self-play

noun

self-play

noun

Etymology From self- + play.

1

A technique for improving the performance of reinforcement learning agents by having them play against themselves.

Machine learning

  • Self-play was used by the AlphaZero program to improve its performance in the games of chess, shogi and go.

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