Google's DeepMind create AI with an 'imagination'

Google's DeepMind has revealed a radical new research project designed to give AI's an imagination. The breakthrough means that systems will be able to think about their actions, and undertake'deliberate reasoning.' The radical system uses an internal'imagination encoder' that helps the AI decide what are and what aren't useful predictions about its environment. The breakthrough means that systems will be able to think about their actions, and undertake'deliberate reasoning.' The agents use an'imagination encoder'- a neural network which learns to extract any information useful for the agent's future decisions, but ignore that which is not relevant.