In the Atari game Skiing, the object is to move left and right to hit poles while avoiding trees
An artificial intelligence has learned to play the Atari computer game Skiing 6000 times more quickly just by reading the instruction manual first. The same approach could help teach AIs to drive cars or robots to use household appliances.
Atari computer games from the 1980s have become a benchmark problem for AI research because they have simple controls, but greater complexity when it comes to completing levels.
The core approach is to …
Article amended on 9 March 2023
We have corrected the description of the aim of the game.