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I don't think folks realize how much of a game changer AlphaStar is. If it can do the same "job" those high level players, it can probably do any job that does
by angel_j 7y ago
I don't think folks realize how much of a game changer AlphaStar is. If it can do the same "job" those high level players, it can probably do any job that doesn't require lifting. It could be playing all the traffic lights in a city. It could manage a fleet of factory drones. It could coach humans engaged in sport or business. It could probably figure out spreadsheets. Drill down, and perhaps it can play with chemical synthesis and quantum theories, or drive a truck.
- aketchum 7y agoIt is definitely amazing and a huge step forward for RL. However, the paper says that it started off with a policy that beats 84% of players based on imitation learning, so it didn't learn this strategy all on its own from scratch. Also, this required hundreds of thousands (millions? some large number) of simulations to learn, it is much more difficult reach that scale of learning in the real world.
- empath75 7y agoOr control a fleet of armed drones, more likely. I’d be surprised if darpa, etc aren’t investigating applications like that right now.
- 83457 7y agoIsn't it likely they have been doing that for decades?
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 7y agoSure, if you give it a few bazillion years of practice. We haven't figured out sample complexity yet (the amount of experience required to learn).