By Kirrin “ABalloon” Holzapfel OpenAI is a nonprofit tech company co-founded and backed by the South African billionaire tech giant, Elon Musk. The company is tasked with creating an Artificial Intelligence program with the sole purpose of mastering the game of Dota 2 and beating human players at one of the more complex, competitive video games on the market. With …

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