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DeepMind AI is as fast as humans at solving previously unseen tasks

Artificial intelligences need specific training to excel at a task,
but now a more generally intelligent one from DeepMind has performed
as well as humans in a virtual world test

      
Technology 31 January 2023

By Alex Wilkins

DeepMind researches artificial intelligence

Vitor Miranda/Alamy Stock Photo

DeepMind has developed an artificial intelligence that can solve
tasks it has never seen before as fast and as accurately as humans -
a possible step towards generally intelligent AI that could master an
array of jobs in the real world.

The AI, called Adaptive Agent or AdA, works in a 3D virtual world
where it is asked to solve tasks that involve navigating, planning
and manipulating objects.

Humans are excellent at solving new problems in very different
environments, including ones they haven't seen before. For instance,
once ...

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