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Artificial Intelligence By Example - Second Edition
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Artificial Intelligence By Example - Second Edition

by Denis Rothman
February 2020
Beginner
578 pages
13h 16m
English
Packt Publishing
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Machine Intelligence – Evaluation Functions and Numerical Convergence

Two issues appear when a reward matrix (R)-driven MDP produces results. These issues can be summed up in two principles.

Principle 1: AI algorithms often surpass humans in classification, prediction, and decision-making areas.

The key executive function of human intelligence, decision-making, relies on the ability to evaluate a situation. No decision can be made without measuring the pros and cons and factoring the parameters.

Humanity takes great pride in its ability to evaluate. However, in many cases, a machine can do better. Chess represents our pride in our thinking ability. A chessboard is often present in movies to symbolize human intelligence.

Today, not a single ...

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