Environment

• One of the really nice hooks here is the environment.
• An agent exists in an environment, is affected by it, and affects it.
• This works really well for games. The game is the environment.
• Note that other agents are part of the environment.
• In a case like chess, the agent is really most of the code. You write a UI and make sure play is legitimate, but the real issue is the opponent agent.
• In other cases, (space invaders) there really aren't other agents.
• However, in most games, there are agents.
• As the agents become more sophisticated, the game gets better.
• Of course, it's hard to make good agents, so people often end up playing each other.