The AI Machines Undergoing Behavioral Psychology Tests

Behavioral psychologists have long used mazes to study memory and learning; their subjects, mostly rats and mice. Now researchers are beginning to use the same approach to test an entirely new kind of subject--the latest breed of artificial intelligence machine. They have started by putting these machines through their paces in mazes created in the online world of Minecraft. Mazes have a long history in behavioral psychology. At the beginning of the 20th century, scientists became interested in the ability of rats and mice to learn and remember.