Late last year a LessWrong team was being mooted for the Google AI challenge (http://aichallenge.org/; http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/8ay/ai_challenge_ants/). Sadly, after a brief burst of activity, no “official” LessWrong entry appeared (AFAICT, and please let me know if I am mistaken). The best individual effort from this site’s regulars (AFAICT) came from lavalamp, who finished around #300.
This is a pity. This was an opportunity to achieve, or at least have a go at, a bunch of worthwhile things, including development of methods of cooperation between site members, gathering positive publicity, and yes, even advancing the understanding of AI related issues.
So—how can things be improved for the next AI challenge (which I think is about 6 months away)?
AI Challenge: Ants—Post Mortem
Late last year a LessWrong team was being mooted for the Google AI challenge (http://aichallenge.org/; http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/8ay/ai_challenge_ants/). Sadly, after a brief burst of activity, no “official” LessWrong entry appeared (AFAICT, and please let me know if I am mistaken). The best individual effort from this site’s regulars (AFAICT) came from lavalamp, who finished around #300.
This is a pity. This was an opportunity to achieve, or at least have a go at, a bunch of worthwhile things, including development of methods of cooperation between site members, gathering positive publicity, and yes, even advancing the understanding of AI related issues.
So—how can things be improved for the next AI challenge (which I think is about 6 months away)?