Why AI programs are being taught to be ‘curious’
What makes humans poke behind corners, press buttons with a ‘do not press’ label, or set off into a jungle armed with no more than a desire to know more? We can call it ‘curiosity’ - our innate wiring to discover more and step outside the lines of what is known.
So when AI lab OpenAI wanted to train an AI program to excel at the game, ‘Montezuma’s Revenge’, its researchers used “curiosity” to help it learn to explore the game’s universe and discover items for future use.
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