer - controlled , but in the " International Zodiac Job System " version the player is able to set the guests ' gambits . Also in the original version , Espers are entirely computer - controlled , but in the " Zodiac Job System " version player gains full control of them . " Final Fantasy XIII " . The battle system in " Final Fantasy XIII " has the player control the actions of the party leader , and the computer controls the two others . The player can also choose the Auto - Battle option , which has the AI choose the commands for them depending on various battle situations . The actions the computer performs depends on the characters ' Paradigm Roles . " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " . Fang and Angel of Valhalla are computer control characters . " Final Fantasy XV " . The developers wanted players to feel they are actually with friends , and thus built up AI and animation system on that . During the project , the team considered developing an open seamless world and developing realistic AI for Noctis ' s friends the main challenges . The allies were designed to pay attention to Noctis and walk together with him , but randomize the speed and the distance from the player character . If they get left behind they come running . Because the system is constantly calculating the friends ' AI , its CPU cost is high . " Final Fantasy Tactics " . In " Final Fantasy Tactics " the player controls most party members , but not Guest s , who have similar intelligence to enemies , but fight on the side of the player . There also is an Auto - Battle mode , where you can select actions for the characters ( such as " Fight for Life " ) but they will execute them themselves , as if they were Guests . " Final Fantasy Mystic Quest " . Benjamin ' s ally , if present , will be guided automatically by the computer . The AI control character will exploiting enemies weaknesses or cast their most powerful spells on the enemy party . There is a bug that involves Phoebe being controlled by the AI . When controlled by the computer , Phoebe will sometimes randomly cast Aero , a spell she does not have in her possession . " Final Fantasy Adventure " . Temporary party members have poor AI . They ' ll attack walls and trees , and even thin air for no apparent reason making them hardly useful . " Final Fantasy Legend III " . The Auto function allows the player to set a character ( s ) on an automated function , where one or more will become automated . When a character ( s ) are set to Auto control , they will usually act in a manner befitting the situation . Etymology . ( AI ) is the intelligence exhibited by machines or software . It is an academic field of study which studies the goal of creating intelligence . Major AI researchers and textbooks define this field as " the study and design of intelligent agents " , where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chances of success . John McCarthy , who coined the term in 1955 , defines it as " the science and engineering of making intelligent machines " .