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by kahoon 2743 days ago
> I don't think biological precedent is the only or even most valuable heuristic for deciding where to research intelligence...

Good point, we wouldn't have AlphaZero now if we only relied on biological inspiration. Nature hardly ever performs Monte Carlo Tree Search (though I'm not sure this is entirely true, see slime mold searching for food: https://thumbs.gfycat.com/IdealisticThirdCalf-size_restricte...).

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We're also good at trying out various ideas until one sticks. Isn't that MC tree search?