Algorithmic adventures: Did you know AI has been making games fun for you since the ‘80s?

The other day, I was wandering around the narrow, twisting alleyways of Oxford city playing Pokemon Go when a woman suddenly appeared out of nowhere and asked me, “Do you want to attend a free lecture about AI (artificial intelligence)?”

She gestured manically towards a door hidden in the ancient brickwork, presumably leading to a lecture hall and not a secret room where I’d get robbed.