Robot defeats video gaming champion

Tesla: An artificial intelligence (AI) program defeated a human at a world championship video game contest.

The AI win stunned the gaming community, because bots are generally considered inferior to expert human players.

Open AI — a non-profit artificial intelligence research firm is known for its backing by serial entrepreneur Elon Musk, of Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX fame.

Open AI says its mission is to promote “responsible” AI development. Musk via Twitter on Saturday said that AI is “more [of a] risk than North Korea.”

To test out some harmless uses for AI, one Open AI team-taught a bot to play Dota 2.

Dota 2, is an online multi-player battle game that works kind of like a complex virtual version of capture the flag. Teams of players use powerful characters, called “heroes,” to battle each other. When one team takes down a structure, called “Ancient,” in the opposing team’s home base, the game ends.

The bot kept playing until its skill level reached that of the world’s best Dota 2 players, he added.

The bot was put to test at The International, which is Dota 2’s world championship. The tournament kicked off in Seattle on August 7, with a $10.7 million grand prize.

On Friday, the bot entered a best-of-five series with Danil Ishutin, a professional Dota 2 player from Ukraine who goes by the name Dendi. As it was a side attraction, the bot wasn’t eligible for prize money.

Before the battle kicked off, Dendi greeted the screaming crowd at Seattle Center’s Keyarena. aOpen AI’s bot was introduced as a pizzabox-sized robot draped in a silky black robe.

Dota 2, is an online multi-player battle game that works kind of like a complex virtual version of capture the flag. Teams of players use powerful characters, called “heroes,” to battle each other

When a team takes down a structure, called “Ancient,” in the opposing team’s home base, game ends