AIs Learning to Defeat Humans in Combat

(Photo Credit: OpenAI)

 

Elon Musk’s OpenAI has developed a team of five algorithms that can beat some of the best Dota 2 players in the world.

Researchers with the California-based OpenAI have put together a team of five algorithms, known as the OpenAI Five, which have begun defeating teams of human players in a popular combat video game.

Automatic Job Storm Coming

 

Almost every weekday, some arm of the US government issues some sort of economic statistic. News media and financial analysts review and report it. Then 99.9% of the adult population, and probably 90% of the financial industry, forget all about it. And they’re probably right to do so.

The monthly jobs report isn’t like that. Yes, any single month doesn’t tell us much. Yes, the Labor Department’s methodology has some flaws, both major and minor. But imperfect as it is, the jobs report is our best look at the economy’s pulse. Jobs matter in a visceral way to almost all of us, as you know well if you’ve ever lost one. Almost any survey that asked questions around employment would reveal the angst that many Americans feel about the possibility of losing their jobs.

Right now, automation tops the list of things that might threaten our jobs. Artificial intelligence and robotics technology are rapidly learning to do what human workers do, but better, faster, and cheaper.