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What If Super Mario Had A Conscience? A.I. Experts Gave Him A Mind Of His Own — mtv.com

Video game characters are ours to control, but what if they were sentient? Would Mario be so quick to stomp on all those turtles? Researchers at Germany’s University of Tübingen implanted Mario with artificial intelligence to get at those questions — and to peer into the legendary video game hero’s pixelated soul. Specifically, Mario got the power of language and the ability to learn, with an active knowledge base and “internal emotive states” including fear, curiosity, hunger and happiness. For instance, A.I. Mario will explore his surroundings when he’s curious, and internalizes the information that jumping on Goombas will make them die, which shapes his future actions.

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