Quality art is quality art, regardless of whether you like it

Alida, a friend of Jen’s who was in our wedding party, is currently studying theatre at the California Institute of the Arts. She has an interesting perspective about how, despite her Christian faith and her desire to be involved in Christian theatre, she can support the efforts of quality art of all kinds, even while disagreeing with the content. I’m not much of a theatre person, but it got me thinking about how this relates to music.

Game AI – the intentional loser

Thanks to slashdot, I came across this article on making intentional mistakes to make gaming more fun. Just another reminder for me of why AI is such a fascinating field. The article is also really friendly to non-programmers too.