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Machines Learn Better if We Teach Them the Basics

The Quanta Podcast

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The Importance of Scalability in Online Shopping

Narasimhan and Anand Kumar developed MapShop, an online shopping butler. The bot learns to understand the language it is asked to use on a website. It will try out different search queries, read the pages,. understand the content, and then select the options and buy the item for you. mapShop navigates the web like people do by reading, typing, and clicking.

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