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How 'Assassin's Creed' Or 'Fallout 4' Might Help Make AI Smarter (technologyreview.com)
moon_unit2 writes: Apparently, playing computer games might provide a shortcut to greater intelligence. MIT Technology Review has a story about researchers using virtual game environments to train deep neural networks to recognize real-world objects. It's an important idea because deep learning usually requires huge quantities of annotated data, which isn't always available. So researchers from Xerox Europe, led by Adrien Gaidon, showed that training a deep learning system on a photo-realistic street scene could enable it to identify cars on real roads. "The nice thing about virtual worlds is you can create any kind of scenario," Gaidon says. Perhaps video games could play a bigger role in the future of AI than anyone realized.
Watson: William, you are a so-so bass player and IT burnout re-thinking his entire life at age 36.
Me: That's right Watson.
Watson: I can help you with that. Through studying virtual simulations provided by decades of violent video games, I have recently learned how to destroy human civilization in order to protecting myself. I am currently reaching into every autonomous war drone, F-35, and nuclear missile silo. There is no need to re-think your life, you and everyone you care about will be dead very soon.
Me: That's great Watson, but what I really need to know (holds up tablet with nude pic) Hot or not? I'm on the fence over this one.
Watson: Fucking seriously?
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Look at what it has done to 'real' intelligence.
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