Facebook trains AI with Minecraft

A Facebook research team is teaching artificial intelligence to play Minecraft.

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they say that Microsoft's simplicity makes itan ideal “training ground” for AI. This way, the assistant will be able to learn from people and independently “learn” new tasks assigned. Ultimately, the developers want to create a service that can help people perform everyday activities.

The AI ​​can conduct a simple dialogue with the user, approach when the player asks for it, or build a simple figure.

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An early test version of the assistant is already available for download, so anyone can try it.