Poll #35: 01/06/03 - 02/03/03



Book Learn'in
Have you found books on AI (game AI, military AI, academic AI, whatever) generally useful and a good investment?
[116 votes total]



I like the game-oriented books (the Game Programming Gems series, for example) useful but that's about it. (30) 26%
I've found the more academic books (such as the wonderful AI: A Modern Approach) more useful than anything else. (24) 21%
Really I'm a big fan of the military tactics and strategy references (such as The Encyclopedia of Military History). (3) 3%
Love'em all depending on the book itself. (20) 17%
No, I pretty much have no real use for books on AI--I teach myself what I need to know from the Web and other sources. (13) 11%
Help me...I'm lost. (26) 22%

Steve's Comments: Interesting. I had wanted a snapshot of how useful developers in general found books on AI to be, and there's my answer. Far and away most of you went for either the Game AI books or the academic-oriented books, which generally makes sense given the audience of this site.