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This episode explores the AI WallZero and its impact on strategic game design and real-world systems.

We dive into the WallGo breakthrough where an AI called WallZero uses a reachability mindset to plan future moves on a shifting 7x7 board, defeating top players and revealing new depths of strategic game design. From endgame point sacrifices that flip turn order to millions of self-play insights testing fairness of different starting setups, we explore how this AI collaboration reframes how we think about board control and real-world systems like urban planning and resource reachability. Not...

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