People are a little concerned about this curious method of training robots to play football
Google’s DeepMind carries out research into machine learning, neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence. A video has surfaced of one very unusual aspect of their work – and it’s split opinions on Twitter.
How does this make you feel?
DeepMind training bipedal robots to play soccer using deep reinforcement learning. pic.twitter.com/3AqpbadshW
— MachinePix (@MachinePix) August 11, 2023
We’d like to see Pep Guardiola try to do that to Erling Haaland in training, to be honest – for the entertainment value.
Some people felt sorry for the little robot, while others had visions of the A.I. uprising coming about as a result of this ‘bullying’. These were our favourite responses.
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This will be in an anti-human propaganda montage in 2033 https://t.co/8WiGbzHdO6
— Tom Hale🌞 (@tommyhale91) August 12, 2023
2.
You could not pay me enough to be the person who pushes the robots over. I have seen enough sci-fi movies to know how it ends for them in the inevitable uprising https://t.co/QqcFLb0ftG
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) August 13, 2023
3.
Now need to train it to protest to the ref https://t.co/kJ1NzUIBHD
— Barry C Smith (@smithbarryc) August 13, 2023
4.
STOP PUSHING THE LITTLE ROBOT OVER, YOU COW https://t.co/mAzHtQaTxm
— Sarah Phelps (@PhelpsieSarah) August 12, 2023
5.
ummm yellow card?? https://t.co/g6UrRe3kZc
— slate (@PleaseBeGneiss) August 12, 2023
6.
What happens when the AI realizes that finger breaking might be beneficial to producing positive outcomes in soccer play, under some conditions?
— Joe Ward ▲ (@joewardpr) August 11, 2023
7.
But you elders were nice to the robots before they started killing, right?
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Right? https://t.co/6LU60inCQk
— Matthew Highton (@MattHighton) August 12, 2023
8.
have they considered kindness? what the hell https://t.co/4EpmiaEa0i
— eddie (@grankism) August 13, 2023
9.
She must be stopped. https://t.co/F2E9K5qb9r
— Captain Disillusion (@CDisillusion) August 12, 2023
10.
why would u do this to that poor little guy https://t.co/pcKVHkt9vB
— VEIN 🔪 🩸 (@SO0u0o) August 13, 2023
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So eerily similar to a toddler learning motor skills. Can only imagine what coordination will look like very soon. Anyways, thankfully this will only be used for altruistic purposes and the greater good. 🙂
— Gabe Haun (@gabe_haun1) August 12, 2023
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Skynet is coming for this lady specifically as soon as it becomes self aware https://t.co/8NlIGEELye
— cthulhuey lewis and the news (@tresdessert) August 12, 2023
We’ll leave this here.
Chelsea have just bid £75m for him https://t.co/TaJ0FZ3UR9
— Graeme Kelly (@GraemeKelly1) August 13, 2023
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