AI beat Pokémon, but one smart play and a dozen dumb ones, researcher says
BlancheMinerva · x · 2026-09-30
AI researcher BlancheMinerva reviews a model's winning Pokémon battle run: despite the win, only one move was smart and over a dozen were bad. She argues a simple heuristic — "use the fastest Pokémon with a super-effective attack" — would likely outperform the model. In a follow-up she questions what the model knows about enemy teams: leading Alakazam vs. Agatha was a good move, but the model's stated rationale was factually wrong.
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