Google's AI Dreamer learns how to self-improve over time by mastering Minecraft
- DeepMind's Dreamer AI learned to collect diamonds in Minecraft, a virtual 3D world with varied terrains.
- Researchers programmed Dreamer to play Minecraft, rewarding it specifically for finding diamonds through reinforcement learning.
- Dreamer uses trial and error, building a world model to imagine future scenarios and guide its decision-making process.
- Danijar Hafner states, "Dreamer builds a model of its surroundings," which helps it navigate the complex game.
- Dreamer's success in Minecraft demonstrates a step toward general AI that can self-improve and generalize knowledge to new situations.
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DeepMind’s 145-page paper on AGI safety may not convince skeptics
Google DeepMind on Wednesday published an exhaustive paper on its safety approach to AGI, roughly defined as AI that can accomplish any task a human can. AGI is a bit of a controversial subject in the AI field, with naysayers suggesting that it’s little more than a pipe dream. Others, including major AI labs like Anthropic, warn that it’s around the corner, and could result in catastrophic harms if steps aren’t taken to implement appropriate saf…
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