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Briefing
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- Mahjong Playing AI – Microsoft Research Asia developed artificial intelligence (AI) called Super Phoenix or Suphx that taught itself to play Mahjong through machine learning
- Expert in 4 Months – AI went from novice to expert in mahjong in over four months playing more than 5,000 games against thousands of humans in Japan’s online Tenhou competition platform
- Mahjong Background – Chinese game invented thousands of years ago that combines observation, intuition, strategy, calculation, and chance played by millions of Asians today
- AI Abilities – Learned own playing style, balances attack and defense moves, weighs short term losses from long term gains, and makes quick calculations and decisions from unclear information
- Unique Game AI – Mahjong playing AI deals with imperfect information unlike Chess and Go playing counterparts
- Applications – Can be used to solve real-world problems with complexity of unknown factors and random events
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