Watch an Artificial Intelligence Learn to Play SUPER MARIO WORLD Nerdist

Now let me be clear: this video is a harbinger for the end of days. It is the culmination of so many of our fears: artificial intelligence left to its own devices, high stakes video gaming (listen: all gaming is high stakes if you're like me), and the Big Brother-y camera watching it all go down. Like feasting your eyes upon the oncoming trainwreck it is (can you tell I'm terrified of AIs?), I feel like I'm staring down the barrel of a very angry volcano from my bedroom window in Pompeii. Because surely robots that are able to learn are what will undo us all as a human race. But if you're all'eh, whatever!' about it -- why not watch this bot that learned how to play Super Mario World for your visual enjoyment!