Really well explained documentary about how an artificial intelligence (AI) that knows nothing about how to play Pokemon learns how to play the game. The secret is in creating incentives for specific behaviors, for example, exploring the game and capturing Pokemon. The AI uses these incentives to organize its activities and to learn what to do based on what gets the most points. Watching an AI learn also helps us humans learn a little bit about how we learn new things.
Tim is a long-time staff and freelance technical writer for Reuters, DoubleClick, MongoDB, Amelia, and other companies. He also has worked as a website producer. He enjoys teaching technology skills to normal non-technical people, kids included. He’s played with internet technology since the Well and Usenet.