A Virtual Slug Simulator Could Help Researchers Develop Better AI

March 7, 2018

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Researchers at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign developed Cyberslug, a simulation of the sea slug, to better understand how simple brains work and apply that knowledge to the broader field of artificial intelligence research. Their study, “Implementing Goal-Directed Foraging Decisions of a Simpler Nervous System in Simulation,” is published in the journal eNeuro.

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A Virtual Slug Simulator Could Help Researchers Develop Better AI

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