The first Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE) conference took place in LA last week but not much was heard of the event. A few of the videogame industry's veterans were on-hand discussing ideas, such as Will Wright, Doug Church, and Chris Crawford. Lucky for us, a couple of attendees took some labor-intensive notes and shared them with the Internet. Thanks Slashdot.

[From Will Wright...] observation #3: flow of information has huge impact on how player perceives intelligence average person underestimates what it takes (Will shows video of a "helpless robot" Stupid Fun Club experiment - a fallen broken robot begging for help in an alley in Oakland during the middle of the day) all single women got spooked; single men stripped the robot for parts; mixed gender couples were the only people who helped