To hone its collaborative skills, this AI is taking on the world’s top video game players
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/hone-its-collaborative-skills-ai-taking-worlds-top-video-game-players
In warmup matches, OpenAI Five defeated human players at the multiplayer strategy game Dota 2.
Next week, scientists working on artificial intelligence (AI) and games will be watching the latest human-machine matchup. But instead of a single pensive player squaring off against a computer, a team of five top video game players will be furiously casting magic spells and lobbing (virtual) fireballs at a team of bots called OpenAI Five. They’ll be playing the real-time strategy game Dota 2 at The International in Vancouver, Canada, an annual e-sports tournament that draws professional gamers who compete for millions of dollars.