DeepMind’s AlphaStar AI has recently become a Grandmaster in the game StarCraft II.
StarCraft requires players to gather resources, build dozens of military units, and use them to try to destroy their opponents. StarCraft is particularly challenging for an AI because players must carry out long-term plans over several minutes of gameplay, tweaking them on the fly in the face of enemy counterattacks. DeepMind says that prior to its own effort, no one had come close to designing a StarCraft AI as good as the best human players.
Check It Out: The AI ‘AlphaStar’ Becomes a Grandmaster in StarCraft II
