More Google DeepMind shenanigans:Artificial intelligence... or advanced imitation? How DeepMind used YouTube vids to train game-beating Atari bot
I think I'm a clone now
A screenshot of the agent playing Montezuma's Revenge.
Video DeepMind has taught artificially intelligent programs to play classic Atari computer games by making them watch YouTube videos.
Typically, for this sort of research, you'd use a technique called reinforcement learning. This is a popular approach in machine learning that trains bots to perform a specific task, such as playing computer games, by tempting them with lots of little rewards.
To do this, developers have to build algorithms and models that can figure out the state of the game’s environment, identify the rewards to obtain, and then go get 'em. By seeking out these prizes, the bots should gradually progress through the game world, step by step. The goodies should come thick and fast to continuously lure the AI through levels.
But a new method, developed by DeepMind eggheads and documented in a paper this week, teaches code to play classic Atari titles, such as Montezuma’s Revenge, Pitfall, and Private Eye, without any explicit environmental rewards. Instead, an agent is asked to copy the way humans tackle the games, by analyzing YouTube footage of their play-through sessions.
Makes me think of the Variomatic, something kinda similar but developed 60 years ago by DAF.
Update on this. FWIW, I'm the type of lazy bugger that will use this feature a lot:Thought I'd start a new thread to group together emerging technologies, upcoming gadgets and the like.
I'll kick it off with this article on Google Maps upcoming augmented reality implementation. No release date yet:
Google Maps unveils its first-ever augmented reality interface
No release window announced, but this is definitely Google Maps' future.
- Instead of relying on an unclear blue dot while walking around a cluttered city, Google suggests this camera-fueled augmented reality interface may one day save the day.
- Brief teases of business information attached to anything in your direct view pop up while using this new Google Maps mode.
Google used its Tuesday I/O keynote to unveil a pretty killer new feature that may one day come to Google Maps: camera-assisted walking navigation.
"Here's how it could—will look like," Google VP Aparna Chennapragada told the I/O crowd when unveiling a sample interface that combines Google Maps' 2D interface with the view from your smartphone's camera lens. A small semisphere of map data appeared at the bottom of the interface, while the camera perspective included bold images of where to turn and go—and floating panels that show information about businesses in your direct view.
Folding screen now available to buy - albeit rather pricey. I do like the look of it but think I'll wait for at least the 2.0 version:
Samsung’s foldable phone is finally official—meet the Galaxy Fold
Samsung's half-phone, half-tablet is real, starts at $1,980, launches April 26.
After years of teasing, Samsung on Wednesday took the wraps off its first foldable smartphone: the Galaxy Fold.
The device will start at a whopping $1,980 and arrive on April 26. It'll hit Europe on May 3 and start at €2,000. Samsung says it will sell both LTE and 5G-capable variants, but has only confirmed AT&T and T-Mobile as carrier partners in US. The electronics giant detailed the Android phone-tablet hybrid at an event in San Francisco, where it also unveiled its new flagship Galaxy S10 phones.
Lasted about 2 minutes and it was 20 seconds of what sounded like a single synth note, followed by 10 seconds of silence then a minute and a half of C=64 loading screen noise before I bailed out. There didn't seem to be any percussion or guitars whatsoever so I think it's a bit glitchy.
Lasted about 2 minutes and it was 20 seconds of what sounded like a single synth note, followed by 10 seconds of silence then a minute and a half of C=64 loading screen noise before I bailed out. There didn't seem to be any percussion or guitars whatsoever so I think it's a bit glitchy.
On the other hand, I never liked death metal much so maybe it's perfectly normal.
