IT’S THINKING: ROBIN BAUMGARTEN’S AI-CONTROLLED INFINITE MARIO

And so it begins: above is the first public entry into the previously covered Mario AI contest, with Robin Baumgarten’s A*-enhanced run, which pulls off a major coup halfway through when it walljumps out of a pit (he explains: “In this version of Mario, when you’re jumping while sliding on a wall, you jump backwards and upwards away from it”).

Read more about his solution via his site, where you can also see his entry into the DEFCON AI contest mentioned here long, long ago.