Artificial Intelligence (AI) is often proclaimed by computer programmers but has never been proven under scrutiny. The Turing test, essentially an expansion of the imitation game, is still the most valid test for artificial intelligence and although some programs have performed very well under strict guidelines, nothing has passed it fully. Quite simply Artificial Intelligence is a myth. However the ability to pass such tests is often based on the questions asked, and the greater the limitations of the questioning the more likely the program is to appear intelligent. This creates a problem with any claim of artificial intelligence. Essentially it is more often the…
Economic stability in virtual worlds is a major factor in the long term viability of any game structure, and FML like many others has struggled to find a suitable degree of stability on the financial front. In a lot of ways virtual economies are run along similar lines to real world economic models, but in a few key areas they must depart from realism – and it is these areas which add complexity to the task of achieving economic stability. Human decision making is the biggest area of financial management which cannot be coded for in a virtual environment. As much as people can be encouraged or educated about reasonable prices to pay, unfortunately for a variety of…
“I want you to share my excitement at the discoveries, past and present, which have revolutionized the way we think. From the Big Bang to black holes, from dark matter to a possible Big Crunch, our image of the universe today is full of strange sounding ideas, and remarkable truths. The story of how we arrived at this picture is the story of learning to understand what we see.” –STEPHEN HAWKING Hawking was of course talking about the real world, but a similar process of evolution takes place in the virtual worlds of Football Manager Live. From the launch of the first alpha world and throughout the initial beta phase FML has seen many changes already, but the…
