Milestone talks about the new A.I. system in MotoGP 19
The new system of artificial intelligence is based on a system of neural networks trained to drive competitively as a real driver and this will make, in the intentions of the developers, every race much more compelling making us feel to run against "Real" opponents even when we don't play online.
Here is a brief description of this system provided to us by Milestone:
Developed in more than two years of collaboration with the engineers and data scientist of Orobix, a company specialized in the engineering of Artificial Intelligence Solutions, A.N.N.A. represents a revolutionary paradigm shift compared to the traditional AI systems, in which each action was set a priori by a programmer.
With the AI based on neural networks instead, the approach is completely different; Programmers no longer impose predetermined behaviors, but provide artificial intelligence with a vision of the surrounding world, a goal and the actions to be used to achieve it. Through a sophisticated rewarding mechanism, programmers inform AI about what behaviors are useful for achieving the purpose and which are harmful; It will then be the AI to learn the best way to achieve the goal set.
This approach to machine learning is called Reinforcement Learning and it allows to obtain an AI really aware of the environment that surrounds it and of what it is doing, unlike other approaches that restrict the action of AI to predetermined behaviors . In The first case the strategy of the game emerges from the interaction of the AI with the environment, in the second is imposed.
The training phase based on reinforcement learning allows you to simulate an incredibly high number of races in a short time (in a single day you can simulate more than 200,000 races, more than a professional driver can accumulate in all his life ), during which its main activities can be grouped in two macro-moments: the so-called exploration, to which the AI seeks to understand if the consequences of all its action are positive or negative to the attainment of its purpose, and the so-called exploitation, In which the AI exploits its experience and accumulated knowledge to obtain the best reward possible
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The result of this work is an extremely realistic and natural driving behavior, in which manoeuvres and driving techniques are very similar to those of a professional driver. Also from the point of view of performance, the track behaviour of AI Neural approaches that of true MotoGPâ„¢ riders, with lap times much lower than a classic AI system and very similar to those made on real circuits by pilots In Flesh and blood. The behavior in group is aggressive but correct against the other riders on the track, with the AI always ready to take advantage of every little mistake. To meet the needs of all players, the level of difficulty will obviously be modulatable as desired. For the more passionate, the challenge level of MotoGPâ„¢ has never been so high!
We Leave you now to the movie, reminding you that MotoGP 19 is expected for June 6.
