When Bots Teach Themselves to Cheat
When Bots Teach Themselves to Cheat
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
August 9, 20183m 56s
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Show Notes
Once upon a time, a bot deep in a game of tic-tac-toe figured out that making improbable moves caused its bot opponent to crash. Smart. Also sassy. Moments when experimental bots go rogue—some would call it cheating—are not typically celebrated in scientific papers or press releases. Most AI researchers strive to avoid them, but a select few document and study these bugs in the hopes of revealing the roots of algorithmic impishness.
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