@heyshrutimishra: the scariest part isn't the robot it's that 140 years of practice happened inside a computer in weeks this is how every…
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Skild AI demonstrated a robot trained to play football using self-play simulation equivalent to 140 years of practice in weeks, illustrating a new approach to skill acquisition through computer simulation.
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the scariest part isn’t the robot
it’s that 140 years of practice happened inside a computer in weeks
this is how every skill gets learned from now on
Skild AI (@SkildAI): We trained a robot to play football.
How? Self-play for 140 years in a virtual World Cup.
Meet the #Messinator:
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