A paper by DeepMind scientist triggered much debate about the path to artificial intelligence. Here, we'll try to draw the line between theory and practice.
Humans excel at solving a wide variety of challenging problems, from low-level motor control through to high-level cognitive tasks. Our goal at DeepMind is to create artificial agents that can achieve a similar level of performance and generality. Like a human, our agents learn for themselves to achieve successful strategies that lead to the greatest long-term rewards.