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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. but can they come up with an AI... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...creative enough to make a unique second psot?

  2. Re:Uhhhh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yes, you can. If there's a prize for "asshat that doesn't RTFA", you may already be a winner!

  3. Re:This is hard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Of course by teach you mean, program it to do something specific right? Because, even the most advanced AI doesn't learn.