> What I would find really interesting is if an AI like AlphaGo can not only excel at playing games (solving problems) but also be used as a tool to gain understanding.
No, it cannot. It's generally thought that the only salient difference between 'machine learning' and 'statistics' is that 'statistics' attempts to find explanations, while 'machine learning' only attempts to find heuristics that give results.
Don't anthopomorphise AI. It's not artificial life, it's only probability theory plus lots of CPU power.
No, it cannot. It's generally thought that the only salient difference between 'machine learning' and 'statistics' is that 'statistics' attempts to find explanations, while 'machine learning' only attempts to find heuristics that give results.
Don't anthopomorphise AI. It's not artificial life, it's only probability theory plus lots of CPU power.