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AI creativity
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Sartre's existentialism emphasizes radical freedom, arguing that without God, individuals must create their own meaning through choices.
Nietzsche's nihilism challenges the notion of creation ex nihilo, suggesting we respond creatively to existing situations.
Camus' absurdism posits that life lacks inherent meaning, but moments of 'aliveness' offer significance beyond absurdity.
Heidegger warns that the technological age risks reducing humans to mere resources, conflicting with community norms.
AI's role in creativity highlights a shift where humans may adapt to become more machine-like in behavior.
David Silver's AlphaGo used reinforcement learning to defeat a human Go champion, a game with 10^170 possible positions, highlighting AI's potential in complex domains.
AlphaZero surpassed AlphaGo by learning solely through self-play, eliminating the need for human expert input, demonstrating a new paradigm for AI learning.
MuZero extends AlphaZero's principles by learning without explicit rules, achieving superhuman performance in Go, chess, and Atari games.
Reinforcement learning, combined with deep learning, is seen as the core mechanism for future AI systems to achieve human-level intelligence.
AlphaGo's victory over Lee Sedol was a pivotal moment in AI, showcasing the unpredictability of human intuition against machine learning.
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