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AI has the complex game Go, and if you're willing to teach the machines to beat you at , too, Microsoft wants your help. Researchers from want to use the open-world game to improve its artificial intelligence systems. Unlike Go, which is very rule-specific, Minecraft requires what researchers call "general intelligence," a formidable challenge for deep learning systems. "Minecraft is the perfect platform for this kind of research because it's this very open world," says Katja Hofmann from Microsoft's Cambridge labs.
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