I think a deep neural network trained from self play has a subjective, and even inscrutable inner representation. Imagine such techniques were applied to public policy decisions or medical diagnosis. Without a linguistic component that co-evolved to describe a taken action, one could be left with robot savants that outperformed humans on crucial tasks and no one, including the robot, would have any idea why.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 13, 2016, at 8:01 AM, Roger Critchlow <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been watching parts of the match between Lee Sedol and Alpha Go on the > youtube deepmind channel. It's quite good, they start off with a discussion > of the previous game, give running commentary during the game, and audibly > gasp when the progress of the game shocks them. The post match press > conferences are not to be missed, either. It's a completely trump free zone. > > But you're looking at a full day's work for each game, 6 hours and 17 minutes > of video from last night's game which Lee Sedol won. I was too tired to stay > up and watch so I tuned into youtube this morning and watched the endgame. > > Apparently I forwarded past the key move, #78, which a Chinese journalist, > quoting a Chinese commentator, called "a God's move". Lee Sedol replied that > it was the only move he had at the time, that he had thought it would be > easier to make some profit, but it was quite difficult. > > So the same play is described as both creative genius and inevitable in the > space of a few sentences. Glad to know that some things will never change. > > -- rec -- > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
