Taking that inspiration to its logical conclusion, Introversion has teamed up with the AI research team at Imperial College London to cook up its own version of Joshua, an unbeatable DEFCON AI program that has consistently bested Introversion's own training AI programs. As if creating its own perfect killing machine weren't enough, Introversion has released an API allowing anyone to create their own DEFCON AI. Introversion claims that its underlying motivation is to “enable DEFCON to become a driving force for the development of AI techniques in gaming, much as chess and backgammon have become in previous years,” though didn't Cyberdyne Systems start off the same way? If you think you've got a future as an armageddonist, check out Introversion's site for more details about its API program. If you need me, I'll be hiding under my house!
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