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What we call AI is very good at pattern recognition. I haven't seen examples yet though of AI learning quickly. It can teach itself how to play chess, but it ta

What we call AI is very good at pattern recognition. I haven't seen examples yet though of AI learning quickly. It can teach itself how to play chess, but it takes a very large number of attempts before it becomes good. The rate of learning for a human is still much faster than for an AI. (We just hit a plateau faster). I'd put my money on a child that has played 10 games of chess vs a computer that's learning from scratch and has played 10 games. I wonder if there have been any studies on trying to speed up the pace of learning for AI.

ealexhudson 9y ago
It's difficult to compare. A child learning chess invariably has an adult around to comment on their game and improve it, and frankly after 10 games if they still remember the rules that's an achievement (if the child is young). If you did the same approach with a child that could fully comprehend the rules from the start, playing another child, both of whom had never played before, I really don't think they would have learned as much as the computer would have done. It would be an interesting experiment - my bet would be that the children had invented another game and were playing that instead.
pixl97 9y ago
> I wonder if there have been any studies on trying to speed up the pace of learning for AI. Isn't there one posted to HN about every day? > It can teach itself how to play chess, but it takes a very large number of attempts before it becomes good. The rate of learning for a human is still much faster than for an AI. But this is just a power optimization versus availability problem. AGZ played 44 million games in 8 hours and became better than the best program which is better than the best humans. Optimizing for a human level of power usage doesn't seem like the best method at this point.

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What we call AI is very good at pattern recognition. I haven't seen examples yet though of AI learning quickly. It can teach itself how to play chess, but it ta

by tschellenbach 9y ago

ealexhudson 9y ago
It's difficult to compare. A child learning chess invariably has an adult around to comment on their game and improve it, and frankly after 10 games if they still remember the rules that's an achievement (if the child is young). If you did the same approach with a child that could fully comprehend the rules from the start, playing another child, both of whom had never played before, I really don't think they would have learned as much as the computer would have done. It would be an interesting experiment - my bet would be that the children had invented another game and were playing that instead.
pixl97 9y ago
> I wonder if there have been any studies on trying to speed up the pace of learning for AI. Isn't there one posted to HN about every day? > It can teach itself how to play chess, but it takes a very large number of attempts before it becomes good. The rate of learning for a human is still much faster than for an AI. But this is just a power optimization versus availability problem. AGZ played 44 million games in 8 hours and became better than the best program which is better than the best humans. Optimizing for a human level of power usage doesn't seem like the best method at this point.