Playing to Lose: AI and

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Published: September 2, 2010, 15:25
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Playing to Lose: AI and Civilization by Soren Johnson

Lead designer of Civ IV and designer of the AI both in Civ III and IV Soren Johnson gave a presentation on AI programming during a Google Tech Talk using his work on Civ as examples.
Tags: civilization 5, review, civilization 1, artificial intelligence
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  bernlin2000 commented
  
  September 4, 2010, 16:38
  
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  Very interesting discussion on CivIV AI, learned a lot and I think I'll try more amphibious assaults from now on
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  jobe commented
  
  September 5, 2010, 14:05
  
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  Originally posted by bernlin2000
  
  Very interesting discussion on CivIV AI, learned a lot and I think I'll try more amphibious assaults from now on
  
  "The Art of Boating"
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