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Re:Show HN: Bomberland – An AI competition to build the best... by Madmallard on Friday September 24, 2021 @02:40PM (#28646252)
Who is to say there isn’t a simple strategy that’s also optimal? It’s not exactly a complex game.
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Re:Show HN: Bomberland – An AI competition to build the best... by Buttons840 on Friday September 24, 2021 @02:44PM (#28646293)
Maybe. All approaches can be tried, that's part of the fun. I'm just saying that the best algorithm we know of for solving games in general requires a model, and so if a model is made available to everyone it will save people some work.
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