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[theweaselking]

MIT teaches computer to read the manual, win at Civilisation.

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[kierthos.livejournal.com]

You know, that might stop the robot apocalypse, if they get addicted to WoW....

[fridgepunk.livejournal.com]

From the comments:

[researcher in response to the question of what strategy the AI used to succeed]:
Our algorithm is inherently biased towards finding the fastest way to win the game. Against the built-in AI, this happens to be world domination via an "early rush" strategy - so that is what the method ends up learning.