Wednesday, October 30, 2019

StarCraft II Pro

An AI by the name of AlphaStar has just successfully become a Grand Master at the video game StarCraft II.

Starcraft II is a popular computer game that sees opponents build civilisations and battle alien neighbours.

The game of StarCraft II has often been dubbed as one of the most complex video games out there. Easy to understand yet incredibly difficult to learn how to play like a pro, AlphaStay grew to its current level of ability in just 44 days. It has beat 99.8% of all of its opponents since its inception. The important thing to note is that the AI was able to grow to its current level by "watching" recordings of other players and constant practice against itself to iron out any weaknesses in its game play. The broader hope for such a program is that said technology could be applied to predicting the weather and self driving cars.

The Guardian Article

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