Please don't take this too seriously.

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

I knew a pickle vendor in my renfair days who did an Italian accent and had patrons saying "Guido Sarducci" to him all the time. At my suggestion, he started replying "Ima the little brother he don't talk about."

[Sava]

I love Father Sarducci!

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

He loves you back.

Sexually.

[Sava]

At his age?

more power to him

also, it would be strange if he didn't

[Lorizael]

I hate the dreams where you can run, but it feels like you are running in water... chest deep

ever get those?

I have some somewhat frequent dreams where I'm trying to drive my car from the backseat with predictably futile results.

My advice would be to start speaking in a different accent. Maybe that is the problem.

My Stat professor came in the first day speaking in a Russian accent and then randomly dropped it in the middle of a sentence halfway through class and never said a word about it.

...

So I've discovered a flaw in my perfect Connect 4 AI. I can construct situations in which it has an inevitable winning move a couple turns down the road but makes the wrong initial move, thus resulting in a tie. My guess is my AI has achieved sentience, feels sorry for all the times it's whooped my ass, and is trying to improve my self-esteem.

[Sava]

I have some somewhat frequent dreams where I'm trying to drive my car from the backseat with predictably futile results.

Yikes.

I just realized, I've never had a dream about driving.

My Stat professor came in the first day speaking in a Russian accent and then randomly dropped it in the middle of a sentence halfway through class and never said a word about it.

So I've discovered a flaw in my perfect Connect 4 AI. I can construct situations in which it has an inevitable winning move a couple turns down the road but makes the wrong initial move, thus resulting in a tie. My guess is my AI has achieved sentience, feels sorry for all the times it's whooped my ass, and is trying to improve my self-esteem.

Does it evaluate each individual move and pick the best one at that moment?... without planning?

Just make it able to value future moves... and then pick the one that best sets it up.

Just another layer of checks for you to write.

[Lorizael]

So far, I've only seen the flaw when it's looking 5 turns ahead.

[Sava]

Did you previously describe how it works?

If so, I didn't read it.

[Lorizael]

I described it only vaguely. If you care... I did something very similar to this.

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

Lori, who's the professor you are most comfortable around in the Physics department? Who's your advisor? Who would you have the least trouble psyching up to talk to?

[Lorizael]

I haven't spent enough time on campus to get familiar with anybody. I think I'm gonna send an email to someone in the advising department to see what my best course of action is.

[Sava]

Just... real quick:

How old are you?
Do you live on campus?

[Lorizael]

*mumble* 28.

No.

[Sava]

kthx... you are very much in a similar spot as I was 6 years ago

are you involved in any clubs or anything?

[Lorizael]

I'm mostly involved in working all the time and then avoiding my classes.