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6. Creating the Model

Where the AI magic happens
Tom Taulli1  
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Monrovia, CA, USA
 

The Rubik’s Cube, which is the 3-D puzzle that stirred up a craze during the 1980s, continues to challenge many people. But data scientists at OpenAI saw it as an interesting game to learn more about AI. In October 2019, the company announced it created a model that used a robotic hand to solve the Rubik’s Cube. You can find the video on YouTube (https://bit.ly/3f5fuy4).

What’s interesting about this is that the robotic hand was not cutting-edge. It had been developed 15 years earlier. Rather, OpenAI wanted to show how powerful algorithms can transform physical systems.

The ...

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