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AI develops own ‘alien language’

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AI develops own ‘alien language’

Researchers at the Open AI group (of Elon Musk fame) have made new strides in creating an AI that uses grounded, compositional language the way we do.

This is both inspirational — what could be the dawn of new era in communication — and more than a little alarming.

For decades, a faction of AI researchers have insisted that in order for AI to ever achieve something like common sense and an ability to communicate in a non-rigid fashion, it would need some form of embodiment – that is, some experiential loci from which to view and interpret its surroundings.

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The concept of grounded language follows from this principle and implies the ability to connect words and their meaning with someone’s individual experiences.

This is an important distinction. Imagine a blind person who has never seen the color blue interpreting the word’s meaning in a sentence.

They have no reference beyond the way other people have used the word “blue” before.

This could be likened to how Siri or Google Assistant responds to a query – there is no experiential basis behind the response.

A grounded use of language stems from an entities’ personal experiences. This is precisely the kind of language adopted by the agents in the Open AI research project.

 

 

 

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