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Google’s AI Mastered Minecraft Without Being Taught — That Matters More Than You’d Think
“Dreamer marks a significant step towards general AI systems,” Danijar Hafner, a computer scientist at Google DeepMind told Nature. “It allows AI to understand its physical environment and also to ...
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From Pixels to Plot Holes: ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Crafts Meaning From Mayhem
One of April’s biggest box office releases is based on a video game with no plot, dialogue or defined characters. “A ...
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Google DeepMind AI Is Now Better at Minecraft Than You — Without Being Trained on the Game
Dreamer had no such prior training before it was introduced to the game. "Dreamer is, to our knowledge, the first algorithm ...
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Researchers Build ‘Blocky” Twin of UTD in Minecraft for Digital Workforce Training
Hollywood's "A Minecraft Movie" killed it with a record $163 million opening weekend. Meanwhile, UT Dallas researchers have ...
Minecraft movie's director tested some of its most head-scratching creations to check if they worked in-game: "Right, it checks out. It's bulletproof"
The appeal of Minecraft has always been: if you can imagine it, you can build it. As it turns out, that also extends to the ...
Wow, Fans And Critics Really, Really Do Not Agree On A Minecraft Movie (And I Get It)
This past weekend, the 2025 movie schedule marked the release of A Minecraft Movie, the video game adaptation So far, it ...
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This AI Speedrunner Taught Itself to Play Minecraft
The Dreamer AI system of Google's DeepMind reached the milestone of mastering Minecraft by ‘imagining’ the future impact of ...