Another game falls to an AI player
This time it is one that involves negotiation and double-dealing
Backgammon was an easy win. Chess, harder. Go, harder still. But for some aficionados it is only now that artificial intelligence (AI) can truly say it has joined the game-playing club—for it has proved it can routinely beat humans at Diplomacy.
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This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “Trust no one”
From the November 26th 2022 edition
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