Welcome to the world of computer games. In TM, the thinking site, we talk about the following Issues :
HISTORY The industry of computer games is thriving and is a great form of relaxation for people of all ages. Find out more about the History of this latest form of entertainment.
PRESENT GAMES The present games are totally different from the first computer games. New technologies like CD-ROM and DVDs are revolutionising the world of computer games.
GAMES ARTIFICAL INTELIGENCE The world watched with considerable amazement in May 1997 as IBM's chess computer, Deep Blue, beat Garry Kasparov, the world champion, in a six-game match. How are future computer games going to be like? Will they be able to challenge humans and win?
| CONSIDERING MOVES People have been designing machines and programs to play games almost as long as computer code has been written. How exactly does a computer decides its' next move? |  |
FUNCTION FOLLOWS FORM We are capable of applying reasoning to solve brainteasers, but the reasoning itself seems very unnatural because we typically give up on parallel methods and instead search through the possible combinations. How does artifical intelligence reason? Or do they even reason?
PROWESS FOLLOWS PROCESS Imperfect-information games have historically eluded competent computer play. In these games, such as poker and bridge, humans often rely on experience and intuition to play well. Computers are at a disadvantage; there is just too much information to process. But recently massive computational resources have brought games of imperfect information closer to being solved. How is this so?
GAMES PEOPLE AND COMPUTERS PLAY The nature of the game and the type of solution processing most conducive to success often dictate whether human or machine plays better. Which games do human play better? Which are the games which computers are better at? Find out more here!
PLAYING NICELY TOGETHER As artificial intelligence has developed, success has come most often through the application of good serial algorithms. How is this possible? Find out more here!
