Google DeepMind says four AI agents beat Minecraft in 27 hours by writing 2,783 programs of their own — AI team died 605 times on Easy difficulty and ran up an estimated $520 in tokens
Four Google DeepMind Gemini 4 Argon agents beat Minecraft in 27 hours, writing 2,783 programs and dying 605 times on Easy.Summary
A Google DeepMind paper reveals that four Gemini 4 Argon AI agents defeated Minecraft in 27 hours by writing 2,783 programs of their own. Playing on Easy difficulty in a random shared survival world, the agents died 605 times, and about half the run was spent fighting the final boss, the Ender Dragon. They finally won by stacking dirt to reach the boss's crystals. The experiment, which cost an estimated $520 in tokens, was designed with a single goal: kill the Ender Dragon. Each agent controlled its own player through the open-source Mineflayer JavaScript library for Minecraft bots, and they coordinated via in-game chat and shared notes. A fifth agent existed only for reporting. The emphasis was on coding and teamwork rather than game-playing.
(Source：Tom's Hardware)