Yes, researchers in MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) decided it would interesting to see how a computer with only a basic understanding of the English language would internalize "loose" knowledge. To test this, they had a few very basic AIs play Civilization against each other. At first the AIs just interacted randomly. But then they gave one AI access to the user's manual.
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