Meet the next big thing in the world of artificial intelligence
 

Meet the next big thing in the world of artificial intelligence
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This type of*behavioral psychology — getting something to act a certain way so that it maximizes its rewards — has inspired a new approach to artificial intelligence called reinforcement learning.*Named one of the 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2017 by the MIT Technology Review, this revolutionary kind of machine learning allows computers to learn new things without human intervention through the mere act of experimenting.* Read more...

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