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General game playing (GGP)

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TL;DR. An AI approach focused on creating agents capable of playing multiple games without game-specific programming.

Technical Definition

An AI approach focused on creating agents capable of playing multiple games without game-specific programming.

How it works

General Game Playing (GGP) aims to develop AI systems that can learn and play a wide variety of games, often from just reading the rules. This contrasts with traditional game AI, which is usually tailored to a single game.

Related Concepts

  • Reinforcement Learning — A paradigm where an agent learns to make decisions by receiving rewards or penalties from its environment through trial and error.
  • Game theory — The mathematical study of strategic interactions between rational decision-makers.

Further Reading

  • Wikipedia — Glossary of AI