What is aa and ai?

[lolage]

Can somone please enlighten me to what these do/are?

 

[Richdog]

aa = anti-aliasing

AI - artificial Intelligence.

Now use Google and go do some reading http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=google+uk&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B2GGFB_enGB219GB223

 

[Samione]

AA is anti aliasing, it smooths the sharp edges of stuff. AI is artificial intelligence.

 

[SS-89]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-aliasing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence

 

[unwashed potato!]

im' shocked that in this day and age people don't know what ai is, thought from films like AI and Irobot and of course the fact that it's researched a lot that people would know.

 

[Richdog]

Indeed... the fact people can't research the very simplest of things is a tad worrying. I mean ffs, put AI into Google and you're spoilt for choice http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rlz=1B2GGFB_enGB219GB223&q=ai&btnG=Search&meta=

 

[Will_3rd]

indeed would seem some of the members of the forum like to be spoonfed simple information

 

[Zip]

You dont know what they are and you have the following Rig

e2180 @ 2.4GHz - Gigabyte DS3R
2gb OCZ PC2-6400
8800GTX
HX 520

I would expect anyone with an 8800GTX and OCZ memory to know what it is TBH.


(me thinks this is a **** stiring thread to start fights)

 

[Tefal]

seams you need a degree in mathematics to understand half of that aa wiki artical.

 

[james.miller]

Alcoholics anonymous and Amnesty International....i think

 

[Inazuma]

e2180 @ 2.4GHz - Gigabyte DS3R
2gb OCZ PC2-6400
8800GTX
HX 520

You have a pc like this and yet dont know what AA and AI is?!

 

[LoadsaMoney]

indeed would seem some of the members of the forum like to be spoonfed simple information

Looks like GD is spreading then.

 

[schumi84]

Alcoholics anonymous and Amnesty International....i think

Lol, indeed it is. Maybe that is what the OP meant.

 

[Skully]

Anti Aircraft.

 

[Timdog]

You have a pc like this and yet dont know what AA and AI is?!

whats a pc

give him a break. i remember asking stupid stuff. believe it or not not everyone knows the wisdom google and wikipedia provide

but still, ai is a really well known term

 

[Zefan]

He might have meant Anisotropic Filtering and just put i instead of f?

 

[Curunen]

He might have meant Anisotropic Filtering and just put i instead of f?

They're a little way apart on a keyboard.

 

[Duke]

He might have meant Anisotropic Filtering and just put i instead of f?

I was thinking that as well.

 

[bfar]

whats a pc

give him a break. i remember asking stupid stuff. believe it or not not everyone knows the wisdom google and wikipedia provide

but still, ai is a really well known term

Agreed

OP has probably never used either google or wiki. There was a time when none of us did.

If you work with PC's, espessially around eldar folk, you'll know that this is normal.

What makes me laugh is that some of you took the time to slate the OP, when you could have just answered the question!

AA smooths out the jagged edges in a 3D image, improving the overall picture quality. It comes with a performance hit, as it gives the PC more work to do when drawing each frame of animation.

AI - Artificial intelligence is the term given to teaching machines or computer programes how to make decisions. In terms of a game, it usually determines how the bad guys behave in the gaming environment.