Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In early 2022, Meta AI Research held a Gunboat Diplomacy Tournament in which human players would face off against various AIs. I was the highest scoring human in this tournament - but I didn't win.

In this video, I give my thoughts on the two AIs that beat me - Diplodocus-Low and Diplodocus-High - and go into detail on why they impressed me so much.

Paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2210.05492

Game links:
First Game: webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=394944#gamePanel
Second Game: webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=396509#gamePanel




00:00 Gunboat Diplomacy
03:30 The Meta Speedboat Tournament
06:45 The Five Keys to Gunboat Diplomacy
11:18 Diplodocus
15:34 Game 117
22:52 Game 100
31:02 Conclusion