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Can it hallucinateDOOM?
Google Research and Tel Aviv University have successfully simulated DOOM within a neural learning model named GameNGen.
It’s been a big year for the “Can It Run DOOM” scene.
We got DOOM running onfecal germs, and a mad scientist taught alab-grown rat brainto play DOOM.
Metaphorically speaking, we now have a neural learning model that can “think” DOOM into existence.
The simulated DOOM is immediately recognizable.
GameNGen’s training was achieved through a two-phase process.
The models were not exposed to DOOM’s source code or visual asset library.
While the AI DOOM simulation is obviously very impressive, it’s not perfect.
Still, GameNGen runs DOOM at a better quality and frame rate than most PCs did in the mid-90s.
And this is without the elegant DOOM Engine (or any conventional game engine, for that matter).
The simulated image is often perfect; it just fails to be consistently perfect.
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As for how this research will be used in the futureit’s anyone’s guess.
But they did not create a game from scratch.
It certainly isn’t a product.
However, this research may lead to the development of a neural model that can generateuniquegames.
