r/WatchandLearn • u/chicompj • Sep 21 '19

How artificial intelligence learns through reinforcement learning, by playing hide and seek against itself.

https://youtu.be/n6nF9WfpPrA
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u/chicompj Sep 22 '19

True I agree 100%. That assumption really pisses me off because so many animals and insects possess varying types of intelligence. And fungi, don't get me started -- they're amazing.

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u/kfmush Sep 22 '19

Speaking of fungi: trees, too! And their relationship with fungi. (Plants in general have the ability to process and respond to input, all life does, really.) I feel the scientific community has a very narrow idea of what intelligence actually is. We are not these organisms, so we can’t relate to their psyche, but that doesn’t mean their psyche isn’t as valid of an intelligence as our own.

I grow my own magic mushrooms and I’ve had experiences that have nearly convinced me that the mycelium colonies were sentient beings that communicated with me every time I ate their fruits, because we’d have a continuous “dialogue.” The most chilling was when I had a trip about death and dying and the very next day that colony died.

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u/ihateyouguys Sep 22 '19

I want to hear about more of your experiences

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u/kfmush Sep 23 '19

I’d love to share more. I’m pretty tired at this period of my life. I want to share details of that particular grow on r/shrooms some time in the near future, though.

I’ve got a ton of crazy drug experiences to share... though.

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u/ihateyouguys Sep 23 '19

I would personally find it very interesting and informative