On: DeepMind’s StarCraft II agent will play anonymousl...

[cf498]

I wonder in which way an ethics board was consulted for this. Is it ethically justifiable to introduce an anonymously "cheating" AI like DeepMind in the competitive ladder? After all

> A win or a loss against AlphaStar will affect your MMR as normal.

While the scenario at hand might be relatively unproblematic, at what point does an ethics board get consulted for anonymous trials concerning AI - human interaction? Is this something on the radar of the DeepMind team?

[tshaddox → cf498]

Each player has to opt-in to the possibility of being matched with the anonymous AI player.

[leggomylibro → cf498]

Also, is it legal in California?

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtm...

I'm not a lawyer, but it sounds like they're probably okay as long as the bot doesn't advertise anything or incite people to vote.

[cf498 → leggomylibro]

I missed the part of the article which mentions getting matched against deepMind is opt-in in the first go through. So everything should be fine.

[tshaddox → cf498]

It’s opt-in, and also it doesn’t even come close to matching the descriptions in the bill.

> for the purpose of knowingly deceiving the person about the content of the communication in order to incentivize a purchase or sale of goods or services in a commercial transaction or to influence a vote in an election.

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Maybe that is why it is only being done on the European ladder. Deepmind is a European company owned by Alphabet.