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"Aware" is probably overly anthropomorphized language there. What they mean to say is that all these things have become parameterized within the model.
by Tarq0n 5y ago
"Aware" is probably overly anthropomorphized language there. What they mean to say is that all these things have become parameterized within the model.
- jcims 5y agoIt would be interesting to see what would happen if they added social dynamics between the agents...like some space for theory of mind (what is that agent thinking), mimicry, communication, etc.
- leesec 5y agoFrom the article: "Because the environment is multiplayer, we can examine the progression of agent behaviours while training on held-out social dilemmas, such as in a game of “chicken”. As training progresses, our agents appear to exhibit more cooperative behaviour when playing with a copy of themselves. Given the nature of the environment, it is difficult to pinpoint intentionality — the behaviours we see often appear to be accidental, but still we see them occur consistently."
- phreeza 5y agoThere is also some other work from deepmind in this direction: https://deepmind.com/research/publications/machine-theory-mind https://deepmind.com/research/publications/machine-theory-mi...
- jcelerier 5y agothe main question of course being, aren't we anthropomorphizing ourselves too much ?
- Layke1123 5y agoAsking the real questions that will upset alot of people. ;)
- K0balt 5y agoI think this is a key insight. Human exceptionalism is, in my opinion, an extremely flawed assertion based on a sample size of one, yet it is widely accepted. Actual evidence does not support the idea that awareness of self and other “hallmarks of intelligence “ require anything more advanced than an insect, or perhaps even fungi.
- dougmwne 5y agoWhen people say this kind of stuff, I wonder whether there might not be philosophical zombies among us.
- the8472 5y ago[ ] To prove that you are human please describe how you are observably different from embodied, general, adaptive agents in 200 words.