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Full Autopilot in GTA Using TensorFlow

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Re: Full Autopilot in GTA Using TensorFlow

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Post by skrebbel »

tikej wrote: post #3

And to me this is the essence of hacking and hacker culture, not “how do I create MVP from my idea and become an entrepreneur” or “this and that in company XYZ” mindset. So glad to see people doing silly things that in fact require skill. This is why I come to hackernews. Keep up great work with this wonderful attitude!

I see your point and I agree with it. But I also want to remark that in many ways, building a company is also a silly thing that in fact requires skill.

I mean, I'm pretty sure I'd be way richer right now if I had just taken a job at some bigco. Or kept doing consulting.

I don't feel that what I'm doing right now (building a startup because I can) is fundamentally different from my demoscene past (coding computer graphics because I could). Sure, some startups make some people obscenely rich, but the vast majority don't :-) It's not too different from art or AI hobbying or gaming or game modding in that sense.

Re: Full Autopilot in GTA Using TensorFlow

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Post by alexeichemenda »

skrebbel wrote: post #12
tikej wrote: post #3

And to me this is the essence of hacking and hacker culture, not “how do I create MVP from my idea and become an entrepreneur” or “this and that in company XYZ” mindset. So glad to see people doing silly things that in fact require skill. This is why I come to hackernews. Keep up great work with this wonderful attitude!

I see your point and I agree with it. But I also want to remark that in many ways, building a company is also a silly thing that in fact requires skill. I mean, I'm pretty sure I'd be way richer right now if I had just taken a job at some bigco. Or kept doing consulting. I don't feel that what I'm doing right now (building a startup because I can) is fundamentally different from my demoscene past (coding computer gra…

> But I also want to remark that in many ways, building a company is also a silly thing that in fact requires skill.

It is - Tikej's point isn't that it's not a skill - but rather that it's not the right place to share these. Think of the difference between a "Startup News" and "Hacker News". Hacker news used to be very deep on tech topics, now those deep topic have become more rare.

Re: Full Autopilot in GTA Using TensorFlow

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Post by littlemtman »

tikej wrote: post #3

And to me this is the essence of hacking and hacker culture, not “how do I create MVP from my idea and become an entrepreneur” or “this and that in company XYZ” mindset. So glad to see people doing silly things that in fact require skill. This is why I come to hackernews. Keep up great work with this wonderful attitude!

Thank you very much !

Re: Full Autopilot in GTA Using TensorFlow

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Post by mhh__ »

braunshedd wrote: post #8

I'd love to see this done in Forza, although I'm sure that's optimizing for the wrong kind of driving behavior (lol) Amazing work!

A'I' in racing games is already a cracked problem I think (unless you mean forza horizon?).

The AIs in Rfactor2 are even pretty good wheel to wheel on some tracks - definitely a lot better than online rookies who are quick but blind. The only noticeable thing is that they don't learn over the course of a race. They seem to be programmed to make mistakes realistically, i.e. if the car loses grip in the wet they don't lock back onto the track.

Re: Full Autopilot in GTA Using TensorFlow

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Post by littlemtman »

alexeichemenda wrote: post #15
skrebbel wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I see your point and I agree with it. But I also want to remark that in many ways, building a company is also a silly thing that in fact requires skill. I mean, I'm pretty sure I'd be way richer right now if I had just taken a job at some bigco. Or kept doing consulting. I don't feel that what I'm doing right now (building a startup because I can) is fundamentally different from my demoscene past (coding computer gra…

> But I also want to remark that in many ways, building a company is also a silly thing that in fact requires skill. It is - Tikej's point isn't that it's not a skill - but rather that it's not the right place to share these. Think of the difference between a "Startup News" and "Hacker News". Hacker news used to be very deep on tech topics, now those deep topic have become more rare.

Hopefully I could bring you a deep tech topic !
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