Sneaky AI: Specification Gaming and the Shortcomings of Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence is a very exciting field of study. It has always seemed like the stuff of science fiction. However, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming more and more prevalent and ingrained in our society. Machine Learning, a sub-field of AI where computers learn how to solve a task by incrementally improving their performance, has become commonplace in a wide variety of industries and applications. Examples of machine learning in business include the well-known filtering of spam emails or product reviews, credit card fraud detection, and even programming barbies to have interactive conversations.