mini AI

In just a few years, information technology greatly evolved, not only in the terms of game graphics. Since we mentioned games, some have built-in AI that studies your moves in order to put up a challenge. A simple search on the web reveals there are many attempts to build a functional AI, and mini AI attempts to be a simple example.

The good part is that you don’t have to go through a setup process for the application to work, because it depends on little system resources and processes to function, with the possibility to run it even from a removable storage device. Another consequence is that the system you use it on stays clean, with registries not being affected.

The whole experience consists of a dialog with a so-called Artificial Intelligence unit. Each response or text line is shown in a new prompt message, in which most of the times you’re forced to press OK. Little effort is required on your behalf, pressing N or Y to answer to Yes or No questions.

Somewhere along the way, the AI name gets revealed, which is probably the only fun fact, since it’s called “win d0es”. Sadly, it can only keep you entertained for a maximum of five minutes, the time it takes to go through all possible dialogs.

There’s no consistency whatsoever, and even if at first it creates the impression you get to make choices or even communicate, replies are similar and they all end up showing the same conversation at a certain point, regardless of answers you give. What’s more, it all ends with a looping GIF brought on your desktop, and if you want to initiate another conversation, which is actually the same, you need to run the app again.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that mini AI only deserves the first half of its name, because there’s nothing more behind it than a simple script that displays the same text after you enter a choice or write down a word. There’s no real interaction, with the whole experience taking more to download and run the program, than actually having fun with it.