Ex-game-AI developer: general agents are taking over bespoke game AI systems
weballergy · x · 2026-09-28
A developer who spent years building bespoke game AI systems (e.g., chess) comments on the Kaggle Game Arena paper: general LLMs and agents are now showing real competence in games, a major shift from hand-crafted systems. He notes agents can explain their reasoning and hold educational conversations, opening new learning opportunities — and that game benchmarks aren't saturated yet.
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