AI can copy human social learning skills in real time, DeepMind finds

Researchers at DeepMind conducted a groundbreaking study showing that AI agents can demonstrate social learning skills by imitating humans in novel contexts without using pre-collected human data. In a simulated environment called GoalCycle3D, the AI agents learned to navigate by mimicking expert agents and quickly applied their new skills to other virtual paths. This advancement has the potential to reduce traditional, resource-intensive training of algorithms, increase their problem-solving capabilities, and raise the question of whether artificial intelligence could acquire social and cultural elements of human thought.