A Computer Binge-Watched TV And Learned To Predict What Happens Next

Examples of the machine's forecasts of actions before they begin (starting at left) and the results (at right). Examples of the machine's forecasts of actions before they begin (starting at left) and the results (at right). You watch hundreds of hours of television, they call you a lazy slob. A computer does it, and it's a technological success story. That is the case for a new algorithm from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.