Goto

Collaborating Authors

 machine learning and rare event


Machine learning and rare events

#artificialintelligence

Last week an artificial intelligence won the first Go game against the human. Yesterday, the same software lost because it rated as highly improbable a move by the human player. While machine learning progresses exponentially, it keeps on having trouble coping with rare events. As long as artificial intelligences are used to play games, this issue does not really matter. Ignoring the event is arguably a good strategy in such a context, as it ensures that the majority of games will be won over a large number of games.