A retired Microsoft engineer is training an AI to master Robotron: 2084, an incredibly difficult arcade game about a…
Former Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer is training an AI to master the notoriously difficult 1982 arcade game Robotron: 2084. Plummer, also known for creating Windows Task Manager and 3D Pinball, sees Robotron as a pure stress test of real-time decision-making. The project involves a live training dashboard showcasing the AI's progress and analysis of the game's underlying design principles.
- Entities
- Company: Microsoft
- Game: Defender
- Topic: Artificial Intelligence
- Game: NARC
- Game: Smash TV
- Platform: PC
- Person: Eugene Jarvis
- Topic: Game Development
- Person: Dave Plummer
- Game: Tempest
- Game: Robotron: 2084
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