Curiosity May Be Vital for Truly Smart AI

Reinforcement learning has its limitations, though. Agrawal notes that it often takes a huge amount of training to learn a task, and the process can be difficult if the feedback required isn't immediately available. That's where curiosity could help. The researchers tried the approach, in combination with reinforcement learning, within two simple video games: Mario Bros., a classic platform game, and VizDoom, a basic 3-D shooter title. In both games, the use of artificial curiosity made the learning process more efficient.