Google develops computer program capable of learning tasks independently
by Hannah Devlin from Technology | The Guardian on (#3TF4)
'Agent' hailed as first step towards true AI as it gets adept at playing 49 retro computer games and comes up with its own winning strategies
Google scientists have developed the first computer program capable of learning a wide variety of tasks independently, in what has been hailed as a significant step towards true artificial intelligence.
The same program, or "agent" as its creators call it, learnt to play 49 different retro computer games, and came up with its own strategies for winning. In the future, the same approach could be used to power self-driving cars, personal assistants in smartphones or conduct scientific research in fields from climate change to cosmology.
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