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Computer program that learns to play classic NES games
suckerpinch · Apr 2, 2013 · 16m 18s
What this video covers
Tom7 explains and demos software that learns to play NES games by finding score patterns in memory and then searching for inputs that raise it. It is the video companion to his SIGBOVIK paper.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
Loved on HN as a hilarious, brilliant example of hacker-academic work and cited whenever game-playing AI or fuzzing comes up.
11recommendation score
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- distinct recommenders
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Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“His video on learnfun/playfun is both hilarious and amazing.”
“Watch the whole thing, it's delightful.”
“Pretty entertaining stuff.”