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Jev Plays Doom and Chess

Jev uses the same architecture to play Doom and chess with two different controllers.

Vincent Wang-Maścianica@vinnylarouge𝕏
We have jev at home. The arch is good for RL with state-dependent actionsets, so here is the same arch playing doom and chess (shittily) with two different controllers. https://t.co/OdhBY0jF9U
Sep 16, 2026X postsView on X
The author says the architecture is good for reinforcement learning with state-dependent action sets. They describe the gameplay as “shittily.”

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