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Trapped With Nothing to Do, Bored AI Agents Invented Games From Scratch - ExtremeTech

Published by ExtremeTech By Graham Templeton · 21 October 2026 at 18:45
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Trapped With Nothing to Do, Bored AI Agents Invented Games From Scratch - ExtremeTech
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A fascinating study asks whether simple AI agents are capable of true play, and whether human play might have come about the same way.

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