The second day started too early for me… I was half awake for the museum.
In the morning, we went to Heinz Nixdorf Museum which is donated by Nixdorf(surprise!). The museum combines both old historical machines and some new technolgoies. I was very impressed by a lot of the old chunky computers that you had to manually switch inputs. The high teched robots are attractive as well.
After our trip to the museum, we headed back to the campus for an AI talk. In my opinion, AI is the future for all humans and the question is how would AI work in the gaming industry? Right now, most of the AIs that exist in games are weak AIs, they only work for one specific task and they are based on finite state machines. I think strategy games would be a good start for AI in games.
In the afternoon, I took a nice nap until it was time for board games!!!!! I hung out with the German students and tried out a bunch of board games I never tried. Firstly, I played a game called Circus, it’s a toy building game with some strategies. Basically, you earn points by finishing different constructions, bonus is available if you complete certain tasks. I enjoyed my second board game quite a lot, everyone competes individually, yet you have to collaborate with your neighbors to get points. You map a city with your neighbor and certain combos can earn you points, such as adjacent malls. I was tied for second place in the end. Some of the Germans tried to make us stay by offering wine and beer. LOL.
Fam in a bar!!!
