1. CPSC 538a A Test Bed for Developing Intelligent Synthetic Characters A dozen researchers From Univ. of Michigan

2. CPSC 538a Contributions  Every existing computer game is an existence proof that you can create a game without human-level AI.  Demonstrate that human-level AI can make a difference.  Describe a test bed for pursuing research in developing human-level AI characters within computer games.

3. CPSC 538a Requirement  Flexible and low-cost development --use existing game software and tools  Debugging/development environment --use existing debugging and development tools  High performance --Shouldn’t sacrifice performance in engine or interface --Support a large number of AI without sacrificing graphics performance --Able to run the game and engine on a single laptop

4. CPSC 538a SGIO  Soar General Input/Output  Domain independent interface between Soar and an external environment  Supports three low-level interfaces

5. CPSC 538a Model 1 Advantages: The game can run in full-screen mode and the other machine can run full debugging environment Drawbacks: Overhead in SGIO to send information over the socket

6. CPSC 538a Model 2 Advantages: Better performance than Model 1 Drawbacks: can run full debugging environment but not full-screen game

7. CPSC 538a Model 3 Advantages: No overhead of the interface No overhead of the debugging environment Drawbacks: Soar can’t display any information during runtime

8. CPSC 538a Future Work  Create additional modules with well-defined interfaces  Create a generalized version of SGIO for non-Soar architectures.