An artificial intelligence (AI) system has for the first time figured out how to collect diamonds in the hugely popular video game Minecraft — a difficult task requiring multiple steps — without being shown how to play. Its creators say the system, called Dreamer, is a step towards machines that can generalize knowledge learned in one domain to new situations, a major goal of AI.
Collecting a diamond is “a very hard task”, says computer scientist Jeff Clune at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, who was part of a separate team that trained a program to find diamonds using videos of human play. “There is no question this represents a major step forward for the field.”
An even bigger target for AI, says Clune, is the ultimate challenge for Minecraft players: killing the Ender Dragon, the virtual world’s most fearsome creature.
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~~Neuro-sama: finally a worthwhile opponent~~
It will play alongside us, maybe future npcs will seem as real as another player. This is both exciting and terrifying haha but sites like .io games where already using AI to make servers seemed there were more players than what really was there.
I think the problem with all of this is not telling the player. If I know I'm playing with bots it's fine since I can choose but don't deceive me saying they are humans, that should be (or maybe is?) illegal.