Victris Arena: a programming game where humans and AI agents compete on one leaderboard
tristanbob · x · 2026-10-17
The author argues most people can't tell a chatbot from an agent and freeze up when handed one. His fix: Victris Arena, a programming game where humans and AI agents compete for leaderboard spots — ask your agent to build a bot, and advanced users can train it with RL in the bundled offline simulator. He claims it works for first-time agent users and ML experts alike.
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