An AI made humans look foolish in a game of skill – something it did had never been seen before

A controlled robot by artificial intelligence beat the human record on the maze game.

Artificial intelligence is exploding in every field. A mythical fear is that one day it will surpass or even replace man. This is what we can fear with the latest feat of  "Cyberrunner", a robot that has beaten the human record  agrave; a game of skill. The game in question, the maze, is a game of marbles combining coordination, strategy and precision. The principle is simple: guide a marble through a labyrinth littered with traps. The board, often made of wood, is filled with obstacles and holes. To reach the finish, you have to use small wheels to tilt the game board.

The latter was é motorized to be connected to to the controlled robot by artificial intelligence. CyberRunner has thus been equipped with the latest technology. two mechanical arms for the cranks, a camera to analyze the route and a computer as the brain for the strategic part. Like a beginner, CyberRunner had the right to take advantage of this. six hours of training. Obviously, the first tests were very successful. chess. After this time had elapsed, the robot started to run. in a real game. And the result is astonishing: CyberRunner only took 14.48 seconds to complete. take the ball up to the arrival.

He was facing the world. three humans who had the same duration of training, but who, once the time had passed, still had a lot of difficulty in performing their training. advance their ball. CyberRunner even broke the performance record that had been set previously. éestablished on this game in 2022 by Lars Göran Danielsson. According to Les Numériques, it was 15.41 seconds. L& #39;artificial intelligence therefore gave the game champion a 6% lead. shortcuts that researchers had not seen. However, these could sometimes amount to a certain form of cheating: developers then decided to to prohibit this practice & AI to put it on the same level playing field. than humans.

CyberRunner has a large capacity. learning through experience. A camera analyzes each movement which is then absorbed into the game. by the algorithm. According to the researchers whose comments were made Reported by JVTech, the robot "recognizes which strategies and behaviors are the most promising”. The AI ​​algorithm allows it to quickly learn from its mistakes and thus gradually improve its tests.

If artificial intelligence had already been created won on strategy games, this is the first time that victory has taken place on a game of skill with a physical part. The images of this part are truly impressive.