Known as Sentdex on Twitch, he has programmed (in Python) a self-driving AI and has unleashed it in Grand Theft Auto V. Kinsley is not the first developer to use the game for this purpose, but he ...

A few weeks ago, [sentdex] described how Python has changed his life. In particular, it has allowed him to mine Bitcoin automatically, teach other people programming, and realize a full in-car comp… ...

Programmer Harrison 'Sentdex' Kinsley created the AI (or "convolutional neural network"), named it Charles, and set it loose in the game to teach itself through deep learning.