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Without a lifetime of experience to build on like humans have (and totally take for granted), robots that want to learn a new skill often have to start from scratch. Reinforcement learning is a technique that lets robots learn new skills through trial and error, but especially in the case of learning end-to-end vision based control policies, it takes a lot of time because the real world is a weirdly-lit friction-filled obstacle-y mess that robots can’t understand without a frequently impra

ChatGPT rated higher in quality and empathy of written advice, raising possibility of medical assistance roleChatGPT appears to have a better ‘bedside manner’ than some doctors – at least when their written advice is rated for quality and empathy, a study has shown.The findings highlight the potential for AI assistants to play a role in medicine, according to the authors of the work, who suggest such agents could help draft doctors’ communications with patients. “Th

In this week’s newsletter: Surely we go to the cinema to be jolted and discomfited by someone else’s ideas – not to see ourselves in easy meetcute rom-coms with Marilyn MonroeDon’t get the Guide delivered to your inbox? Sign up to get the full article hereThe artificial intelligence revolution is motoring forward at such a pace that it’s hard to keep up with the torrent of news stories about it, let alone the technology itself. In recent weeks we’ve had AI new