I’ll also point out that in Three Body, true AI requires quantum research; it’s a hand-waving thing that Liu Cixin does to prevent the formation of an AI society. In either case, it wouldn’t necessarily help; if the humans can do AI, so can the Trisolarians; for all we know, they’re already a post-singularity society that can out-AI humans given their capability for sub-atomic computing.
The fun is watching human or Trisolarian nature, not AI systems playing perfect play games against each other.
I’ll also point out that in Three Body, true AI requires quantum research; it’s a hand-waving thing that Liu Cixin does to prevent the formation of an AI society. In either case, it wouldn’t necessarily help; if the humans can do AI, so can the Trisolarians; for all we know, they’re already a post-singularity society that can out-AI humans given their capability for sub-atomic computing.
The fun is watching human or Trisolarian nature, not AI systems playing perfect play games against each other.