Learnfun and playfun: a general technique for automating NES games (2013)

[bingden]

http://tom7.org/mario/

[levi_n]

Tom's YT channel [0] is a rabbit hole of awesome engineering.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/c/suckerpinch/videos

[chriswarbo]

> The only winning move is not to play

I recognise this from a list of "specification gaming" examples compiled by Victoria Krakovna at https://vkrakovna.wordpress.com/2018/04/02/specification-gam...

I found that list from a video on specification gaming by Rob Miles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKJlF-olKmg

[dharmab → chriswarbo]

It's a quote from the 80s movie WarGames, about an AI trying to solve the "game" of nuclear war.

[pjs_]

Tom7 kicks ass