Tired of digging all those blocks in Minecraft? Help could be at hand from an artificial intelligence assistant that can dig and build on command.
Facebook researchers are developing the assistant that players control by typing commands in ordinary language.
The team chose Minecraft because the physics of the game are simple and there are limits on the number of ways its blocks can be manipulated.
An early version of the assistant has already been made available.
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The software behind the assistant controls an avatar in the Minecraft game world with which players can communicate.
Video demonstrations show the AI assistant being told to build a circle out of wooden blocks and answering questions about what it is doing ... Read even more
