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Mastering Atari Games with Natural Intelligence

by alex_c on 1/23/25, 7:12 PM with 14 comments

• by vrighter on 1/27/25, 8:04 AM

  Something that can excel at "mastering atari games with natural intelligence" is called a speedrunner. It is not made of silicon.

• by internet_points on 1/26/25, 8:55 AM

  doesn't "natural intelligence" normally mean human intelligence?

• by SonOfLilit on 1/26/25, 9:06 AM

  This smelled like BS the moment they invoked Karl Friston, but when I noticed it's a publicly traded company (without any available products or research artifacts) I became _extremely_ suspicious.

  The only non-scammy thing I could find about them is that Friston seems to work there.

• by djmips on 1/26/25, 5:42 PM

  Very nervy trademarking genius and calling this natural intelligence.

• by low_tech_love on 1/26/25, 8:58 AM

  “If, metaphorically, the methods used by DQN and Agent57 are gas-guzzling Hummers and those used to tackle the Atari 100k challenge are like a fuel-efficient Prius, then our approach used on Atari 10k is like a Tesla, a hyper-efficient alternative architecture.”

  Eh, what?