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Machines Learn Better if We Teach Them the Basics

The Quanta Podcast

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The Future of Machine Learning

New work shows priming a learning model in this way can supercharge learning. It doesn't just make algorithms faster, it guides them towards skills they'd otherwise never learn. Researchers want these agents to become generalists, capable of learning anything from chess to shopping to cleaning. As demonstrations become more practical, scientists think this approach might even change how humans can interact with robots.

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