Simulation

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Efficient Reinforcement Learning: IRIS used reinforcement learning to master Atari games with little gameplay.
Simulation

Efficient Reinforcement Learning: IRIS used reinforcement learning to master Atari games with little gameplay.

Both transformers and reinforcement learning models are notoriously data-hungry. They may be less so when they work together. Vincent Micheli and colleagues at the University of Geneva trained a transformer-based system to simulate Atari games using a small amount of gameplay.

March 29, 20232 min read
Efficient Reinforcement Learning: IRIS used reinforcement learning to master Atari games with little gameplay.
Simulation

Efficient Reinforcement Learning: IRIS used reinforcement learning to master Atari games with little gameplay.

Both transformers and reinforcement learning models are notoriously data-hungry. They may be less so when they work together. Vincent Micheli and colleagues at the University of Geneva trained a transformer-based system to simulate Atari games using a small amount of gameplay.

March 29, 20232 min read
Real-World Training on the Double: A new method rapidly trains robots in the real world.
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Real-World Training on the Double: A new method rapidly trains robots in the real world.

Roboticists often train their machines in simulation, where the controller model can learn from millions of hours of experience. A new method trained robots in the real world in 20 minutes.

March 22, 20232 min read
Real-World Training on the Double: A new method rapidly trains robots in the real world.
Simulation

Real-World Training on the Double: A new method rapidly trains robots in the real world.

Roboticists often train their machines in simulation, where the controller model can learn from millions of hours of experience. A new method trained robots in the real world in 20 minutes.

March 22, 20232 min read
Streamlined Robot Training: Robots trained in lo-fi simulation perform better in reality.
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Streamlined Robot Training: Robots trained in lo-fi simulation perform better in reality.

Autonomous robots trained to navigate in a simulation often struggle in the real world. New work helps bridge the gap in a counterintuitive way.

February 22, 20232 min read
Streamlined Robot Training: Robots trained in lo-fi simulation perform better in reality.
Simulation

Streamlined Robot Training: Robots trained in lo-fi simulation perform better in reality.

Autonomous robots trained to navigate in a simulation often struggle in the real world. New work helps bridge the gap in a counterintuitive way.

February 22, 20232 min read
AI Cheat Bedevils Popular Esport: Gamers are using AI to cheat in Rocket League.
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AI Cheat Bedevils Popular Esport: Gamers are using AI to cheat in Rocket League.

Reinforcement learning is powering a new generation of video game cheaters. Players of Rocket League, a video game that ranks among the world’s most popular esports, are getting trounced by cheaters who use AI models originally developed to train contestants.

February 1, 20232 min read
AI Cheat Bedevils Popular Esport: Gamers are using AI to cheat in Rocket League.
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AI Cheat Bedevils Popular Esport: Gamers are using AI to cheat in Rocket League.

Reinforcement learning is powering a new generation of video game cheaters. Players of Rocket League, a video game that ranks among the world’s most popular esports, are getting trounced by cheaters who use AI models originally developed to train contestants.

February 1, 20232 min read
Humanized Training for Robot Arms: New Research Improves Robot Performance and Adaptability
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Humanized Training for Robot Arms: New Research Improves Robot Performance and Adaptability

Robots trained via reinforcement learning usually study videos of robots performing the task at hand. A new approach used videos of humans to pre-train robotic arms.

July 29, 20222 min read
Humanized Training for Robot Arms: New Research Improves Robot Performance and Adaptability
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Humanized Training for Robot Arms: New Research Improves Robot Performance and Adaptability

Robots trained via reinforcement learning usually study videos of robots performing the task at hand. A new approach used videos of humans to pre-train robotic arms.

July 29, 20222 min read
Airfoils Automatically Optimized: DeepMind AI Research Simulates Fluid Dynamics
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Airfoils Automatically Optimized: DeepMind AI Research Simulates Fluid Dynamics

Engineers who design aircraft, aqueducts, and other objects that interact with air and water use numerical simulations to test potential shapes, but they rely on trial and error to improve their designs. A neural simulator can optimize the shape itself.

June 15, 20222 min read
Airfoils Automatically Optimized: DeepMind AI Research Simulates Fluid Dynamics
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Airfoils Automatically Optimized: DeepMind AI Research Simulates Fluid Dynamics

Engineers who design aircraft, aqueducts, and other objects that interact with air and water use numerical simulations to test potential shapes, but they rely on trial and error to improve their designs. A neural simulator can optimize the shape itself.

June 15, 20222 min read
Stock-Trading Test Bed: AI system simulates stock market performance.
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Stock-Trading Test Bed: AI system simulates stock market performance.

If you buy or sell stocks, it’s handy to test your strategy before you put real money at risk. Researchers devised a fresh approach to simulating market behavior.

March 23, 20223 min read
Stock-Trading Test Bed: AI system simulates stock market performance.
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Stock-Trading Test Bed: AI system simulates stock market performance.

If you buy or sell stocks, it’s handy to test your strategy before you put real money at risk. Researchers devised a fresh approach to simulating market behavior.

March 23, 20223 min read
Predicting Regime Change: CoupCast uses AI to predict unrest.
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Predicting Regime Change: CoupCast uses AI to predict unrest.

Researchers at the University of Central Florida are working with a system called CoupCast to estimate the likelihood that an individual country will undergo a coup d’état.

January 12, 20222 min read

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