TechWith Most Information Hidden, AI Finally Masters Stratego

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon, MIT, NYU, and Stanford built an AI named Ataraxos that defeated Pim Niemeijer, arguably Stratego’s greatest player, 15 games to one with four draws. Training required only 16 GPUs and a few thousand dollars. Stratego is difficult because players know piece locations but not their identities until battles reveal them.

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