Google’s DeepMind AI has a new trick: taking a nap

Google has been pretty far ahead of the curve when it comes to its artificial intelligence research. The world was shocked when its AI beat a top human player at the game of Go. More recently the company taught AI to use imagination and make predictions. The latest trick in Google’s machine-learning research? Naps. Google is making its AI more human — to a startling degree. It’s taught DeepMind how to sleep. In a recent blog post the company said: At first glance, it might seem counter-intuitive to build an artificial agent that needs to ‘sleep’ – after all, they…

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