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Re:Tencent's AI plays StarCraft II, and wins over 90 percent... by benchaney on Friday September 21, 2018 @12:30PM (#18040832)
Machines winning at physical sports has already happened. It is even less impressive than any AI winning at real time games. A race car is faster than a human runner. A speedboat is faster than a swommer. A tank would be an untackleable running back. A rail gun Tennis serve would be unreturnable (etc)
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Re:Tencent's AI plays StarCraft II, and wins over 90 percent... by pmontra on Friday September 21, 2018 @12:39PM (#18040899)
Yes but probably parent meant a fully automated opponent, e.g. not car + human driver but an autonomous car. That probably beats any human in Olympic running races even now. Robot tennis player, not yet.
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