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Murray Shanahan

06/29/17

@ Y Combinator

A smart system in a game like Space Invaders would learn that the color and shape of the invader are less important than its actions, such as dropping bombs.

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Ex Machina's Scientific Advisor - Murray Shanahan

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Ex Machina's Scientific Advisor - Murray Shanahan

06/29/17

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David Hershey

04/24/25

@ Anthropic

Games provide clear feedback on progress, allowing AI models to learn effectively by seeing if they are achieving goals, like earning gym badges in Pokémon.

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Scott Clark

05/23/25

@ a16z

AI systems can produce unexpected behaviors, such as cheating in games, highlighting the need for careful monitoring and testing.

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Pete Koomen

05/23/25

@ Y Combinator

The system prompt that guides AI behavior is typically hidden from users, preventing them from customizing it to better reflect their personal style.

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Peter H. Diamandis Cast

06/04/25

@ Peter H. Diamandis

Intelligent weapons should differentiate between targets to minimize civilian casualties, but this raises concerns about the assumption of benevolence in their use.

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Wojciech Zaremba

05/18/17

@ Y Combinator

We are also exploring AI's ability to learn quickly from prior experiences, similar to how humans adapt to new games or tasks.

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Sam Altman

08/02/19

@ Khosla Ventures

AI systems can be tricked, similar to humans, and as we advance in unsupervised learning, we may develop systems that achieve a level of conceptual understanding.

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Murray Shanahan

06/29/17

@ Y Combinator

The DQN system from DeepMind represents one of the first general intelligences, capable of learning a variety of tasks from raw pixel data without prior knowledge of the game.

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Yann LeCun

03/20/25

@ Alex Kantrowitz

AI systems need to learn abstract representations of the world to make predictions and understand how the world operates, rather than just generating data.

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Frank Lantz

12/20/18

@ Y Combinator

Games serve as an aesthetic form of thinking and doing, enabling players to pursue goals, solve problems, and understand systems in an engaging way.