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DeepMind says reinforcement learning is ‘enough’ to reach general AI

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I concur. There is “Reality”, and then there is human’s conception of “Reality”. (See also: “Theory of Forms”). AI and Machine Learning are housed in human’s conception of Reality. Not Reality itself. We’re innovating in a sandbox, but we’re getting better and learning more to the point of getting so good, we may one day get out...

There are so many people that conflate AI and machine learning and believe they are one and the same thing. They are not the same thing. Machine learning is a proper subset of AI. Even the best machine learning doesn't embody all of AI, because AI is more than just machine learning. Anyone who has spent more than a few years doing AI research and not just reading popular science blogs knows that AI is not the same th…

Yes, I’m aware of the AI vs ML distinction. How I see it, the Taxonomy is:

Intelligence > Human Conception of Intelligence > Artificial Intelligence > Machine Learning > Deep Learning

Re: DeepMind says reinforcement learning is ‘enough’ to reach general AI

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Survival at all costs will evolve by only basing general AI on only rewards. The system will start saying and doing anything it can to stay turned on. Not sure only basing general AI only on a reward system would be a good idea. Like the article says. There is no mention of the ability to empathies or give ones self up for a child or loved one.
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