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282 points · 124 comments · pancomplex

  1. ac2u · · focus · HN ↗
    Cool project, comes with a little too much guidance in the harness though IMO (pathfinding, textual milestones etc). (The author is very upfront about this in their README though)

    I think if it was combined with a regular vLLM it could be really interesting, especially watching the reasoning logs.

    Bonus points if it was one of the latest open models that somehow had all prior training knowledge of Pokemon abliterated so it was reasoning as an intelligent persona that had no knowledge of even the concept of Pokemon.

    1. budoso · · focus · HN ↗
      I also tried to create a “Jev plays Pokémon” but with minimal additional context outside a move history and what is available in memory from the emulator, so no pathfinder, predetermined game path, etc. I can safely say that this experiment failed however, and Jev was not able to even get to Professor Oak’s lab to get a starter.

      Props to OP for getting a working version, but it does not seem that this model is capable enough to play Pokémon at this point in time.

      1. pancomplex · · focus · HN ↗
        Thank you. What I realized is that Jev is incredibly powerful for the decision making part of it when presented with a scenario that gives it a little context. It looks like we’re gonna be able to beat this game for under $2 of tokens. This is what blows my mind
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