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Re: the beginnings of skynet?
02/26/15 01:42 AM


> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31623427
>
> I don't understand. In the clip, the AI plays breakout and learns how to master the
> game. "but then we left it playing for another hour and it started to tunnel the
> sides". What does that imply, why the hell would it do that?
>
> For a human playing a breakout style game, "tunneling" and getting the ball up on top
> of the wall means you have to do less work and you can worry less about missing the
> ball.
>
> But the AI does not have to worry about missing the ball, it never misses.
>
> The objective is to get a high score but there's no point bonus for "tunneling". So
> what "motivated" the AI to tunnel and have the ball knock out the top bricks? Is it
> lazy?? lol
>
> S

Do the upper bricks of that version accelerate the ball? That would cause the score to increase in less time, getting farther faster.







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* the beginnings of skynet? grog 02/25/15 09:27 PM
. * Re: the beginnings of skynet? Sune  02/26/15 12:31 AM
. * Re: the beginnings of skynet? SmitdoggAdministrator  02/26/15 05:50 AM
. * Re: the beginnings of skynet? Traso  03/04/15 06:35 AM
. * Re: the beginnings of skynet? TriggerFin  02/26/15 01:42 AM
. * Re: the beginnings of skynet? Traso  02/26/15 03:42 AM
. * Re: the beginnings of skynet? JWJr  02/26/15 07:25 AM
. * Re: the beginnings of skynet? Tomu Breidah  02/26/15 08:45 AM
. * Re: the beginnings of skynet? Sune  02/27/15 03:04 AM
. * Well..... Traso  02/26/15 12:09 AM

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