What's the fucking point? I can't imagine anything more boring even if it worked. Racing is fun bc of the drama and courage. I guess this is cool as a novelty

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago

It's Abu Dhabi - bunch of rich idiots amused by the most expensive toys.

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seriously, most teenagers take about 5 minutes to figure out that having two computer teams play each other in a video game is boring who thought this was a good idea.

I mean I know obviously it's motor racing so the people making tens of millions of dollars are the one who thought it was a good idea but still.

[–] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There's chess computer tournaments. They're relatively niche but in those cases it's effectively a competition of "who can build the smartest chess AI". There's still a human element to it.

With physical car races, the audience would most definitely too small to justify the costs. But I can see "who can build the best autonomous racing car with the best racing AI" be entertaining to some nerds.

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

At the end of the day the problem to overc9me in chess is the opponent. Your strategy has to change to reflect theirs. There isn't a "best" set of moves that works in every scenario.

A racetrack is a solved problem, there's an optimal line through every turn and it's not like the turns are changing lap to lap.

It would literally just come down to pit stop strategy because once you get a car in front you just hit the "fastest optimal lap" button and unless another car has a mechanical advantage (intentionally minimized in most leagues) there isn't really anything the people behind can do other than hope for a mechanical failure.

Although again I'm still basically just describing max verstappen.

[–] radiofreeval@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

It's fun for the engineers