The games people play smarten up AI

Just as we learn from our mistakes, they are--well, learning from our mistakes too. A database of Atari Gameplay was unleashed to show AI what's what with game play. Tech sites are talking about this Atari Grand Challenge dataset--worthy of attention as the dataset, said Dan Robitzski in Inverse, gives AI systems access to new ways of learning and honing skills over time. The researchers stated in their paper that "We collect and describe a large dataset of human Atari 2600 replays – the largest and most diverse such data set publicly released to date." Jordan Pearson, Motherboard: "Computer scientists from RWTH Aachen University in Germany and Microsoft Research have released the largest-ever database of human playthroughs for some of the most popular games for the Atari 2600."