OpenAI Blog · Oct 11, 2017
Competitive self-play
Reviewed by Errol Vogt, Site support technician & online learning analyst · original summary · editorial policy
Competitive self-play. We’ve found that self-play allows simulated AIs to discover physical skills like tackling, ducking, faking, kicking, catching, and diving for the ball, without explicitly designing an environment with these skills in mind. Self-play ensures that the environment is always the right difficulty for an AI to improve. Taken alongside our Dota 2 self-play results, we have increasing confidence that self-play will be a core part of powerful AI systems in the future. This update is relevant for small-office operators tracking changes in their tools.
Operator takeaway: For operators: review whether 'Competitive self-play' affects your current setup before relying on it in production.
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