Mario AI Competition

togelius writes "We're running a competition to see who can program the best AI for a version of Super Mario Bros. It's about deciding what to do at each time step — run, jump, shoot etc. — based on a description of the platforms, items and enemies around Mario. This is hard. It's so hard we believe that some sort of machine learning algorithm will be necessary to reach good playing performance. But really, any approach is fair game. We welcome hard-coded submissions, commercial AI programmers, academics and amateurs alike. Whoever wins, it will be really interesting. The competition is associated with two IEEE conferences, and there are cash prizes available for the best submissions."

Comments

Re:The prize seems kind of paltry

[TheCowSaysMooNotBoo]

Not to mention that you need to be present at the conference to claim your prize. Otherwise you just get a certificate.

Mechanical Turk?

[GranBurguesa]

But really, any approach is fair game

Re:This is hard

[BJ_Covert_Action]

My AI's level difficulty processing goes to 11...