#54 - OpenAI on publication norms, malicious uses of AI, and general-purpose learning algorithms

<p>OpenAI’s Dactyl is an AI system that can manipulate objects with a human-like robot hand. OpenAI Five is an AI system that can defeat humans at the video game Dota 2. The strange thing is they were both developed using the same general-purpose reinforcement learning algorithm.</p><p> How is this possible and what does it show?</p><p> In today's interview Jack Clark, Policy Director at OpenAI, explains that from a computational perspective using a hand and playing Dota 2 are remarkably similar problems.</p><p> A robot hand needs to hold an object, move its fingers, and rotate it...