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What about Researchers? Students? People interested in the field who aren't necessarily in the process of implementing an AI? – Patrick McLaren Jun 19 '10 at 2:29

@tenpn not all AI would be game related, seems to pigeon hole things a little.... @Max fair point – Jon Jun 20 '10 at 9:20

The field of AI is massive. I would be interested as a researcher and practitioner in sub-fields such as computational intelligence, biologically inspired computation, natural computation and intelligent agents. But where do you draw the line, surely a Q/A site on AI has to subsume topics such as robotics, machine learning and theoretical computer science concerns (logic, etc) – jasonb Jun 28 '10 at 6:53

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added by Gelatin Jun 22 '10 at 16:15

This question seems too generic - I think an actual question about neural networks would be better. – forefinger Jul 3 '10 at 18:20

I disagree, I think that some very basic questions such as what is a neural network and what is path finding have a home here as it would help people who are completely new to the concepts discussed here. – Neel Jul 13 '10 at 12:05

I also think that even basic questions should have place in the community. And also, who would decide if a question is too basic or too generic so that it couldn't be posted here? It's an absolutely subjective answer. I think that a question like that is simple to answer and would help a lot of people. – Berne Jul 13 '10 at 15:45

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added by David McDavidson Jun 17 '10 at 18:00

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added by David McDavidson Jun 17 '10 at 18:02

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added by Jon, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 11 '10 at 20:20

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added by tenpn, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 11 '10 at 20:21

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added by Peter Coulton, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 13 '10 at 13:27

This would be an OK question on the site. It is not a good question for defining the scope of the site. – forefinger Jul 3 '10 at 18:12

I agree with @forefinger...the example questions should be about the subject matter. This kind of question could be asked on any site, so it doesn't help to differentiate this one from others. – Shane Jul 9 '10 at 17:38

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added by Rod Fitzsimmons Frey Jun 19 '10 at 0:13

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added by jeebs Jun 28 '10 at 8:39

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added by CrazyJugglerDrummer Jun 24 '10 at 20:19

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added by Łukasz Lew Jul 7 '10 at 13:34

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added by David McDavidson, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 11 '10 at 20:21

I think this is extremely on topic! This group should not focus on research, but on application of AI topics in actual software. – Jan Jul 10 '10 at 7:04

up vote 6 down vote

added by darkcanuck Jun 23 '10 at 6:30

This is a much better question than the other neural network questions because it is a practical, methodological question. (Also, everyone has asked this question at least once if they've played with such things.) – forefinger Jul 3 '10 at 18:26

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added by Jamin Jun 24 '10 at 7:19

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added by jeebs Jun 24 '10 at 9:43

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added by jeebs Jun 24 '10 at 9:45

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added by eswald Jun 17 '10 at 18:18

Scalability questions are real world and hard. Love this question! – jasonb Jun 28 '10 at 6:15

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added by miku Jun 25 '10 at 21:28

It's an open question, but I really like it nonetheless. – jasonb Jun 28 '10 at 6:08

It seems just a bit too wide open. – NickLarsen♦ Jul 19 '10 at 19:30

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added by incrediman Jun 28 '10 at 4:47

The implementation's code and a description of the test cases where it provides the wrong path would be included. – incrediman Jun 28 '10 at 5:04

If the problem were conceptual instead of a programming error, I would like this more. – NickLarsen♦ Jul 19 '10 at 19:33

It sounds to me like the question is about the algorithm, and the asker's confusion about it, rather than programming. So, I think it should be fair game for this site. – pkaeding Jul 19 '10 at 23:41

up vote 3 down vote

added by darkcanuck Jun 24 '10 at 15:46

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added by gprime Jul 12 '10 at 20:01

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added by tenpn Jun 17 '10 at 12:09

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added by jeebs Jun 24 '10 at 9:51

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added by jasonb Jun 28 '10 at 6:20

Answers may be along the lines of PCA, u-matrix, sammon mapping, etc. – jasonb Jun 28 '10 at 6:21

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added by Łukasz Lew Jul 7 '10 at 13:36

up vote 2 down vote

added by ChrisF Jul 11 '10 at 21:28

	can you delete one of your dupes? – tenpn Jul 12 '10 at 9:02
	@tenpn - not sure how that happened. Not been on for a while, so I didn't see your comment. – ChrisF Jul 19 '10 at 12:08
	Of course they can. I would like a question asking if a particular technique from gaming was applicable to a specific domain or problem however. – NickLarsen♦ Jul 19 '10 at 19:35

up vote 1 down vote

added by Olie Jun 24 '10 at 1:27

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added by jasonb Jun 25 '10 at 3:55

This question is high-level, although appropriate for the AI researcher. One example answer is the conceptual framework by Stepney, et al., that proposes a general process which is then applied to the field of artificial immune systems. See: * S. Stepney, R. E. Smith, J. Timmis, and A. M. Tyrrell. Towards a conceptual framework for artiﬁcial immune systems. In Vincenzo Cutello, Peter J. Bentley, and Jon Timmis, editors,Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), pages 53--64. Springer-Verlag, Germany, 2004. Also see their follow-on publications. – jasonb Jun 26 '10 at 22:35

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added by Ronald Wildenberg Jun 26 '10 at 19:07

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added by Jamin Jul 8 '10 at 4:30

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added by Agent_9191 Jul 12 '10 at 13:12

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added by David McDavidson Jul 17 '10 at 0:36

	I'm torn on this one. It's an excellent question, but I'm not certain if it should be on or off-topic. In the end I went with off-topic because it is so difficult to pin down an answer. I have a feeling that this question would spawn several pages of debate without ever reaching a meaningful conclusion. – e.James Jul 17 '10 at 4:26
	For the record, my answer would be yes. – e.James Jul 17 '10 at 4:26
	Haha I'm totally asking this when AI comes into beta – David McDavidson Jul 18 '10 at 17:55

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added by David McDavidson Jul 18 '10 at 22:52

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added by NickLarsen♦ Jul 19 '10 at 19:21

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added by Jamin Jun 24 '10 at 7:26

closed as off topic by darkcanuck, Paul B, txwikinger, incrediman, falcon Jul 16 '10 at 9:22

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

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added by jasonb Jun 28 '10 at 6:27

	An sample answer may include references to JADE, JACK Intelligent Agents, etc – jasonb Jun 28 '10 at 6:27
	nice question, already used my votes... but would have +1'd you. – Jon Jun 28 '10 at 13:52