For the Directed Focus Study course, I investigated the Goal Oriented Action Planning (GOAP) AI technique. This AI technique gives an AI a number of possible actions and an end goal and uses A* to divise a course of action that fulfills the goal.
This AI technique is used in F.E.A.R., Fallout 3, and the upcoming Deus Ex: Human Revolution. It allows for more natural behavior as AI agents react to stimuli, and lets programmers stray away from messy state based AI systems.
