A new artificial intelligence program learned how to play 49 classic arcade video games (such as Pong, Breakout, Space Invaders and Asteroids) when given only minimal information, a new study shows.
The program was able to surpass the performance of all previous algorithms and outperformed a professional human games tester in a majority of the games.
The authors conclude that this study will help scientists program artificial intelligence systems that will learn to perform various challenging tasks from scratch.
Videos of the program playing Breakout and Space Invaders are available.
Original research paper published in Nature on February 25, 2015.
Names and affiliations of selected authors
Demis Hassabis, Google DeepMind, London, United Kingdom
