Learnfun and playfun: a general technique for automating NES games (2013)
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> The only winning move is not to play
I recognise this from a list of "specification gaming" examples compiled by Victoria Krakovna at https://vkrakovna.wordpress.com/2018/04/02/specification-gam...
I found that list from a video on specification gaming by Rob Miles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKJlF-olKmg
It's a quote from the 80s movie WarGames, about an AI trying to solve the "game" of nuclear war.
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