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The AI ran a game's demos, diffed the pixels, and patched it deterministic

The AI autonomously ran Quake demo playbacks, took pixel-diff snapshots, compiled a native build and patched the game for determinism, leaving a solid regression test set.

How it works

  1. The AI autonomously runs the game's demo playbacks
  2. Takes pixel-diff snapshots
  3. Compiles a native build
  4. Patches the game for determinism
  5. Leaving a solid regression test set

Why it’s worth knowing

Pixel diffs do not argue; the build either matches or it does not.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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