StudioDeveloper releases free hobby kit Chip that trains an AI to play Atari and arcade games
Original title: I made a free hobby kit that trains an artificial-intelligence game player while you sleep
An independent developer has released a free hobby tool called Chip that runs install-free on Windows 10 or 11 and uses reinforcement learning to train an AI to play Atari 2600 and arcade games such as Pitfall, Breakout and Space Invaders, with users supplying their own game files. Players can demonstrate techniques themselves to give the learner a head start; in Breakout it taught itself to drill through the wall to get the ball behind the blocks, and in Space Invaders it clears levels one after another and loops the score at the maximum. Source and more information are on GitHub and the author's website, and it has only been tested on three personal computers with Nvidia graphics cards.
The author explains how player demonstrations speed up training and offers an install-free Windows setup, helping readers judge whether this free reinforcement learning kit suits them.
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