A computer program just taught itself to play Super Mario World. Guess what? It's really, really good. On Saturday, programmer SethBling introduced the world to MarI/O, a Machine Learning program ...

It's one thing for a computer to learn how to beat a Super Mario level from scratch and another to actually learn how to create… ...

The game is essentially a series of tutorials. Players learn how to build a handful of microgames from scratch. Each game is split up into simple steps that introduce new concepts gradually.