My understanding is that there are behaviors that are coded into the bots at first to bootstrap their learning capabilities, which are then removed after a cert

My understanding is that there are behaviors that are coded into the bots at first to bootstrap their learning capabilities, which are then removed after a certain amount of learning has taken place. In another article that was posted here a few days ago one of the OpenAI team talks about removing the last of these "scripted" capabilities as part of the improvements they plan on making to the bots after this round of games against human players. I kind of liken it to a human who learns math - you start off by learning the rules (addition, subtraction, algebra, etc.) and work within those confines before you start to use these basic rules to push the boundaries and explore (proofs).