
Atthe2017annualeSportsworldchampionship,"TheInternational",anArtificialIntelligenceagentwasunveiledthatcouldplayagainstsomeoftheworld'sbestplayersatDOTA2,apopularonlinegameconsideredoneofthemostcomplexvideogamesever.Whilethisdemonstrationwasbasedona1vs1versionofwhatisnormallya5vs5game,andplaywaslimitedtoareducedsectionofthemap,itwasamajorcoup.Afterthedemonstration,andtothesurpriseofboththegamingandartificialintelligencecommunities;thedevelopersfueledbytheexcitementofthewinannouncedtothecrowdthattheywillbebackthefollowingyearwithanewAIthatcanplaythefull5vs5game.ARTIFICIALGAMERfollowsthejourneyofthescientistsandengineersatOpenAI,astheydeveloptheirartificialagent.Duringtheirquest,theyfacetheuniquechallengesofbuildingoneofthelargestandmostcomplexAIsystemsinhistory,inonlyoneyear.