Decades-old ASCII adventure NetHack may hint at the future of AI – TechCrunch

Machine learning models have already mastered Chess, Go, Atari games and more, but in order for it to ascend to the next level, researchers at Facebook intend for AI to take on a different kind of game: the notoriously difficult and infinitely complex NetHack. "We wanted to construct what we think is the most accessible'grand challenge' with this game. It won't solve AI, but it will unlock pathways towards better AI," said Facebook AI Research's Edward Grefenstette. "Games are a good domain to find our assumptions about what makes machines intelligent and break them." You may not be familiar with NetHack, but it's one of the most influential games of all time.