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Self-play reinforcement learning bot beats strong StarCraft: Brood War player

Original: Starcraft Brood War self-play RL bot beats strong human [video]

A reinforcement learning bot trained through self-play has defeated a strong human player at StarCraft: Brood War, one of the most demanding competitive strategy games for AI. The milestone draws comparisons to DeepMind's AlphaStar work on StarCraft II and renews debate over machine performance in real-time strategy, where long horizons, imperfect information and micro-level control remain difficult challenges.

Why now: People are discussing another landmark for AI in complex competitive games, echoing past milestones like AlphaStar.

StarCraft: Brood Warreinforcement learningBlizzard Entertainment

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