Any sufficiently powerful substrate


In which the authors create a neural network inside of Age of Empires... A nice counterpoint to the relentless anthropomorphizing of AI.

Our goal is not to argue in favour or against the existence of these attributes, but to point out that these conclusions could be incorrect. For this we build and train a simple neural network on the videogame Age of Empires II, and note that any entity in a sufficiently-powerful substrate, such as LEGO or the Greater Boston Area, could also present such attributes.