… as played by a computer. Here’s an entry for the “ Mario AI Competition 2009 ,” a contest to see who can design the best AI player of Infinite Mario Bros. , a heavily modified version of Super Mario World with random level generation. Both videos succinctly demonstrate why the robots will be ruling us all within decadesyears months .
The bit to really watch out for comes at 0:45, when the otherwise inch-perfect AI controller seems to plunge down a pit, only to brilliantly rescue itself with some impossibly nimble wall-jumping.
[ Mario AI Competition 2009 , via Shacknews ]
