Shall We Play a Game? Language Models for Open-ended Wargames · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2509.17192/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTShall We Play a Game? Language Models for Open-ended Wargames — mentioned by laughingcurvehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47247569urn:hackerpapers:mention:2509.17192:47247569Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:09:44 GMT<p>https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.17192 Shall We Play a Game? Language Models for Open-ended Wargames Wargames are simulations of conflicts in which participants&#x27; decisions influence future events. While casual wargaming can be used for entertainment or socialization, serious wargaming is used by experts to explore strategic implications of decision-making and experiential learning. In this paper, we take the position that Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, such as Language Models (LMs), are rapidly approaching human-expert capability for strategic planning -- and will one day surpass it.…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2509.17192/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.AI