It's thinking: Robin Baumgarten's AI-controlled Infinite Mario
And so it begins: above is the first public entry into the previously covered Mario AI contest, with Robin Baumgarten's A*-enhanced run, which pulls off a major coup halfway through when it walljumps out of a pit (he explains: "In this version of Mario, when you're jumping while sliding on a wall, you jump backwards and upwards away from it").
Read more about his solution via his site, where you can also see his entry into the DEFCON AI contest mentioned here long, long ago.
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noonat
#1 – 2:17 PM August 10, 2009
Very, very cool.
gabrielm
#2 – 11:09 AM August 11, 2009
Not really "thinking", but impressive none-the-less.
I dig that he will release his source code after the competition. It would be fun to pit the bot against this level: http://boingboing.net/2007/04/18/profane_super_mario_.html
hohum
#3 – 12:11 PM August 11, 2009
Pretty cool seeing the search/'thought' process as it happens… Not really the search I guess, but the 'this is how I need to get to where I need to be next' lines.
nosarembo
#4 – 4:41 PM August 11, 2009
Yeah, great. Train up those T-1000s to walljump.
vellon
#5 – 12:54 AM August 13, 2009
Anyone else bothered by the fact that it doesn't end in the AI failing and dying? Seems like it could be the one perfect run they recorded.