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Learnfun and playfun: a general technique for automating NES games (2013)

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Learnfun and playfun: a general technique for automating NES games (2013)

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Post by bingden » Sun, Aug 01, 2021, 2:18 PM UTC

Learnfun and playfun: a general technique for automating NES games (2013)
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Post by levi_n » Mon, Aug 02, 2021, 12:07 PM UTC

Tom's YT channel [0] is a rabbit hole of awesome engineering.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/c/suckerpinch/videos

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Post by chriswarbo » Mon, Aug 02, 2021, 4:01 PM UTC

> The only winning move is not to play

I recognise this from a list of "specification gaming" examples compiled by Victoria Krakovna at https://vkrakovna.wordpress.com/2018/04/02/specification-gam...

I found that list from a video on specification gaming by Rob Miles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKJlF-olKmg

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Post by pjs_ » Mon, Aug 02, 2021, 8:14 PM UTC

Tom7 kicks ass

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Post by dharmab » Wed, Aug 04, 2021, 2:17 PM UTC

chriswarbo wrote: post #3

> The only winning move is not to play I recognise this from a list of "specification gaming" examples compiled by Victoria Krakovna at https://vkrakovna.wordpress.com/2018/04/02/specification-gam... I found that list from a video on specification gaming by Rob Miles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKJlF-olKmg

It's a quote from the 80s movie WarGames, about an AI trying to solve the "game" of nuclear war.

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