{"id":342279,"date":"2017-05-31T01:30:43","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T17:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1493772"},"modified":"2017-05-31T01:30:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T17:30:43","slug":"judah-vs-the-machines-blindfolded-against-a-berkeley-robot-overlord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/judah-vs-the-machines-blindfolded-against-a-berkeley-robot-overlord\/","title":{"rendered":"Judah Vs. The Machines: Blindfolded against a Berkeley robot overlord"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In this episode of Judah Vs. The Machines, Judah visits UC Berkeley\u2019s Robot Learning Lab<\/a> to meet Brett, a robot still in testing that was designed to learn like a human. Brett\u2019s creators hope that he could some day take on menial human tasks with the ability to adapt and learn new ways of accomplishing a goal, something that most other robots are incapable of doing.<\/p>\n

In the field of machine learning, this type of learning is known\u00a0as reinforcement learning.\u00a0It\u2019s pretty popular these days because it holds the potential to make machine learning less rigid and breakable.<\/p>\n

Like a human, Brett takes actions in order to maximize his award. The catch is that he doesn\u2019t know which actions will lead to the best outcome. Adopting\u00a0a trial-and-error approach, Brett is anything but fast, but he is able to solve tasks with less background knowledge than his peers.<\/p>\n

In order for Judah to compete against Brett, the research team organizing the skirmish had to handicap\u00a0him \u2014 giving Judah\u00a0thick mittens and a blindfold to take his senses out of the equation. With the match set up, Judah pours his heart into his\u00a0toughest challenge yet.<\/p>\n

See all eight episodes of Judah vs. the Machines\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/h6>\n

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\"\" In this episode of Judah Vs. The Machines, Judah visits UC Berkeley’s Robot Learning Lab to meet Brett, a robot still in testing that was designed to learn like a human. Brett’s creators hope that he could some day take on menial human tasks with the ability to adapt and learn new ways of accomplishing a goal, something that most other robots are incapable of doing. In the field… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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