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Artificial Intelligence that Imitates Children’s Learning

posted by n1 on Thursday September 25 2014, @03:21AM   Printer-friendly
from the we'll-need-day-care-for-the-ai dept.

AnonTechie writes:

From ScienceDaily:

The computer programs used in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) are highly specialized. They can for example fly airplanes, play chess or assemble cars in controlled industrial environments.

A research team from Gothenburg, Sweden, has now been able to create an AI programme that can learn how to solve problems in many different areas. The programme is designed to imitate certain aspects of children's cognitive development. Traditional AI programmes lack the versatility and adaptability of human intelligence. For example, they cannot come into a new home and cook, clean and do laundry. In artificial general intelligence (AGI), which is a new field within AI, scientists try to create computer programmes with a generalised type of intelligence, enabling them to solve problems in vastly different areas.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by EvilJim on Thursday September 25 2014, @03:52AM

    by EvilJim (2501) on Thursday September 25 2014, @03:52AM (#98076) Journal

    that line you quoted describes mine, and many other's parents actions... I don't know how to answer your question any more.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday September 25 2014, @04:07AM

    by c0lo (156) on Thursday September 25 2014, @04:07AM (#98080) Journal
    Hang on... you really mean you have a habit of getting kids into new homes and ask them to cook, clean and do laundry?
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    • (Score: 2) by EvilJim on Thursday September 25 2014, @04:09AM

      by EvilJim (2501) on Thursday September 25 2014, @04:09AM (#98083) Journal

      no, those were my chores as a kid... was I abused?

      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday September 25 2014, @04:26AM

        by c0lo (156) on Thursday September 25 2014, @04:26AM (#98089) Journal
        I don't know anymore man, I'm too old for these days.
        In my childhood, occasionally smacking your youngs (as my parents and grandparent used to do to me whenever I was wrong) was considered natural. Was I abused?
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        • (Score: 3, Funny) by EvilJim on Thursday September 25 2014, @04:44AM

          by EvilJim (2501) on Thursday September 25 2014, @04:44AM (#98091) Journal

          by today's standards, quite possibly, you would be taken from your family and given to another couple who have nothing to gain by bringing you up properly. I was hit with the wooden spoon plenty of times, once it broke as well, managed to avoid the cane at school and I turned out ok... if you consider 'ok' to include a desire to beat other people's kids... :)

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 25 2014, @03:42PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 25 2014, @03:42PM (#98280)

          Discipline is not the same as abuse.