Re:Reasons 2016 was a great year for humanity
by sbov on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @02:00PM
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I can see games being an impetus, but are they really the blueprint, as opposed to just another application, but one that the public at large can appreciate?
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Re:Reasons 2016 was a great year for humanity
by ewzimm on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @02:29PM
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The game itself isn't the blueprint. The source code of the application used to play the game is a blueprint for learning and pattern recognition that can be applied to other things. For example, the DeepMind AI used to play Go has been adapted to diagnose kidney injury by reusing much of the same code which was developed for the game.