Do consoles need more dedicated processors

[Slimebeast]

kanageddaamen said:

Slimebeast said:
Today's AI in games sucks because it's difficult to program good AI. Stronger hardware or a dedicated CPU wouldn't help at all.

It will take a long time before we get good AI because the awareness and demand from gamers and reviewers isn't there yet.

Well, there ARE good AI algorithms out there for a huge range of tasks.  It is an area of dedicated research amongst some computer scientists.  They usually are only capable of running on extrememly powerful machines, or just dedicated tech demo type applications.  These type of algorithms are unlikely to be able to be implemented on game consoles as they are.

I do agree that it will be some time off though, and think your point about awareness being spot on.  I think gamers only notice it when it is particularly horrible (eg, why does that guy keep running into the wall instead of walking around it)

Yeah, exactly and that's what is so sad.

Much like they're currently doing with physics, developers need to teach gamers and make them aware of good AI. I wish that would happen with AI but I believe next gen will be more about physics and not much about AI. AI is so important and could improve gameplay so much, but we (the gamers) just don't know it yet.