AI Agent Teams in Minecraft Fail to Build a Civilization
Researchers let teams of AI agents loose in the game Minecraft and asked them to build a thriving civilisation. Teams of 50 agents got stuck in endless red tape and failed to get anything built. The test shows how hard it still is for AI groups to work together on long, open-ended goals.
Quick glossaryMinecraft, AI agent, bureaucracy
- Minecraft
- A popular block-building video game where players create worlds from cubes, owned by Microsoft.
- AI agent
- A software program that can make its own choices and take steps on its own to reach a goal.
- bureaucracy
- A system of rules and paperwork steps that slow things down so much that nothing gets done.
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