OpenAI has created a bot that is able to beat top professionals in one - on - one matches of competitive video game Dota 2 . Success in Dota requires players to develop intuitions about their opponents and plan accordingly. The bot won a best - of - three match against pro player Lee on the mainstage at The International competition , and followed this up with victories against several other leading players . While the robot takes a similar number of actions per minute to its human counterpart , its real strength lies in deception and deception , according to the development team .
OpenAI has created a bot that is able to beat top professionals in one - on - one matches of competitive video game Dota 2 . The bot won a best - of - three match against pro player Lee on the mainstage at The International competition , and followed this up with victories against several other leading players . While the robot takes a similar number of actions per minute to its human counterpart , its real strength lies in deception and deception , according to the development team .