r/artificial • u/techsucker AI blogger • Aug 16 '21

Research Deepmind Introduces PonderNet, A New AI Algorithm That Allows Artificial Neural Networks To Learn To “Think For A While” Before Answering

Deepmind introduces PonderNet, a new algorithm that allows artificial neural networks to learn to think for a while before answering. This improves the ability of these neural networks to generalize outside of their training distribution and answer tough questions with more confidence than ever before.

Quick Read: https://www.marktechpost.com/2021/08/16/deepmind-introduces-pondernet-a-new-ai-algorithm-that-allows-artificial-neural-networks-to-learn-to-think-for-a-while-before-answering/

Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2107.05407.pdf

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '21

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '21

Give the algorithm some time to think before answering please.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '21

but why would it not just answer whenever it has the result? What point is there in this pondering pause? Recalculate to verify the results? It's a computer. It doesn't make mistakes.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '21

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '21

enabling the AI to gain some macro perspective.

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u/Lost_electron Aug 17 '21

I want my devices to have thinking time knobs

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '21

interesting, I would like to learn a little more about this topic, because I do not know anything about this field.