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machine learning

By Exploring Virtual Worlds, AI Learns in New Ways

By Allison Whitten
June 24, 2022
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Intelligent beings learn by interacting with the world. Artificial intelligence researchers have adopted a similar strategy to teach their virtual agents new tricks.

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biophysics

This Animal’s Behavior Is Mechanically Programmed

By Jordana Cepelewicz
March 16, 2022
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Biomechanical interactions, rather than neurons, control the movements of one of the simplest animals. The discovery offers a glimpse into how animal behavior worked before neurons evolved.

Q&A

Curious About Consciousness? Ask the Self-Aware Machines

By John Pavlus
July 11, 2019
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Consciousness is a famously hard problem, so Hod Lipson is starting from the basics: with self-aware robots that can help us understand how we think.

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Computer Science

Smart Swarms Seek New Ways to Cooperate

By Kevin Hartnett
February 14, 2018
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New algorithms show how swarms of very simple robots can be made to work together as a group.

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How to Build a Robot That Wants to Change the World

By John Pavlus
November 1, 2017
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And not destroy humanity in the process.

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