{"id":8583,"date":"2017-08-17T15:40:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T22:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=8583"},"modified":"2017-08-24T15:43:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T22:43:32","slug":"bots-win-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2017\/08\/17\/bots-win-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Bots Win Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

from CNN<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

A bot just defeated one of the world’s best video gamers<\/h1>\n

by Jackie Wattles<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

An artificial intelligence program just annihilated its human competition at a world championship video game contest.<\/h2>\n

The AI win stunned the gaming community, because bots are generally considered inferior to expert human players.<\/p>\n

This one from Open AI — a nonprofit artificial intelligence research firm known mainly for its backing by serial entrepreneur Elon Musk, of Tesla (TSLA<\/a><\/span>) and SpaceX fame — is a different story, and possibly a cautionary one.<\/p>\n

Open AI says its mission is to promote “responsible” AI development.<\/p>\n

Or, as Musk puts it, to ensure that AI doesn’t grow unchecked and become the death of humanity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Musk said Saturday via Twitter<\/a> that AI is “more [of a] risk than North Korea<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

To test out some harmless uses for AI, one Open AI team taught a bot to play Dota 2.<\/p>\n

Dota 2, for those unfamiliar, is an online multi-player battle game. It works kind of like a complex virtual version of capture the flag. Teams of players use powerful characters, called “heroes,” to battle each other. The game ends when one team has taken down a structure, called an “Ancient,” in the opposing team’s home base.<\/p>\n

[ click to continue reading at CNN<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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