As if it weren’t enough that an AI has been beating humans at a game that is considered part strategy but mostly memorization of strategies, now an AI is also
As if it weren’t enough that an AI has been beating humans at a game that is considered part strategy but mostly memorization of strategies, now an AI is also beating them at a game that requires quick strategic thinking and quick mouse-clicking. Of course, the former is probably too easy for a computer to do, since it requires no fingers, but DeepMind’s new AlphaStar AI has beaten human pros at StarCraft II ten times before finally letting the organics win at least once.
StarCraft II may be a strange game to pick but not only is it still popular, it is still considered to be one of the more challenging real-time strategy (RTS) games of all time. As such, it was the perfect game to test an AI’s learning and decision-making capabilities.
