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Re: Programmers: I Have A Challenge For You
to paraphrase the words of the preeminent voice in the field of computer vision when DARPA asked the somebody to make a computer that could see as well as a 5 year old child: "Could we try for 2 year old autistic monkey instead?"

I will realize that this view isn't very adventurous, but I'm a firm believer that taking small steps to improve ones programming is important, that and I wouldn't want my programmers to spend so much time on it that they fail their classes.

I personally would rather see my team automate everything except the basic movement of the machine. Make the machine collect the game piece, turn and score. I've programmed fully autonomous tank games and it can be very hard to design a system that can predict the actions of an opponent. I like having a human mind in the loop acting as a garbage collector and main decision maker.

-Alex
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