If you are trying to make game AI then neural networks are a bad idea. But if you are just trying to have some fun learning then do whatever you want. That said

If you are trying to make game AI then neural networks are a bad idea. But if you are just trying to have some fun learning then do whatever you want. That said, MLPs are hard to use properly, not a good place to start. A good way to start "AI". Write a decision tree they will serve you well and with boosting do even better. Basic but useful stuff: logistic regression, armed bandits, weighted experts, kNearest, k means , Kernel Density estimation and Naive Bayes. That covers online, ensemble, super and unsuper vised algorithms. Goodluck!