[laretluval]

> I think this tells us more about the problem space than the AI itself; it's just optimizing for the specific problem.

My reading is that the point of this research is to find out what problem spaces are conducive to cooperation, not to find out details of how these particular agents work.

[JamilD]

Yeah — after reading this article and the paper, I agree. The previous link [0] on this submission was much more sensationalized and very misleading.

[0] http://www.sciencealert.com/google-s-new-ai-has-learned-to-b...