The classic arcade game Pac-Man has been the focus of a study involving artificial intelligence and rhesus monkeys. Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, led by Tianming Yang, trained two monkeys to play Pac-Man by rewarding them with juice for successfully collecting all the dots in the maze and evading the ghosts. The monkeys were also trained to have Pac-Man eat the ghosts after consuming a special dot that made them vulnerable.
The study found that an artificial intelligence system was able to accurately predict how the monkeys played the game and mimic their eye movements. This research sheds light on the cognitive processes involved in playing video games and how they can be studied using artificial intelligence technology.
In the game Pac-Man, players navigate through a maze collecting dots while trying to avoid being captured by ghosts. The classic arcade game has been studied extensively in terms of its mechanics and player behavior, but this new research takes things a step further by incorporating artificial intelligence into the mix.
The study involved training two rhesus monkeys to play Pac-Man, rewarding them with juice for successfully collecting all the dots in the maze and evading the ghosts. The monkeys were also trained to have Pac-Man eat the ghosts after consuming a special dot that made them vulnerable.
What makes this study particularly interesting is that an artificial intelligence system was able to accurately predict how