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Re:Why do traders in investment banks feel their jobs are im... by 21 on Monday January 02, 2017 @10:18AM (#13301558)
I would add a third big advantage to the digital machine: the ability to seamlessly connect to "classical" algorithms. For example, AlphaGo also used a classic MonteCarlo algorithm.

A hypothetical "robot-cat-AI" could for example have access to a really precise physics engine, and also could run at a much higher "frame-rate", so it could see the world in slow-motion and execute really exquisite moves as a result.

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Re:Why do traders in investment banks feel their jobs are im... by wuschel on Monday January 02, 2017 @12:53PM (#13302858)
How do you know that cats, flies, and other lifeforms run their brains at the same "frequency" as humans?

When it comes to comparing the sophistication, adaptivity and functions of life to the in-silico mashines we produce and use very, very primitive.

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