AI News first reported of OpenAI’s gaming prowess in August 2017 when it took on three of the best Dota 2 players in the world and won.

The AI learned how to play the game from scratch and was able to beat regular players within the space of an hour. Professional gamers put up more of a fight, with the AI requiring two weeks of training to beat some of humankind’s best.

At the time, OpenAI said they believe their AI is beatable as it’s not better in terms of actions-per-minute but made smarter decisions. Some players were able to confuse the bot and distract it from the main objectives; showing it’s not flawless.

In the latest man versus machine spectacle, the humans lost the first two rounds but won in the third.

The opponents faced off Valve’s The International 2018 esports competition in San Francisco. Rules were kept the same as the last bout which meant things like ‘couriers’ (NPCs used for delivering items to heroes) were not invulnerable.

On average, a match features 80,000 individual frames and each character is able to perform around 170,000 possible actions. The AI’s ability to comprehend and take relevant actions is nothing short of incredible.

According to OpenAI Cofounder and Chairman Greg Brockman, the firm’s AI now has the equivalent of 45,000 years of Dota 2 gameplay experience. Taking that into account makes it even more impressive the human players managed to beat the AI even once.

OpenAI is currently able to play just 18 of the 115 heroes featured in Dota 2, so – if you’re thinking of issuing a challenge – perhaps get to grips with those it’s not had the equivalent of around 562 human lifetimes training in.

An archived broadcast of the match can be viewed on Twitch here.

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The AI faced three of the best Dota 2 players in the world at the championships in the US and beat them all. It even learned the game from scratch using the old adage of “try, try, and try again.”

Some players of the eSports hit put in grueling hours of training for a chance to receive the increasingly large winnings on offer at some events. That means little to an AI, however, and it only cares about the glory.

The makers claim the goal ultimately is not just to win games and make human players look foolish, but to improve decision making.

“This is a step towards building AI systems which accomplish well-defined goals in messy, complicated situations involving real humans,” say the OpenAI engineers.

Should we bow to our AI overlords?

While the current crop of Dota 2 players appear unable to beat the AI, with enough commitment the creators believe it’s possible. The AI bots are not better in terms of actions-per-minute, but rather in their ability to make smarter decisions.

OpenAI can beat regular Dota 2 players in the space of an hour (which means it could learn to beat me in 30 minutes.) It takes approximately two weeks for the AI to beat the best Dota 2 players in the scene.

The AI wasn’t flawless, however. During subsequent tests against other attendees at the championship, some players were able to confuse the bot and distract it from the main objectives. Keep that in mind for the prophesied AIpocalypse.

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