AI computer gets first ever perfect score on Ms. Pac-Man

While it might sound like an elusive dream for most, the perfect score for arcade classic Ms. Pac-Man has been achieved – albeit by a computer. Researchers have created an artificial intelligence-based system that learned how to get the maximum score of 999,990 on the addictive 1980s video game. And the innovative method used could help to make advances in other areas of AI research, such as natural language processing. Researchers have created an artificial intelligence-based system that learned how to get the maximum score of 999,990 on the addictive 1980s video game, Ms. Pac-Man The technique, which the team has named'Hybrid Reward Architecture', used 150 agents, which worked in parallel with one another. For example, some agents were rewarded for successfully finding one specific pellet, while others were tasked with staying out of the way of ghosts.