My project this term was to create a replica of Atari’s Breakout and use the Unity machine learning tool ML-Agents to create train a neural network that would play along side a human player on a split screen. My biggest success was creating code that achieved the training of the agent. By the nature of…

My group is creating a breakout clone in Unity and training a neural network to play the game using software called ML-Agents. This is my first time using Unity and it’s been a blast! It really feels like a playground. I can only imagine how difficult programming a physics engine and then linking that with…

Part of me would like to begin by apologizing (a much maligned tactic) for writing yet another piece on chat gpt.  A greater part of me is unashamed.  It is 2024 and I’ve been tasked with writing about technology,  how can I avoid it?  I’ve used gpt extensively now and I am amazed by it. …