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Mario AI Competition

Posted by Soulskill on from the must-be-on-mushrooms-when-you-write-the-code dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Uhhhh by Toridas · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you had read TFA you'd know that they are using the game Infinite Mario Bros, which has randomly generated levels.

  2. Let's see if any of these guys have a go... by VinylRecords · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://tasvideos.org/

    TAS = Tool Assisted Speed Runs. Basically you program controller inputs (at very slow speeds) and then play them back at 1:1 speeds and you watch a pre-programmed controller run through an entire game as quickly as possible. There are runs for basically most of the more popular NES and SNES games as well as other games. Pretty interesting stuff and usually a daunting task is creating a TAS of a game.