Monday, December 14th, 2015. Scientist have created a machine or computer program with the ability to learn with a single example, exactly as humans do, is a reality! thanks to studies by a group of scientists from the University of Toronto and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The ability to learn and repeat what they have learned, including forms other than as was taught in one example; It has been impossible so far to develop under by machines, robots or computer programs, as required hundreds of examples or algorithms to learn a specific topic or objective.
For now, it has only been possible to teach the alphabet after receiving a sample of his handwriting; but it is expected that this group of scientists continue to advance in this machine achieving a maximum range of learning, acquiring knowledge as human beings and including what they see and perceive in their environment.
For teachers, for example, specialists in the learning process; They find it easy to understand the process to think about how children learn. Most perennials are able to mimic writing letters first seen with just a glance. In this sense, scientists explained that precisely this is the sense that wanted to give this model called “BPL” whom he showed signs and letters of different alphabets of the world; learning what belonged to this or that book in just a few patterns.
To them, has been shown that “BPL” was able to associate and relate some figures with others, making classify and recognize them correctly; Analysis so far had not been possible to see electronic brains. If you are interested in the subject, the full study was published in the prestigious journal “Science” specializing in these types of issues. Article revealed that even in some stage of testing, “BPL” overcame humans subjected to the same learning process.
Until now, and despite technological advances in the area of robotics; It has been possible to create models capable of performing many humans own activities in different fields of action and knowledge. However, all aspects related to artistic, creative area that involved more emotional or negotiating processes or deep technical analysis, were specific thing for human beings.
It seems that in this respect the technology continues to advance in the quest to create ever more like robotic models to us, to the point that in certain societies and economies of the world is already talk of replacing human labor by robotics. Hopefully this issue does not become the reality of many fiction films produced, in which the robot than a man; even managing to subdue him and taking over the world. Will be positive all these news? What do you think?
ALFA