Good morning fellow
campers! It’s another
beautiful Monday here at Camp PopSci as we once
again transition from warm sunshine to the familiar glow of our computer
screens. Last week wasn’t big on hardware announcements—that’s expected
in these warm summer months—but there’s still plenty of interesting
stuff to check out before heading off to the arts and crafts tent to
make an ashtray or macaroni necklace. See you all in the mess hall for
lunch!
This week’s Musk-Read
Last week’s camp
champion was camper OpenAI, an artificial intelligence bot backed by
Elon Musk. The robotic gamer was able to beat some of the best players
in the world at the super-popular and wildly complex video game, Dota 2.
The conditions for the robotic victory still have to be pretty
specific—it can only play as and against a specific character—but the
learning capabilities seem very impressive. Elon showed some team spirit
via Twitter about the victory.
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