About an AI that learned no-communication "gunboat" Diplomacy rather than the full game.
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Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About an AI that learned no-communication "gunboat" Diplomacy rather than the full game.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Very interesting except they only really trained the AI for "gunboat Diplomacy" where you are not allowed to communicate with your fellow players.
Any serious Diplomacy player knows that the moves on the board, coming once a day or once a week, are far less important than the interpersonal relationships and written communication that actually creates the game. Convincingly beating humans at Diplomacy would also involve passing the Turing test.