DeepMind is developing machines which 'feel' their way around

The AI that learns by PLAYING: Google DeepMind is making machines'feel' their way around virtual objects Researchers created virtual environment for training artificial intelligence AI learned through a series of experiments where it'played' with objects By manipulating virtual building blocks in a simulation it could work out hidden properties, learning like a child AI learned through a series of experiments where it'played' with objects Google's DeepMind is teaching machines to learn through play, by exploring objects through simulations to work out their properties The ultimate guide to the biggest supermoon in living... Hundreds more species than we thought may be endangered... Alien hunters say they have... Move over James Bond: World's first commercially available... The ultimate guide to the biggest supermoon in living... Hundreds more species than we thought may be endangered... Alien hunters say they have... Move over James Bond: World's first commercially available... If a child were presented with two blocks painted black, one made of wood and one made of lead, they could work out their basic properties through playing with them. So why can't machines learn the same way? Earlier this week, researchers in Italy launched a new project to develop robots which learn by themselves, using a form of open open-ended machine learning.