Wednesday, July 13, 2011

AI Demonstrates Natural Learning, Applies New Skills To Civilization

So we're teaching the computers how to advance their own interests via global warfare, now. Nice knowing you, fellow humans.

Yes, researchers in MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) decided it would interesting to see how a computer with only a basic understanding of the English language would internalize "loose" knowledge. To test this, they had a few very basic AIs play Civilization against each other. At first the AIs just interacted randomly. But then they gave one AI access to the user's manual.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/JdvZn9j_3nY/

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