Category: Learning
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Training robots. Training humans…
Multi-domain operations, the Army's future operating concept, requires autonomous agents with learning components to operate alongside the warfighter. New research reduces the unpredictability of current training reinforcement learning policies so that they are more practically applicable to physical systems, especially ground robots. (1) Robots can be trained. But is that an argument in favor of…
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Creating new things… Forgetting old ones…
An expert in creativity and innovation is calling for schools and universities to increase their emphasis on teaching creativity, as new research shows it is a core competency across all disciplines and critical for ensuring future job success. (1) Creativity. So much cherished in today's world. So much pre-occupied we are. With creating new things.…
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Improved engagement. With no engagement.
A Danish university lecturer experiments with banning screens in discussion lessons. A new study looks at the results, which include greater student presence, improved engagement and deeper learning. (1) Improved engagement somewhere entails reduced engagement somewhere else. Isn’t this obvious? Less engagement to a mobile phone means more engagement to the classroom. More engagement to…
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I learn. You learn. We learn. (nothing)
"I learn," "you learn," "she learns," "they learn," yet, according to a surprising new linguistic study, in countries where the dominant language allows personal pronouns such as 'I' to be omitted, learning suffers. (1) A more or less logical conclusion. Learning is about you increasing your knowledge. While being, on the other hand, is about…
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AI. Positive. Negative. One. Zero.
Classifying things is critical for our daily lives. For example, we have to detect spam mail, fake political news, as well as more mundane things such as objects or faces. When using AI, such tasks are based on "classification technology" in machine learning - having the computer learn using the boundary separating positive and negative…
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