There was an AI created the absolutely brilliant Tom7 on on his YouTube channel 'SuckerPinch' on April 1, 2013 that paused a game of Tetris instead of losing. In my opinion, Tom doesn't get enough credit for his work. He released his AI a full 8+ months before DeepMind released their Atari playing AI.
Watch the whole thing, it's delightful. The AI pauses Tetris right before it loses at around 16mins into the video.
Watch the whole thing, it's delightful. The AI pauses Tetris right before it loses at around 16mins into the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOCurBYI_gY
I also recommend his other videos. Brilliant guy.
Edit: Here's the paper http://tom7.org/mario/mario.pdf