{"465831":{"#nid":"465831","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Why Artificial Intelligence Researchers Love \u0027Super Mario Bros\u0027","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.cc.gatech.edu\/inc\/mark-riedl\u0022\u003EMark Riedl\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and Matthew Guzdial are AI researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where they use computer software to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/read\/mario-skynet\u0022\u003Egenerate new\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ESuper Mario Bros.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Elevels\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;as a means of exploring how machines could one day help humans design games. One thing that makes Mario appealing to researchers such as themselves is a near-perfect balance between simplicity and complexity. Basically, the game\u2019s mechanics pose some interesting challenges for algorithms, but aren\u2019t so difficult that it\u2019s impossible to solve.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28124","created_gmt":"2015-11-03 14:38:58","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:46","author":"Tyler Sharp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"kent linthicum","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/read\/why-artificial-intelligence-researchers-love-super-mario-bros","dateline":{"date":"2015-11-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-11-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"465821":{"id":"465821","type":"image","title":"Mario Bros","body":null,"created":"1449256395","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:13:15","changed":"1475895211","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:31","alt":"Mario Bros","file":{"fid":"203738","name":"generated_levels_square_set_3.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/generated_levels_square_set_3_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/generated_levels_square_set_3_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":369686,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/generated_levels_square_set_3_0.png?itok=yztsc2MI"}}},"media_ids":["465821"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2835","name":"ai"},{"id":"2556","name":"artificial intelligence"},{"id":"146641","name":"Mario Brothers"},{"id":"66281","name":"Mark Riedl"},{"id":"146631","name":"Matthew Guzdial"},{"id":"166848","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}