A zero-player game is a game that has no sentient players.
In computer games, the term refers to programs that use artificial intelligence rather than human players.
Conway's Game of Life, a cellular automaton devised in 1970 by the British mathematician John Horton Conway, is considered a zero-player game because its evolution is determined by its initial state, requiring no further input from humans. In addition, Some fighting and real-time strategy games can be put into zero-player mode by placing one AI against another.
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“The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.”
—John Major (b. 1943)