[benchaney]

Machines winning at physical sports has already happened. It is even less impressive than any AI winning at real time games. A race car is faster than a human runner. A speedboat is faster than a swommer. A tank would be an untackleable running back. A rail gun Tennis serve would be unreturnable (etc)

[pmontra]

Yes but probably parent meant a fully automated opponent, e.g. not car + human driver but an autonomous car. That probably beats any human in Olympic running races even now. Robot tennis player, not yet.