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I wish it said what rank it played at... did I miss that bit?

I believe he says somewhere that he didn't have it play against real players on battle net so far, but that he can beat AI up to insane, exclusive. I was happy to find out that he's a Stanford PhD student though, and that his office is right above mine :) So I need to drop by tomorrow and convince him to... properly evaluate the algorithm... for science.

My gut says he already tested it on Battle.net, that'd be the first thing I'd do... It's probably not a good idea to make that public though, as the legality of this AI is still uncertain.

>as the legality of this AI is still uncertain.

I know it's just a StarCraft AI, but that sentence still sent a chill down my spine, and visions of Ghost in the Shell / similar SF.

Ask him to post a few replays. I'd like to see this thing in-game.

Based on his description of beating Very Hard opponents I'd guess it is gold to platinum level at the current stage.

I can beat Very Hard opponents with ease but am stuck in silver :-). Furthermore, he states that his AI is weak to early agression. This is not a problem for him because the builtin AI never cheeses, but it happens all the time on ladder and will severely impact his rank.

Nonetheless, I'm totally blown away by the project! Amazing work!

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