Earlier this year we watched as an AI kept driving straight into the water in Grand Theft Auto: V. Rather than use Rockstar Games crime-world magnum opus to train its self-driving vehicles, though, Waymo instead uses Carcraft. Named for Blizzards enduring online RPG World of Warcraft, it serves as a testing ground for the companys autonomous efforts. Yes, Alphabet built its own virtual world to train self-driving cars.
The Atlantic writes that Carcraft began as a way for Way……Read more