DishBrain, described in this fantastic article, apparently figured out how to play Pong [better than `chance`] without being told to "achieve a high score" — us

DishBrain, described in this fantastic article, apparently figured out how to play Pong [better than `chance`] without being told to "achieve a high score" — using petri-dish-grown brain cells with only a very basic input/output [limbic] system. Basic info on DishBrain: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/What-can-you-GK9aohldRJqh9oTCRUy8gA https://www.perplexity.ai/search/What-can-you-GK9aohldRJqh9o... ---- I love Author Watts' comparison that grasshoppers have less neurons than DishBrain, and yet are often considered sentient. ---- My only [potential?] "fact check" would be that the inventor of the Paper Clip Maximization Theory is actually Ilya Sudkowski.